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Russian Language Day 2024 celebration at the United Nations Offic at Nairobi (UNON).
On June 6th for the birthday of the great Russian poet Alexander.S. Pushkin, the United Nations celebrates the Russian Language Day/День русского языка.
Watch the Russian Language Day 2024 celebration at the United Nations Offic at Nairobi (UNON)!
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TENDER FOR PROVISION OF INTERNATIONAL COURIER AND DIPLOMATIC POUCH SERVICES - UNON
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT NAIROBI (UNON) TENDER OCTOBER 2024 REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PROVISION OF INTERNATIONAL COURIER AND DIPLOMATIC POUCH SERVICES Reference: EOIUNON23204 Beneficiary countries: Kenya Registration level: Basic Deadline on: 20-NOV-2024 23:59 (GMT -4.00) Description In 2024, the United Nations (UN) Common Services in Kenya transitioned to the Common Back…
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King Charles III and Queen Camilla will undertake a State Visit to Kenya
The visit will take place from Tuesday 31st October to Friday 3rd November 2023, and will celebrate the warm relationship between the two countries and the strong and dynamic partnership they continue to forge.
The visit is at the invitation of President Ruto and comes as Kenya prepares to celebrate 60 years of independence. His Majesty’s first visit to a Commonwealth nation as King is therefore to the country in which Queen Elizabeth II’s reign began, having acceded to the throne in Kenya in February 1952.
The King and Queen will visit Nairobi City County, Mombasa County and surrounding areas. Their Majesties’ programme will reflect the ways in which Kenya and the United Kingdom are working together, notably to boost mutual prosperity, tackle climate change, promote youth opportunity and employment, advance sustainable development and create a more stable and secure region.
During the visit, Their Majesties will meet President Ruto and the First Lady as well as and other members of the Kenyan Government, UN staff, CEOs, faith leaders, young people, future leaders and Kenyan Marines training with UK Royal Marines. The King will also attend an event to celebrate the life and work of the Nobel Laureate the late Professor Wangari Maathai, together with Wangari’s daughter, Wanjira Mathai.
The King and Queen’s programme will celebrate the close links between the British and Kenyan people in areas such as the creative arts, technology, enterprise, education and innovation. The visit will also acknowledge the more painful aspects of the UK and Kenya’s shared history, including the Emergency (1952-1960). His Majesty will take time during the visit to deepen his understanding of the wrongs suffered in this period by the people of Kenya. Together, Their Majesties will tour a new museum dedicated to Kenya’s history and will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at Uhuru Gardens, as well as visiting the site of the declaration of Kenya’s independence in 1963.
The King and Queen’s programme also will include:
Their Majesties will be greeted in Nairobi with a ceremonial welcome at State House and will each attend bilateral meetings – The King with The President and The Queen with the First Lady, before The President hosts a State Banquet at State House.
His Majesty will visit the United Nations Office at Nairobi, to learn more about the work of UN Habitat and the UN Environment Programme. UNON is the only UN Headquarters in the Commonwealth.
His Majesty will attend a technology showcase, meeting Kenyan entrepreneurs who are driving forward innovation in the country’s tech sector. Kenya has the third largest start up eco-system in Africa.
His Majesty will host a reception focussed on Kenya’s young people and future leaders across development, trade, media, the creative arts and environmental conservation.
Their Majesties will visit a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery, joining British and Kenyan military personnel in an act of Remembrance, before hearing about the Commission’s recent work to ensure all those who supported Britain’s efforts in both World Wars are commemorated.
The King and Queen will visit Nairobi National Park to witness the vital conservation work being undertaken by the Kenya Wildlife Service, which is integral to Kenya’s thriving tourism industry.
Her Majesty, Patron of the equine welfare charity Brooke, will hear how the charity is working with the Kenya Society for the Protection and Care of Animals to rescue donkeys at risk and promote their welfare.
The King, as Captain General of the Royal Marines, and The Queen, will visit Mtongwe Naval Base in Mombasa. There, Their Majesties will witness Kenyan Marines, trained by the Royal Marines, demonstrating a covert beach landing, showing defence collaboration in action.
