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Travelling to London in 2022

London

Today’s London through the eyes of an old Communist hag

how to prevent forest fires

Environment report

How to combat forest fires: causes and 4 solutions

improving emotional health

Emotional health: 4 ways you can improve it today

Literature

Petronilla Paolini: Her tragic life and daring poems

China

China in Focus at UN “Selective Rights Council” (UNRC)

Diaries from Refugee Camps

“We always hope for change, but we are powerless. We are just refugees”

Global Justice

The need for an International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC) is greater than ever before

António Guterres

Ukraine

The Ukraine Recovery Conference: When Guterres (almost) told Russia to piss off

Matshidiso Moeti warns of pathogenic outbreaks threatening Africa

United Nations

The WHO warns of pathogenic outbreaks threatening Africa

President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

Mexico

Is Mexico suing the United Nations?

Global Justice

Solitary confinement is cruel and amounts to torture

It's barbaric and repulsive: Let's Axe the Death Penalty

Global Justice

It’s barbaric and repulsive: Let’s Axe the Death Penalty

Football

Football: ‘Unsuitable for Women’ or were you just not brave enough to see the vision?

“Life is like a box of chocolates, it doesn’t last long if you’re fat” – The Gordian September Quiz

UN-likely Agony Aunt Letters

Why do you write so much about the Ukrainian war, what about other wars? | AskRuby

Unravelling the United Nations, Argead Style

How can the UN achieve its sacred mission without the shackles of obsolete structures and bullying superpowers? This is how!

UN in Focus

China in Focus at UN “Selective Rights Council” (UNRC)

Adrian Liberto

The need for an International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC) is greater than ever before

Omar Alansari-Kreger

António Guterres

The Ukraine Recovery Conference: When Guterres (almost) told Russia to piss off

Adrian Liberto

Matshidiso Moeti warns of pathogenic outbreaks threatening Africa

The WHO warns of pathogenic outbreaks threatening Africa

Adrian Liberto

President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

Is Mexico suing the United Nations?

Adrian Liberto

Solitary confinement is cruel and amounts to torture

Maya Bearyman

OHCHR Take action to ban conversion practices against LGBTQIA+

OHCHR: Take action to ban harmful conversion practices against LGBTQIA+

Victoria Davila

UN human rights report on Belarus

The UN human rights report on Belarus is worrying, but there is precious little the UN can do

Adrian Liberto

Culture

Travelling to London in 2022

London

Today’s London through the eyes of an old Communist hag

Literature

Petronilla Paolini: Her tragic life and daring poems

Virginal Wolf colorised

Literature

Unlocked and Unbolted: Virginia Woolf’s Life and Works

3 Magnificent Historical Graffiti You Should Know

Doni Tondo or Doni Tondo by Michelangelo

Doni Tondo: A Visual Analysis of Michelangelo’s Masterpiece

The Hidden Curse of Babel: The Drawbacks of Language for Communication and Thought

Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing: Subjecting a Divided Civilisation to Scrutiny

The last judgement of Michelangelo Buonarroti

Edward Morgan Forster: Life and works

Gallery

A Picture Story

Finland’s troubled history with Russia — A Story in Photos

Kenya

Where water is a gift: The outskirts of Nairobi in pictures

A Maasai women

Kenya

Portraits from Tanzania – In Pictures

Ukraine

The world stands up to Putin’s bloodthirsty antics — in pictures

A Picture Story

The painful history of Ukraine — A photo timeline

10 photos of the stupendous realm of the microscopic world — in pictures

Vank Church mural depicting the seven heavens

Iran

Christmas in Iran: Inside The 17th Century Iranian-Armenian Monastery of St. Amenaprkich (Vank Church) — In Pictures

Russia

A look inside Kamchatka – in Pictures

Interview

Mridul Wadhwa on Conversion Therapy and Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre

“All of the anger poured out of me like a volcano and I saw red”

“No, I wasn’t somebody just to be picked on”

child immigrants At school in 70s England

“I couldn’t understand a word of it, but I loved choir singing”

“I still have hope that we will all return to our warm home and beautiful city” — Interview with Syrian refugee, Somaya

Photo of Partho Pratim Chatterjee

“You are the people and you have to take responsibility”: Interview with climate activist, Partho Chatterjee

Monthly recap

Isreal kills like it’s no one’s business and Asia becomes a new playground for super bullies – August 2022 Recap

America going bananas, new dinosaur and an independent Scotland: June 2022 Recap

Across UN-aligned

SDG

Letter to UN-aligned members: Ask your government to take immediate action against the looming hunger crisis affecting millions of people worldwide

Immigration

Climate refugees in the modern world

Where do you stand on the whole human decency thing & should you support UN-aligned’s mission?

Cyprus

The new UN-peacekeeping budget: pun intended!

Diaries from Refugee Camps

Education of Syrian Refugees During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Iran

“Women are allowed to ride bikes – just not in public” Khamenei’s fatwa: another nail in the coffin of women rights in Iran

immigrants language education

Immigration

Immigrants: Language Acquisition and Education

AGM

UN-aligned’s first Annual General Meeting

Literature

Author Dean Gessie Talks to UN-aligned about his “Terra Australis Incognita”

Heathrow LONDON

United Kingdom

An end to the “Fairytales of Eternal Economic Growth”