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Myra Rudin's camera has captured a series of interesting portraits of people passing by. As she says, I know none of these people. But they all seemed to want to make me know them, even for a few seconds."
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Ramesh Shrestha has another article on the History of the Future (2) in which he discusses issues related to technology, human behavior and other societal matters.
Articles by our Members
KUDOS to Niloufar Pourzand who has used her social media contacts to reach out to thousands of UNICEF staffers and retirees, and the returns are very positive in terms of our XUNICEF Network and possible volunteer editors for our Blog to succeed the current team.
John Gilmartin shares articles from The Lancet and CNN which quantify the potential additional deaths as a result of cuts in funding for various UN and NGO institutions. In another post from the Lancet John considers the enormous potential costs to the US - in both lives and money - caused by the recent changes in vaccine policies pushed by the Trump Administration.
Margherita Amadeo refers to a Trump statement on solving the funding for the UN. Another news on this subject is more positive as we learn that a bi-partisan bill from Congress was signed by Trump to resume funding for UN and Agencies.
Kul Gautam supports the recent call by historian Stephen Schlesinger for the SG to call President Trump and negotiate the release of US funding for the UN.
Kul Gautam refers to actions taken by the Taliban which adversely affect even more the status of women in Afghanistan.
Mukesh Kapila has a new post on the subject of Genocide.
Tom McDermott shares an article by the Guardian which summarizes the Report from War Watch on international law and its reaching a breaking point regarding limiting effects of war.
Antony Spalton circulated an article on Ten ways to build a new narrative for Humanitarianism.
Missing You
Columnist
Ramesh Shrestha has another article on the History of the Future (2) in which he discusses issues related to technology, human behavior and other societal matters.
Articles by our Members
KUDOS to Niloufar Pourzand who has used her social media contacts to reach out to thousands of UNICEF staffers and retirees, and the returns are very positive in terms of our XUNICEF Network and possible volunteer editors for our Blog to succeed the current team.
Our former Executive Director, Tony Lake, shares a recent article he co-authored on fascism in today's USA and the need for Americans to rise to the challenge as they did in WWII.
John Gilmartin shares articles from The Lancet and CNN which quantify the potential additional deaths as a result of cuts in funding for various UN and NGO institutions. In another post from the Lancet John considers the enormous potential costs to the US - in both lives and money - caused by the recent changes in vaccine policies pushed by the Trump Administration.
Margherita Amadeo refers to a Trump statement on solving the funding for the UN. Another news on this subject is more positive as we learn that a bi-partisan bill from Congress was signed by Trump to resume funding for UN and Agencies.
Kul Gautam supports the recent call by historian Stephen Schlesinger for the SG to call President Trump and negotiate the release of US funding for the UN.
Mukesh Kapila has a new post on the subject of Genocide.
Tom McDermott shares an article by the Guardian which summarizes the Report from War Watch on international law and its reaching a breaking point regarding limiting effects of war.
Antony Spalton circulated an article on Ten ways to build a new narrative for Humanitarianism.
The Organizers of the Zimbabwe XUNICEF Reunion issued another Update#19 regarding Malaria prophilaxis for those attending.
Mary Sidawi shared a photo of a mini reunion of UNICEF and XUNICEF members in Amman, Jordan.
On the Lighter Side
Mary Sidawi shared a photo of a mini reunion of UNICEF and XUNICEF members in Amman, Jordan.
On the Lighter Side
Sree Gururaja shares a delightful video of a performance by the French group Murmuration.
Missing You
Ken Gibbs writes an obituary on the passing of Tim Journey.
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