The Queen will meet survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, learning how they are supported and sharing her own insights from working in this area.
The King will meet faith leaders from Mombasa’s diverse community, hearing how they are working together to promote harmony amongst the city’s population.
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Haiti's government declared a 72-hour state of emergency on Sunday after armed gangs stormed a major prison. At least 12 people were killed and about 3,700 inmates escaped in the jailbreak.
Gang leaders are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, whose whereabouts are unknown since he travelled to Kenya.
Gangs control around 80% of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Gang violence has plagued Haiti for years.
A government statement said two prisons - one in Port-au-Prince and the other in nearby Croix des Bouquets - were stormed over the weekend.
It said the acts of "disobedience" were a threat to national security and said it was instituting an immediate night-time curfew in response, which started at 20:00 local time (01:00 GMT on Monday).
How gangs came to dominate Haiti
Haitian media reported that police stations were attacked, distracting authorities before the coordinated assault on the jails.
Among those detained in Port-au-Prince were suspects charged in connection with the 2021 killing of President Jovenel Moïse.
In the capital, gangs have erected barricades to prevent security forces from encroaching on their territory, while their strongholds in Port-au-Prince's vast shantytowns are still largely on lockdown.
Schools and many businesses are closed, and there are reports of looting in some neighbourhoods.
Police have set up roadblocks and there is much uncertainty on the streets.
The latest upsurge in violence began on Thursday, when the prime minister travelled to Nairobi to discuss sending a Kenya-led multinational security force to Haiti.
Gang leader Jimmy Chérizier (nicknamed Barbecue) declared a co-ordinated attack to remove him.
"All of us, the armed groups in the provincial towns and the armed groups in the capital, are united," said the former police officer, who is accused of being behind several massacres in Port-au-Prince.
Haiti's police union had asked the military to help reinforce the capital's main prison, but the compound was stormed late on Saturday.
On Sunday the doors of the prison were still open and there were no signs of officers, Reuters news agency reported. Three inmates who tried to flee lay dead in the courtyard, the report said.
A journalist for the AFP news agency who visited the prison saw around 10 bodies, some with signs of injuries caused by bullets.
One volunteer prison worker told the Reuters news agency that 99 prisoners - including former Colombian soldiers jailed over President Moïse's murder - had chosen to remain in their cells for fear of being killed in crossfire.
They have now been transferred to a different prison.
The US embassy in Port-au-Prince on Sunday urged its citizens to leave Haiti "as soon as possible". The French embassy said it was closing visa services as a "precaution".
While Haiti has been plagued by gangs for years, the violence has further escalated since President Moïse's assassination at his home in 2021. He has not been replaced and presidential elections have not been held since 2016.
Under a political deal, Mr Henry was due to stand down by 7 February. But planned elections were not held and he remains in post.
A spokesperson for the White House's National Security Council said it was "monitoring the rapidly deteriorating security situation" with "grave concern".
They said the path forward "lies with free and fair elections" and violence serves "only to delay a democratic transition while... upending the lives of thousands".
Speaking to the BBC's Newsday, Claude Joseph - who was serving as acting prime minister when President Moïse was assassinated and who is now head of the opposition party called Those Committed to Development - said Haiti was living through a "nightmare".
Mr Joseph said Prime Minister Henry wanted "to stay as long as possible in charge".
"He agreed to step down on 7 February. Now he decides to stay, despite the fact that there are huge protests throughout the country asking him to step down - but it's unfortunate that now those criminals are using violent means to force him to step down."
In January, the UN said more than 8,400 people were victims of Haiti's gang violence last year, including killings, injuries and kidnappings - more than double the numbers seen in 2022.
Many health facilities have stopped operating because of the bloodshed.
Anger at the shocking levels of violence, on top of the political vacuum, have led to several demonstrations against the government, with protesters demanding the resignation of the prime minister.
