This Week's Feature - Luis Oliveros takes us on a journey inside the Frozen Wonderland. A mysterious and intriguing journey.
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In What Happens When You Keep Driving with an Expired License? Nuzhat Shahzadi tells us what happened in Kiribati when a friendly cop pulled her over and she discovered that her license had expired. Then, in this week's Point of View Nuzhat tells of meeting a young man with intellectual disabilities who was working in Whole Foods. The meeting led her to recall similar young people in past duty stations.
In Profiles of Kings and Queens Ramesh Shrestha offers us a typology of the kings and queens who rule UN offices. Recognize anyone you know or knew? Yourself, perhaps?
In Grandparenthood Ken Gibbs tells us how Grandpapa-Rock became Grand-poo-pa. Based on this experience Ken suggests that candidates for UNICEF jobs ought to be required to demonstrate successful cuddling skills.
Reports, Invitations and Announcements
Ellen Tolmie comments on a leaked UN report that four immediate family members of UNICEF staff members are among the 172 dependents of UN staff who have been killed in Gaza since the war began. According to the leaked report a total of 366 UN staff and family members have been killed. In another article, Ellen reports on visiting the website of the Israeli Fund for UNICEF, which still calls for release of Israeli child hostages held in Gaza long after their release last November. The website makes no mention of the situation of children in Gaza or the West Bank.
Tom McDermott reviews the recent Advisory Opinion issued by the International Court of Justice on Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory and its implications not just for Israel, but for all other governments. Note also the statement of the Elders on the need for governments to heed the ICJ opinion.
Robert Cohen recalls the work of UNICEF leaders who worked on developing better ways of targeting international aid and wonders whether these measures will be debated and adopted in the Summit of the Future.
Niloufar Pourzand invites Canadian members of XUNICEF to join a meeting in September with the new CEO of UNICEF Canada. We at News & Views see this as a great initiative and one we hope other XUNICEF groups might follow wherever national committees exist.
Adele Khodr reports on the live-fire incident in Gaza when two UNICEF vehicles were hit as they carried children for a family reunification. Fortunately no one was hurt and the mission eventually succeeded in bringing the surviving children of the family to rejoin their father, following the deaths of their mother and elder brother.
Victor Karunan reports on the International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership meeting in Durham Canada. He also invites those interested to join the first in a series of webinars on the build-up to the ASEAN SDG Summit.
Baquer Namazi shares a recent OXFAM report on the weaponization of water in the war in Gaza.
Carol Bellamy invites registration for the MENA Youth Employment Summit in Casablanca.
Catherine Russell reports that aside from the thousands of children killed and injured in Gaza, an additional 143 children were killed and 440 injured due to Israeli military action in the West Bank. In another article Catherine Russell sends a message to the G20 on nutrition following up on The State of Food Security and Nutrition 2024
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