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UN Plans a New Mobility Scheme Where Staffers will be Forced to Work Overseas

The United Nations is planning to introduce a new “mobility policy” under which staffers based in New York and other Western capitals will be mandated to serve in overseas missions and field servi

UN s Investigative Arm Launches Survey to Probe Racism & Discrimination in World Body

The Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) the UN’s only independent external oversight body mandated to conduct evaluations, inspections and investigations is conducting a survey probing the widespread ra

Another national trait; UN journo; other snippets

Cassandra often disparages Sri Lankans’ apparently inherent traits which are not so good, sometimes even derogatory. One such is closing the door once the horse has fled and then flapping around merely screeching. Another is belated reaction and too late action which Cass’ belly aches about today.   That endangered tree After that intrepid fauna and flora saver Devanee Jayathilake brought to the notice of highway constructors the fact they were about to destroy a fast disappearing species of endemic tree – Curdia zelanica – environmentalists rallied forth to swell her cry of Stop Cutting Down! These true national-minded folk interested in saving our fauna and flora in the face of ever increasing grabbing of forests and wetlands and rape of trees, have proved themselves to be genuine and ready to face powerful politicians or their favoured sidekicks and patrons. (I do not include among these dedicated environmentalists ex-Prez Sirisena, who is now very interested in saving

Roderic Grigson | IPS Inter Press Service | News Agency | Journalism & Communication for Global Change

Roderic Grigson | IPS Inter Press Service | News Agency | Journalism & Communication for Global Change
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The UN: From the Sublime to the Hilarious

Roderic Grigson was Asia Pacific Vice President for Novell, a global networking company, working in Melbourne Australia until he retired from corporate life to become a full-time writer. He worked at the United Nations Secretariat in New York in the ‘70s and ‘80s as a technology innovations officer, serving in UN peacekeeping forces in the Middle East. He is the author of Sacred Tears, The Sullen Hills and After the Flames, a trilogy of thrillers set in war-torn Sri Lanka, and is currently working on his fourth book. MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb 18 2021 (IPS) - The United Nations is an institution mired in politics focusing primarily on military conflicts, civil wars, economic sanctions, peacekeeping, plus sustainable economic development.

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