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*Waiting for Mr. Guterres Tomorrow: The Usual or Something New for the Protection of Sudanese Civilians?*
*Waiting for Mr. Guterres Tomorrow: The Usual or Something New for the Protection of Sudanese Civilians?*
*Yasir Arman*
Tomorrow, Monday 28th October, 2024, the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Guterres, is scheduled to address the Security Council, focusing on the issues of the war in Sudan, particularly the humanitarian situation and the protection of civilians. To lower expectations, leaks attributed to his office have emerged, indicating that the situation is not conducive to deploying international forces to protect civilians. This is not surprising given that the warring parties have yet to reach a ceasefire agreement accompanied by a peacekeeping mission. However, it remains unacceptable for regional and international organizations, especially the Security Council, to allow the continuation of war crimes committed by both parties against civilians, spanning from El Fasher to Tamboul. It is expected that the war will spread to ten cities and areas in the coming weeks, exacerbating what is already the world’s largest humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan and potentially leading to the displacement of between 10 to 15 million new IDPs.
Will the Secretary-General’s report be the same as his previous one, with only a few sentences, phrases, and numbers altered? In the absence of Chapter VII, could the Secretary-General demand the implementation of other binding provisions that would contribute to pressure for ending the war and the crimes against civilians, urging the Council to take new steps, including:
1. *A joint meeting between the UN Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, inviting both parties to attend. This will not be the first time as the Security Council previously held a meeting in Nairobi, addressed by the late Dr. John Garang and Ali Osman, to push for a peace agreement in Naivasha. The Security Council also once again, visited Khartoum with all its members to advance the implementation of the Naivasha Peace Agreement.*
2. The implementation of economic and diplomatic sanctions.
3. Targeted smart sanctions.
4. Elevating mediation efforts and closely coordinating between the African Union, neighboring countries, and the Jeddah platform.
5. Strengthening measures to protect civilians in the absence of a military mission.
6. Calling for a temporary cessation of hostilities for a month, for example, to allow aid delivery and ensure freedom of movement for civilians.
7. Conditional humanitarian aid tied to the protection of civilians.
All of this falls within the provisions and powers of the Security Council, ensuring that the Secretary-General’s address is not merely an occasion for condemnation and denunciation, but rather a call to utilize the measures available to the Security Council outside of Chapter VII.
It is our duty as Sudanese, especially those in political and civil forces abroad, to launch a high-profile campaign with delegations, memoranda, and media efforts to urge the regional and international communities to give greater attention to the humanitarian disaster and the protection of Sudanese civilians.
*“No one can scratch your back like the masses can, and the revolution is more enduring than the war.”*
*October 27, 2024*
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praying for the ladies in Kenya, to stay safe from this freak and the cops that should have prevented this guy and other prisoners to escape
By Olivia Christie and Afp
Published: 11:53 EDT, 20 August 2024 | Updated: 11:58 EDT, 20 August 2024
A 'vampire serial killer' who police said confessed to killing 42 women has escaped from custody in Kenya in a mass jail break.
Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, was arrested in July after ten bodies and several body parts wrapped in plastic sacks were found in a rubbish dump in a Nairobi slum.
Jumaisi was being held at a police station in the capital when he escaped along with 12 other inmates who were all Eritrean nationals, officials have said.
The prisoners fled by cutting through the wire mesh roof and scaling the perimeter wall - an escape which national police chief Gilbert Masengeli said was 'aided by insiders'.
He told reporters that eight officers on duty at the time have been suspended and 'placed in custody', adding that the matter was being investigated by the Internal Affairs Unit.
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It is the second time in barely six months that a suspect in a high-profile case has escaped from custody in Kenya.
Kenyan national Kevin Kangethe, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend in the United States last year and leaving her body in an airport car park, fled a police station in February before being caught about a week later.
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Kenya's Haiti mission in limbo as urgency grows
A convoy of cars carrying members of a Kenyan delegation leave the premises of Haitian National Police (PNH) after meeting with the Chief of the Haitian National Police Frantz Elbe, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, August 21, 2023
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya has said its police officers will soon be in Haiti to confront rampaging gangs controlling the capital, but worsening insecurity and uncertainty about financing are casting doubt on the mission's prospects.
Kenya's government, which first pledged to lead an international security mission last July, says the coast is now clear to deploy after it signed an agreement with Haiti's government on March 1 meant to address concerns raised by a domestic judge who deemed the existing plan unlawful.
