Turkey’s Systematic Regression from the Rule of Law
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) have been in power in Turkey since 2002. The power...
Tell Me About That Good Thing They Call, Culture of Peace
United Nations Educational, Cultural, Scientific Organization (UNESCO) passed a proposal (140 EX/28) in 1992 to officiate a program...
Activism against Gender-Based Violence: An Orange Campaign
The ECOSOC Council was dressed in orange on 21 November 2016 for a special event titled Orange the World: Raise Money to end Violence...
Stand Up for Dignity: Human Rights and Spiritual Rights
A few of us attended a special event near the United Nations this afternoon called, "Stand Up for Dignity: Human Rights and Spiritual...
Youth Boosting the Promotion and Implementation of the SDGs
Today the Youth Boosting the Promotion and Implementation of the SDGs side event sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka along...
Presidential Artillery
This election season boasted some of the most-watched presidential debates in televised history[1]. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump...
Private Sector's engagement in Sustainable Development Goals
This year’s High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) focused on the theme of “leaving no one behind.” The discussion...
Beyond the Sandy Beaches of the Tropics
The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has goals for countries to end all forms of poverty, inequality, and to combat...
Harmonizing Reporting for Global & Regional Conventional Arms Instrument
On June 9, 2016 the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs...
Speaking Life: From Victim to Victor
“Fifteen years ago, the first United Nations Conference on Small Arms opened in this same conference room, on the 9th of July 2001. On...
