World
WHS: World Humanitarian Summit will be 'wake-up call' for action and 'launch pad' for new initiatives

The family living in this tent in Baghdad, Iraq, explained that the camp and the tents were not ready for winter. September 2015.
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UNICEF at the World Humanitarian Summit, Istanbul, 23 - 24 May 2016

Aysha and Malak, both 6, whose families fled violence in Mosul, at UNICEF-supported Al-Harith Primary School in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq, November 2015
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Stop the War: Remove Obama, In the Face of World War III
Lyndon LaRouche issued the above statement during the May 6 LaRouche PAC Friday Webcast, one day shy of the 71st year since the signing of the act of military surrender in Reims, France, marking the formal acceptance of Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces, by the Allies of World War II. Over the weekend after LaRouche spoke, and into the following Monday, May 9, “Immortal Regiment” marches would move through cities around the United States with a mixture of part solemnity, and mostly joy, celebrating the end of World War II and the defeat of fascism.
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The G7 Summit in Japan on 26 and 27 May 2016: the European Union’s role and actions
This year, the G7 summit will take place from 26 to 27 May in Ise-Shima (Japan). The European Union will be represented by the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, and the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk.
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On World Day, UN hails potential of cultural diversity to boost development

In Tunisia, Zina works with the association Appui aux initiatives de Development AID (‘Support to development initiatives). AID and has trained over 20 women in handicraft work. She also makes furniture item thanks to palm tree by-products.
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U.S.-China Intersessional Strategic Security Dialogue
The United States and China held an Intersessional Strategic Security Dialogue (SSD) on May 19, 2016, which included candid, constructive discussions between the two sides on strategic security issues – including maritime issues.
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CAR: MSF Condemns Violent Attack and Killing of Staff Member
A staff member of the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was shot and killed on Wednesday during an ambush on two MSF vehicles in Central African Republic (CAR), the organization said on 19 May, condemning the attack in the strongest possible terms.
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Four schools or hospitals attacked or occupied every day – UNICEF

Shaima, 10, and a classmate, in front of the destroyed Shuje’iyah Girls’ School in Shuja’iyeh, eastern Gaza City, 2014.
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Peacekeeping ‘flagship of the UN enterprise,’ Ban says ahead of Day honouring 'blue helmets'

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon lays a wreath at a ceremony at UN Headquarters for fallen peacekeepers.
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‘Nobody Left Outside’ campaign launched as UN warns of dire shelter conditions for refugees

Newly-arrived family in Tanzania’s Nduta camp. Burundi refugee Perrie fled her home with her three children in December 2015.
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Human Rights
Fostering a More Humane World: The 28th Eurasian Economic Summi

Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability

Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions

Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future

Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020