The United States and other powers are pushing for a swift deployment of Kenyan officers, seen as a prerequisite to allowing a half-dozen other African and Caribbean countries to also send security forces.
Prime Minister Ariel Henry has been unable to return to Haiti because of escalating violence since he signed the deal in Kenya. He announced overnight he would resign once a transition council and temporary replacement have been appointed.
Kenya's army has previously been sent to countries including Somalia, but its police officers have never been deployed in such large numbers and, for Nairobi, thorny issues remain to be worked out.
"The deteriorating security situation is likely to force a rethink in Nairobi," said Murithi Mutiga, the program director for Africa at the International Crisis Group think-tank.
"The state seems to be crumbling from within and the security situation is much worse than when Kenya offered to lead the mission."
Kenya's presidency and government did not respond to requests for comment.
One major challenge, according to diplomats with knowledge of the matter, is financing. The United States is providing the bulk of the funds for the mission, which was authorised by the U.N. Security Council in October.
The United States has pledged $300 million. However, a U.N. spokesperson said that as of Monday, less than $11 million had been deposited into the U.N.'s dedicated trust fund.
A senior U.S. State Department official said President Joe Biden's administration was working with Congress to get the money transferred.
Kenya has asked to be paid the costs of the deployment upfront, but U.N. rules require that funds it administers be used only to reimburse costs already incurred, according to a diplomat based in Nairobi and U.N. officials.
Kenya would therefore need to find a country willing to pay it directly, said the diplomat and U.N. officials who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the discussions.
A senior U.S. official said $100 million in Defense Department funding to the mission announced on Monday would be used for logistics and equipment, and would not pass through the U.N. trust fund.
It was not clear whether that money could cover some or all of the Kenyan government's requests. Kenya has pledged 1,000 officers to a mission that experts expect to have up to 5,000 personnel.
PRE-DEPLOYMENT STAGE
Addressing reporters on Monday, Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki said Kenya was in the pre-deployment stage.
"There was a small court matter and that has been resolved," he said.
A High Court judge ruled in January that the government's plan was unlawful because there was no "reciprocal agreement" with the host country.
Although the government believes the March 1 agreement addressed the judge's misgivings, the opposition politician who spearheaded the lawsuit has vowed to launch a new challenge. He argues that the unelected Henry did not have the legal authority to enter into such an arrangement.
Meanwhile, the surging violence over the past week in Port-au-Prince, where gangs besieged the international airport and released thousands of prisoners, has deepened concerns in Kenya about the wisdom of the mission.
Opposition politicians, already critical of the mission as too dangerous and not in Kenya's national interests, have stepped up their criticism.
Opiyo Wandayi, the minority leader in the National Assembly, warned last week of immense losses. Makau Mutua, a prominent law professor, said Kenyan officers would be "sitting ducks".
Enock Alumasi Makanga, a former police officer and the national chairman of the Protective and Safety Association of Kenya, told Reuters that Kenyan police lacked the training and equipment to carry out such a mission.
"The level of criminality in Haiti is beyond what our guys can do," he told Reuters.
Kenyan officials have said that the highly-trained paramilitary officers were well prepared for the challenges.
President Ruto has said the mission is a "bigger calling to humanity" motivated by solidarity with a brother nation. Haiti requested an international force in October 2022, but foreign governments were reluctant to participate.
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Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield (November 22, 1952) is the Ambassador to the United Nations, a Cabinet-level post in the President Joseph Biden Administration. Born in Baker, Louisiana.
She graduated from Louisiana State University with a BA in Political Science. She completed an MA in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin and taught political science at Bucknell University. Although she began a doctoral program, after a year-long political science fellowship in Liberia, she completed the Foreign Service exam rather than her Ph.D. dissertation. She joined the Foreign Service and received her first overseas assignment in 1982 as a consular officer in the U.S. Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica.
She held diplomatic positions at embassies in Lagos, Nigeria, Banjul, Gambia, and Nairobi. She served in the American embassies in Islamabad, Pakistan, and Bern, Switzerland. She was assigned to the Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda. Two days after she arrived in that nation, the Rwandan genocide began. She was mistaken for a Tutsi and held at gunpoint until she could prove her American nationality.
