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                                       Prince Albert II of Monaco opens the                                                                    2nd Annual Peace & Sport Forum His Excellency Mr. Wilfried Lemke, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on Sport for Development & Peace (UNSDP) was the first to put his signature on an agreement to enact a Sport and Education Plan which creates a powerful alliance between the United Nations and the Olympic Movement.                                                          UN Envoys Mr. Wilfried Lemke & Ms. Tracy Mattes                                                       sign the Sport & Education Agreement in Monaco At the 2 nd Annual Peace & Sport Forum held under the high patronage of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of ... Read Full Story

    United Nations Day Home     Member countries     UN Emblem and Flag     United Nations Day History     United Nations Day Proclamation       In the spring of 1945, representatives of fifty nations gathered in San Francisco to put the final touches to a document of far-reaching consequences--the Charter of the United Nations. Enthusiastically supported by the United States, the U.N. Charter went into effect on October 24, 1945. http://www.netglimse.com/holidays/united_nations_day/united_nations_day_history.shtml Read Full Story

The UN has covered up claims that its troops in Democratic Republic of Congo gave arms to militias and smuggled gold and ivory, the BBC has learned. UN troops ‘armed DR Congo rebels’ The allegations, based on confidential UN sources, involve Pakistani and Indian troops working as peacekeepers. The UN investigated some of the claims in 2007, but said it could not substantiate claims of arms dealing. UN insiders told the BBC’s Panaroma they had been prevented from pursuing their inquiries for political reasons. an 18-month BBC investigation for Panorama has found evidence that: - Pakistani peacekeepers in the eastern town of Mongbwalu were ... Read Full Story

Awad al-Qiq was the headmaster at the Rafah Boys' Preparatory School, a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) run elementary school for boys in Gaza. At night the headmaster, who doubled as a science teacher, worked as the lead rocket builder for the Palestinian terrorist group, Islamic Jihad. This news was revealed after the Israelis struck a weapons factory in Gaza last week and killed al-Qiq. Israel has long accused the UN of empowering Palestinian terrorists. Below, we detail several links between the UNRWA and terrorism. The links to terrorism by the well-respected teacher come not only from Israeli Intelligence but the terrorists ... Read Full Story

China developed an Anti Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) capable of destroying U.S Navy Supercarriers in one go. The tension was already rising due to the Chinese navy becoming more aggressive in asserting its territorial claims in the South China Sea, now this development will only worsen the issues between China and U.S. Initially posted on a Chinese blog viewed as credible by military analysts then translated by the naval affairs blog Information Dissemination. According to the intelligence report, the range of the modified Dong Feng 21 missile is alarming 2000km, means it can destroy target in the range of 2000km from is launching point. ... Read Full Story