Joint Statement calling on all Governments to immediately recognize seafarers as keyworkers, and to address the humanitarian crisis faced by the shipping sector UN entities issue joint statement to urge…
Dries fell further and Geopolitics might go out of control anytime… The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost 84 points since yesterday and now stands at 1,594 – It also lost…
With the volatile Capers …”dominating” the “rise” in the Markets and Geopolitics – as per our written prediction of getting far worse, the situation is more than serious; John Faraclas’…
At the United Nations in New York, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is representing the interests of shipowners at the opening session of a UN Preparatory Committee starting work on a…
28 March 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the suicide bombing that targeted a park in Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least 60 people and wounding over 100,…
“Let us devote solid funding, courageous advocacy and unbending political will to achieving gender equality around the world. There is no greater investment in our common future.” — UN Secretary-General, Ban…
UN development agenda seeks to reach ‘those farthest behind, ‘ Ban tells Human Rights Council 29 February 2016 – At the opening of the 31st session of the United…
West Africa declared free of Ebola transmission, but UN health agency warns new flare-ups possible 14 January 2016 – The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today declared the end…
Five days until UNEP’s first MOOC on Marine Litter starts, sign up today! Did you know that coastal boarder countries produced 2.5 billion tons of waste in the year 2010…
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the commemoration of International Youth Day, in New York today: Happy International Youth Day. We are meeting together…
The hypocrisy surrounding the Migrants issue is the biggest issue in halting these despicable acts which already/ possibly destabilize the foundations of European Society! Time and again we have warned…
7 August 2015 – The United Nations today called for bold and urgent action to address a deepening crisis in Greece, where some 124, 000 refugees and migrants have arrived…
16 April 2015 – The centrality of energy in a new global development agenda is clear and critical, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said today as he delivered the…
14 April 2015 – The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the designation of renowned actor Daniel Craig as the first UN Global Advocate for the Elimination of Mines and Explosive…
22 December 2014 – Ten years after the Indian Ocean tsunami hit South and Southeast Asia, countries in the region are better prepared to deal with tragedies, the United Nations…
2 December 2014 – The World Bank announced today that economic growth estimates in the three countries most affected by the Ebola crisis have been revised sharply downward with the…
Don’t drown the seafarer…* As this special day comes to a close, a few things knock in my mind and would like to share them with all of you. John…
15 August 2013 – The United Nations human rights chief today appealed to all parties in Egypt to act with restraint and initiate talks, following a day of bloody violence that left…