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Interview with Dr. Noel Brown
Muriel chats with Dr Noel Brown, former Director of the United Nations Environment Program – who was one of the founders of UNEP, he worked there from 1973-1995 . Dr. Brown, Former...
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Ten Ideas for Observing the International Day for Tolerance
1. Diversity in Your Community 2. Human Rights 3. Do-It-Yourself Tolerance Program 4. No to Violence 5. Ecological, Diversity and Human Diversity 6. Religious Tolerance 7 Current Events 8....
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Global Tolerance with Music 2010
Music Festival 2010 (Jul 24,2010)
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UN General Assembly debate on implementing the responsibility to protect
From: UNAUSA01 | August 11, 2009 | 532 views This is small sampling of comments from the 97th, 98th, 99th, 100th and 101st plenary meetings of the 63rd General Assembly. A total of 94 delegations spoke during the debate...
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UN relief effort picks up pace after deadly Haiti quake
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations is scaling up its assistance to victims of Haiti's catastrophic earthquake, as the acting top UN envoy to the impoverished Caribbean nation has...