She worked at the State Department. She was a staff assistant in the Office of the Director General of the Foreign Service. She worked in the Department’s Bureau of Human Resources, as a deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. President George W. Bush nominated her as Ambassador to Liberia.
She served as Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources. She was sworn in as Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Africa Affairs.
She received the Warren Christopher Award for Outstanding Achievement in Global Affairs. She has received Superior, Meritorious, and Performance Awards, including the Presidential Meritorious Service Award.
She was an inductee into the Louisiana State University Alumni Association Hall of Distinction and an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters Honoris Causa from Cuttington University. She served as the US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.
She is married to Lafayette Masteen Greenfield, and the couple have a son and a daughter. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence
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2nd Meeting, Social Forum 2024.
15h00-15h45 International Development Cooperation. Moderator: H.E. Mr. Marc Bichler, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the United Nations Office at Geneva,and Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Social Forum
H.E. Mr. Carsten Staur, Chair, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development - Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC) and former State Secretary for International Development Cooperation, Denmark, Effective North-South Development Cooperation
Ms. Yuefen Li, Senior Advisor on South-South Cooperation and Development Finance, South Centre, Geneva, South-South and Triangular Cooperation and the Role of Emerging Economies in Development Finance
Mr. Fadhel Kaboub, Associate Professor of Economics, Denison University, USA, President, Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity and Senior Advisor with Power Shift, Nairobi, Kenya, Addressing Structural and Systemic Issues for Effective Development Cooperation and Just Global Governance
Mr. Mihir Kanade, Chair, Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, Professor and Head, Department of International Law and Director, Human Rights Centre, University for Peace (UPEACE), San José, Costa Rica, Mainstreaming the Right to Development in International Development Cooperation
Ms. Isabelle Durant, Member, Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, Advancing Climate Finance for Just, Equitable and Sustainable Development
15h45-16h30 Interactive Dialogue
16h30-17h15 International Trade as an Engine of Development
Moderator: Ms. Maria Andrea Echazu Aguero, Right to Development Section, OHCHR
H.E. Mr. Muhmmadou Kah, Permanent Representative of The Gambia to the United Nations, WTO and Other International Organizations in Geneva, Sharing Lessons from Gambia
Mr. Surya Deva, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development, Reimagining Trade to Ensure Inclusive and Sustainable Development
Ms. Kinda Mohamadieh, Senior Researcher andLegal Advisor, Third World Network, Geneva, Building Just and Equitable Trade and Investment Systems for the Global South
Ms. Anoush Der Boghossian, Head, Trade and Gender Unit, World Trade Organization (WTO), International Trade, Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment
Ms. Hana Daoudi, Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Cooperation and Trade Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Experiences from Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus
17h15-18h00 Interactive Dialogue
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Kenya: UN Expert Urges Full Accountability For Pakistani Journalist’s Killing After Landmark Ruling
— 25 September 2024 | United Nations 🇺🇳
Mr. Arshad Sharif, Journalist
Geneva — A UN expert said today Kenyan and Pakistani authorities must step up efforts to fully investigate the killing of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya and prosecute those responsible, in line with a landmark ruling by a Kenyan High Court Judge S. N. Mutuku .
“It is now almost two years since Arshad Sharif’s death and several months since the Kenyan High Court delivered a historic judgment ruling his killing “unlawful”, “arbitrary” and “disproportionate”. “None of the police officers linked to the shooting has been arrested and no charges have been filed by prosecutors in Kenya yet”, said Irene Khan, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression.
“Despite the Kenyan High Court’s ruling, I am deeply concerned that neither the Kenyan authorities nor the Pakistani government have stepped up their efforts to fully investigate the case”, the Special Rapporteur said.
Arshad Sharif fled the country in August after cases were filed against him for an interview of an opposition politician. AP Photo
Sharif was killed by Kenyan law enforcement at a roadblock in Nairobi in October 2022, in an incident described by Kenyan security officials as a case of mistaken identity. On 8 July 2024, following a civil suit brought by Sharif’s family, the High Court of Kenya in Kajiado ruled that the use of lethal force in Sharif’s death was “unlawful and unconstitutional” and required the Kenyan State to pay 10 million shillings ($77,500) in compensation to Sharif’s family.
