May 2012
47 posts
Report of the International Law Commission
un-library:
The International Law Commission held the first part of its sixty-third session from 26 April to 3 June 2011 and the second part from 4 July to 12 August 2011 at its seat at the United Nations Office at Geneva. The report for the commission is now available, A/66/10 and A/66/10/Add.1.
Previous Reports.
Texts from Hillary: TTYL →
textsfromhillaryclinton:
It’s been an overwhelming—and hilarious—week for us here at Texts from Hillary (TFH). What started as a joke at the bar between two friends turned into a national conversation about Secretary Clinton and went as far as talks about 2016. After a week that included 32 posts, 83,000 shares on…
MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY' →
murkavenue:
CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS” Yo MTV RAPS first aired: Aug 6th 1988 CLUE 2: Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993 CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super Sonics” Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…
“ Yo Hologram Tupac, I’m real happy for you and I’ma let you finish but Obi-Wan...”
– This happened. (via mashable)
The Beastly website has recently been re-designed!... →
“It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop.”
– Wisdom of Confucius (via demo)
Demo: An example post →
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"Rave On Buddy Holly" →
tuneage:
I love Buddy Holly’s music. His music is simple, charming, innocent, light-hearted, and a litany of other adjectives that all add up to “great”. As a tribute, the Concord Music Group has put together a collection of covers that do what so many of these albums fail to do: pay proper homage to the artist without simply parroting the original records.
The line-up on the album is an...
Improvements under the hood at RI.gov
rigov:
We’ve been busy making some small but meaningful updates to RI.gov in the past several weeks. We’ve added enhanced maps to our Cities and Towns pages (www.ri.gov/towns/), as well as handy buttons for all phone numbers on the site, to help you more easily dial a number right from your smartphone. As always, we’d love your feedback at www.ri.gov/wearelistening/
Improvements under the hood at RI.gov
rigov:
We’ve been busy making some small but meaningful updates to RI.gov in the past several weeks. We’ve added enhanced maps to our Cities and Towns pages (www.ri.gov/towns/), as well as handy buttons for all phone numbers on the site, to help you more easily dial a number right from your smartphone. As always, we’d love your feedback at www.ri.gov/wearelistening/
Time: Proof Copy Editors Are the Smartest People... →
timemagazine:
We watched our deputy copy chief Dan Adkison play – and win! – Wednesday’s episode of Jeopardy. Dan, who’s been saving us from typos and other errors for three years, disappeared for a taping of the show in December and has kept the outcome to himself since. “It’s been hard to keep it a…
the understatement: Android Orphans: Visualizing a... →
understatementblog:
The announcement that Nexus One users won’t be getting upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich led some to justifiably question Google’s support of their devices. I look at it a little differently: Nexus One owners are lucky. I’ve been researching the history of OS updates on Android phones…
UN Pulse from U.N. Dag Hammarskjöld Library:... →
un-library:
UNFPA has released a new publication titled Managing Gender-based Violence Programmes in Emergencies.
UNFPA has also launched a companion guide to its Free E-Learning Course for professionals who are working to address Gender Based Violence in humanitarian contexts.
The e-learning…
UN Pulse from U.N. Dag Hammarskjöld Library:... →
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Saturday 21 April 2012
The UN Security Council met at 6755th meeting to discuss the Situation in Syria.The Security Council discussed the letter dated 19 April 2012 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2012/238) At this meeting, the Security…
UN Pulse from U.N. Dag Hammarskjöld Library:... →
un-library:
The First Industry Conference of International, Regional and Sub-Regional Industry Associations on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) was held from 23 to 25 April, in Wiesbaden, Germany. Hosted by the Government of Germany, the conference is co-organized by the…
Latest publications by UNODC
un-library:
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has recently issued the following publications which can be downloaded in full from its website:
International Framework for Action to Implement the Smuggling of Migrants Protocol
Monitoring the impact of economic crisis on crime
Guidelines for the Forensic Analysis of Drugs Facilitating Sexual Assault and Other Criminal
Other...
UN Pulse from U.N. Dag Hammarskjöld Library:... →
un-library:
The International Day of Human Space Flight was declared by the General Assembly in 2011 “to celebrate each year at the international level the beginning of the space era for mankind” and to reaffirm “the important contribution of space science and technology in achieving sustainable…
UN Pulse from U.N. Dag Hammarskjöld Library: UN... →
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May 05th 2012
The UN Security Council meet this morning at its 6765th meeting on Threats to international peace and security to discuss strengthening international cooperation in the implementation of counter terrorism obligations. During this High Level meeting, the concept paper dated…
UNEP New Report
un-library:
The United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP), has released a new report titled Releasing the Pressure Water Resource Efficiencies and Gains for Ecosystem Services.This document discusses the need to balance short-term water productivity gains, in particular in agriculture with the long-term role that water flows provide for maintaining sustainable landscape ESS, and serving...
UN-Habitat: New Reports
un-library:
UN-Habitat has released the following publications:
Handling Land: Innovative Tools for Land Governance and Secure Tenure.This book shows how the Global Land Tool Network is addressing these problems by setting an international agenda on land. It features the land tools that the Network has developed.
Planificación de Ciudades Sostenibles: Orientaciones para Políticas (Planning...
UN Pulse from U.N. Dag Hammarskjöld Library: Arab... →
un-library:
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released Arab Development Challenges Report 2011.
This second Development Challenges Report, coming at a time when the region is passing through a critical historical juncture, attempts to go beyond the numbers to uncover processes that have…
