(Part 1) It is over five years since world leaders journeyed to the United Nations in New York City to enflesh a new dream for all by signing the Sustainable Development Goals. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals recognized that we were/are at a great moment of...
This booklet offers an opportunity to reflect on the UN in the context of our call as Daughters of Charity. My hope is that it offers a roadmap as we pray, reflect and plan on our General Assembly. We will do this in the light of the Gospel and gift of the...
The 20th session of the Indigenous Peoples Forum will be held from April 19-30, 2021, with the theme: “Peace, justice and strong institutions: the role of indigenous peoples in implementing Sustainable Development Goal 16”, in light of the evolving COVID-19...
UN Commission to focus upon women’s participation and decision-making in public life. The UN in New York is usually bustling in March with thousands of participants in the annual Commission on the State of Women (CSW). This year, the 65th Commission will...
El Día Mundial de la Justicia Social tendrá lugar el sábado 20 de febrero. Es muy oportuno celebrar este día, ya que el mundo ha sido testigo de enormes sufrimientos y desigualdades durante la pandemia de Covid-19 que requieren una respuesta. Fig. 1: Secretario...
Care for our common home has become urgent yet remains controversial 2015 – LAUDATO SI’ “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or...
“If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you”. LV 25:35. “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of...
Leaving no one behind The Vatican’s interest in the UN goes all the way back to the beginning, since the Holy See had representatives on the ground when the charter for the new planetary body was signed in San Francisco on October 24,1945. Since then, regardless...
Care for our common home has become urgent yet remains controversial 2015 – LAUDATO SI’ About $1 trillion worth of food is wasted each year, yet 820 million people go hungry and 144 million children experience stunted growth. The United Nations Food and...
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