“The High Court judgment is an important victory, but its real impact will only be felt if the two governments bring the perpetrators of Sharif’s killing to justice”, Khan said.
Arshad Sharif's Murder 'Well-Planned' and 'Clearly Choreographed': Kenya Human Rights Commission! This Photo of Kenya Human Rights Commission Senior Programme Advisor Martin Mavenjina. — Photo: Screenshot
A State-sponsored Pakistani special fact-finding team concluded in December 2022 that Sharif’s death resulted from a planned and targeted assassination by transnational actors. Sharif had previously fled Pakistan to avoid arrest on charges of maligning Pakistan’s national institutions and because of threats to his life. In October 2023, UN experts wrote to Kenyan and Pakistani authorities demanding full investigations into the killing and the charges that led to Arshad’s exile.
Arshad Sharif was killed by two shots fired at close range. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for independent UN probe into Pakistani journalist’s murder in Kenya
“Justice for Mr Sharif and his family will not be done until the circumstances behind this murder are fully clarified, including whether it was a transnational crime, and all responsible actors are identified, prosecuted and punished in Kenya and Pakistan,” Khan said.
In February 2023, a Pakistani Joint Investigative Team established by Pakistan’s Supreme Court reported to State officials that Kenyan authorities had denied them access to evidence and the crime scene, effectively halting their investigation.
Nearly two years after his killing near Nairobi, a Kenyan court found police had acted unlawfully in the October 2022 shooting of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif. Credit: Twitter
“I urge the Kenyan and Pakistani governments to muster the political will to ensure full accountability and bring to justice all those responsible for Arshad Sharif’s murder, so that this case can become a landmark reference in the fight against impunity for the killing of journalists,” Khan said.
#United Nations 🇺🇳#Press Release#Kenya 🇰🇪#Pakistan 🇵🇰#Pakistani Journalist#Arshad Sharif#Kenyan High Court | Ruling
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United Nations
In the century prior to the UN's Creation, several International organizations such as the international committee of the Red Cross were formed to ensure protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict and strife.
During world war I, several major leaders, especially US President Woodrow Wilson, advocated for a world body to guarantee peace.
The winners of the war, the allies met to decide on formal peace terms and Paris Peace Conference (PPC). The League of Nations was approved and started operations but the United States never Joined.
On 10/01/1920 The League of Nations formally came into being. When the Covenant of League of Nations, gratified by 42 Nations in 1919 to affect the League Council acted as an executive body directing the Assembly's Business.
It began with four prominent members- The United Kingdom, France, Italy and Japan.
After some failures and successes the League proved ineffective against the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and also second Italo- Ethiopian war.
Calls for economic sanctions against Italy failed. Italy and other Nations left the League.
In 1939 the League of Nations closed down.
On 24th September 1941, unanimously adopted adherence to the common principles of policy set forth by Britain and the United States.
Roosevelt and Churchill met at the White House in December 1941 for the Arcadia conference.
Roosevelt considered a founder of the UN coin the term United Nations to describe the allied Countries.
The text of the declaration by United Nations was drafted on 29th December 1941.
Roosevelt's idea of the "Four Powers" referring to the four major allied Countries, The United States, The United Kingdom, The Soviet Union and China emerged in the declaration by the UN.
On New Year's day 1942 Roosevelt, Churchill, the Soviet Union former foreign minister Maxim Litvinov and Chinese premier T. V. Soong signed the declaration and the next day the representatives of 22 other nations added their signatures.
On March 01,1945, 21 additional states had signed the declaration. After months of planning, the UN Conference on international organizations opened in San Francisco on 25th April, 1945.
It was attended by 50 Nation's Governments and a number of Non-Governmental Organizations. The drafting of the charter of the UN was completed over the following two months and it was signed on 26th June, 1945 by the representatives of the 50 Countries.
The UN officially came into existence On 24th October, 1945. The general assembly selected New York City as the site for the headquarters of the UN.
Though the UN's mandatory was peace keeping, the division between the United States and Soviet Union often paralyzed the organization.
