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Governance, Humanitarian Care, Leadership, Peace

Justice Tettey, Chief of Drugs at UNODC stresses the urgency of placing substances under international control for the health and welfare of humankind

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Justice Tettey, Chief of Drugs at UNODC stresses the urgency of placing substances under international control for the health and welfare of humankind

 

Former President of Colombia Juan Carlos Santos along with the UN were responsible for an historic 2016 peace agreement with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia to fight drug trafficking in Colombia the world’s highest producer of cocaine.

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Global News, Governance, Humanitarian Care, Leadership, Peace, Religion

His Holiness Pope Francis makes apostolic visit to Kazakhstan to attend the interfaith 7th World Congress of Leaders of World & Traditional Religions 14-15 September

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His Holiness Pope Francis makes apostolic visit to Kazakhstan to attend the interfaith 7th World Congress of Leaders of World & Traditional Religions 14-15 September

 

Pope Francis
“We believe that the Congress will contribute to the development of global interreligious dialogue in the name of peace and stability. And through this commitment to a collective resolution of international disputes, the Congress will contribute to the development of mutual understanding between Eastern and Western civilizations.”

Excerpts from article by correspondent at Vatican News forwarded by Treasure Earth

Pope Francis travels to Kazakhstan on Tuesday for the 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions being held in the Kazakh capital of Nur-Sultan on 14-15 September. The event will feature discussions to promote peace and concrete commitments on the part of religious leaders from around the globe.

While numerous religions will be represented, other participants will include the Grand Imam of Al Azhar, Ahmed Al Tayyeb; Metropolitan Antonij of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow; Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel David Lau; and Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel Yitzhak Yosef; and Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem.

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Climate, CSR, Governance, Human rights, Humanitarian Care, Leadership

António Guterres, UN Secretary General calls for urgent global response to the floods in Pakistan declaring climate carnage on this scale as the worst he has ever seen.

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António Guterres, UN Secretary General calls for urgent global response to the floods in Pakistan declaring climate carnage on this scale as the worst he has ever seen.

“This is a global crisis                              it demands a global response.”