The UN is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation and serve as a center for harmonizing the actions of nations.
The UN is the world's largest organization it has other offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna and Hauge where the International Court of Justice is headquartered at the Peace Palace.
The UN was established after world war II with the aim of preventing future world wars.
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Events 5.4 (after 1950)
1953 – Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea. 1959 – The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held. 1961 – American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South. 1961 – Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather attain a new altitude record for manned balloon flight ascending in the Strato-Lab V open gondola to 113,740 feet (34.67 km). 1970 – Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam. 1972 – The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation". 1973 – The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet (442 m) as the world's tallest building. 1978 – The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people. 1979 – Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 1982 – Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War. 1988 – The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire. 1989 – Iran–Contra affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal. 1989 – Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-30 to deploy the Venus-bound Magellan space probe. 1990 – Latvia declares independence from the Soviet Union. 1994 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord, granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho. 1998 – A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty. 2000 – Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London). 2002 – One hundred three people are killed and 51 are injured in a plane crash near Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria. 2007 – Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7-mile wide EF5 tornado. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated as such with the new Enhanced Fujita scale. 2014 – Three people are killed and 62 injured in a pair of bombings on buses in Nairobi, Kenya. 2019 – The inaugural all-female motorsport series, W Series, takes place at Hockenheimring. The race was won by Jamie Chadwick, who would go on to become the inaugural season's champion. 2023 – Nine people are killed and thirteen injured in a spree shooting in Mladenovac and Smederevo, Serbia. It is the second mass shooting in the country in two days.
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PROCUREMENT OF ASSORTED MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR UNHCR OFFICES IN DADAABAND KAKUMA
UNHCR TENDER SEPTEMBER 2024 TENDER NOTICE The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR], Nairobi, Kenya, hereby invites interested, reputable and qualified companies, to submit offers for the following goods and services. TENDER REF NUMBER TENDER DESCRIPTION HOW TO RECEIVE THE TENDER DOCUMENTS/UPLOAD OFFERS ITB/B0N/2024/003/JK PROCUREMENTOF ASSORTED MEDICAL SUPPLIES…
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12095Khz 0359 30 APR 2024 - BBC (UNITED KINGDOM) in ENGLISH from TALATA VOLONONDRY. SINPO = 55445. English, ID@0359z pips and newsday preview. @0401z World News anchored by Neil Nunes. An Iranian teenager was sexually assaulted and killed by three men working for Iran's security forces, a leaked document understood to have been written by those forces says. It has let us map what happened to 16-year-old Nika Shakarami who vanished from an anti-regime protest in 2022. Her body was found nine days later. The government claimed she killed herself. The United Nations’ top court is ruling Tuesday on a request by Nicaragua for judges to order Germany to halt military aid to Israel, arguing that Berlin’s support enables acts of genocide and breaches of international humanitarian law in Gaza. New York City's Columbia University has begun suspending students involved in a pro-Palestinian protest on campus after they defied a deadline to disperse. At least four law enforcement officers were killed in a shooting in Charlotte, North Carolina, while trying to serve a warrant Monday afternoon, police said. A suspect was killed in the shootout with police. About 50 people have died in Kenya in a deluge following heavy rains and flooding, a Red Cross official has said. People in villages near Mai Mahiu, about 60km (37 miles) from the capital, Nairobi, were swept away as they slept. Rescue efforts are continuing to pull people out of the mud, with fears that the death toll could rise. More than 100 people have been killed in floods that have devastated parts of Kenya in the last month. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has started distributing the new ZiG banknotes and coins to the commercial banks on Monday, April 29, 2024. The Zimbabwe Gold currency will be distributed with the public set to start withdrawing the cash from their accounts on Tuesday morning i.e. April 30, 2024. Reportedly, the central bank has set a limit for the weekly cash withdrawal at ZiG 3,000 for individuals and the limit of ZiG 30,000 for corporates to manage the initial roll-out. The move was done to fight triple digit inflation, it is the 4th currency in Zimbabwe in 10 years. In Canada, a jury has been selected for the trial of a Winnipeg man accused of killing four homeless indigenous women. Jeremy Skibicki has pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-degree murder. The jury has been told to return to court May 8 for the trial's opening statements. A vaccine patch could be a safe and effective alternative way to protect young children against measles, a trial in The Gambia suggests. The device - the size of a sticking plaster - is easier to transport and store than standard injections, especially in remote areas. @0405z "Newsday" begins. 250ft unterminated BoG antenna pointed E/W w/MFJ-1020C active antenna (used as a preamplifier/preselector), Etón e1XM. 250kW, beamAz 315°, bearing 63°. Received at Plymouth, MN, United States, 15359KM from transmitter at Talata Volonondry. Local time: 2259.
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BOSTON - The body of missing Whitman woman Margaret "Maggie" Mbitu was found in a car at a Logan Airport garage Thursday, according to Massachusetts State Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office. Investigators are looking for her partner, 40-year-old Kevin Kangethe, of Lowell, who left Boston on a flight to Kenya.
Sources told WBZ-TV's I-Team Mbitu was stabbed and left in the passenger seat of the car.
Police have an arrest warrant for Kangethe, charging him with the 31-year-old's murder, authorities said. They are working with Kenyan authorities to find him.
Mbitu was reported missing by her family on Monday. She was last seen Monday night, leaving her job at BAMSI in Halifax. The company said Mbitu was a nurse who worked in their group homes for more than ten years, helping people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
"She was warm, caring, and loved by everyone she worked with, both staff and the people she cared for in our group homes. As an agency, we are in mourning over the loss of such an amazing young (woman)," executive vice president Ulea Grace Lago said in a statement.
Mbitu's coworkers had posted a flyer on Facebook, praying for her safe return.
It's heartbreaking news for family friend Jane Wambu who said Maggie was like a daughter.
"It's just very, very, unfortunate that somebody would choose to do what they have done," Wambu told WBZ. "It's definitely such a great loss to the parents, to her relatives, and to the community at large and I would say to the nation."
The FBI has an international operations office in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. Former FBI special agent Jennifer Coffindaffer says it's likely agents are already communicating with local authorities to track down Kangethe and bring him back to face charges.
"The United States has an extradition treaty with Kenya, so things look very good in terms of Kenyan authorities cooperating," Coffindaffer said.
The I-Team first reported that police issued a "be on the lookout" alert for the car at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and found it overnight parked inside the airport's Central Parking garage. Sources tell the I-Team that investigators are piecing together a timeline using video surveillance.
"We're just praying that the Lord may give the family peace and above everything that her culprit, this person may be arrested," Wambu said.
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Haiti: Türk says situation “untenable”, urges swift and decisive action
06 March 2024
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Haiti: UN report says gang violence spreading, urges speedy deployment of multinational security mission
Haiti: UN Human Rights Chief warns against ‘never-ending cycle of violence’
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Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Jeremy Laurence on Haiti gang violence and rise in human rights abuses
GENEVA (6 March 2024) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today urged the international community to act swiftly and decisively to prevent Haiti's further descent into chaos.
Last weekend’s mass prison breakout has been described by Haitian officials as a lethal threat to national security, Türk said. More than 4,500 inmates are now known to have escaped, among them prominent gang members as well as those arrested in connection with the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. The break followed coordinated gang action against national institutions with the stated aim of bringing down the Government.
“This situation is beyond untenable for the people of Haiti,” the Human Rights Chief said. “Since the beginning of the year, a staggering 1,193 people have been killed, and 692 others injured by gang violence.
“The health system is on the brink of collapse. Hospitals often do not have the capacity to treat those arriving with gunshots wounds. Schools and business are closed, and children are increasingly used by gangs. Economic activity is asphyxiated as gangs impose restrictions on people’s movements. Haiti's biggest provider of drinking water has stopped deliveries. At least 313 000 people are currently internally displaced.”
Ahead of today’s Security Council meeting, Türk called once again for the urgent deployment, with no further delay, of the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti (MSS), to support the National Police and bring security to the Haitian people, under conditions that comply with international human rights norms and standards.
“The reality is that, in the current context, there is no realistic alternative available to protect lives,” the High Commissioner said. “We are simply running out of time.”
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