I recently participated in a panel discussion, part of a Business Ethics Conference sponsored by DePaul University, on religious charisms and the Common Good, with Dominican & Jesuit colleagues.
Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Glasgow Climate Pact – COP26
COP26 climate summit was considered as the last hope for the world to take more ambitious and bold climate pledges to reduce global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius.
Our Common Agenda…Report of the Secretary-General (Part II)
Member States themselves identified 12 areas of action that can only be addressed through greater multilateralism.
Affordable Housing and Social Protection for all to Address Homelessness
The UN CSocD priority theme for their meeting in 2020, “Affordable Housing and Social Protection for all to address Homelessness” and the Vincentian Family.
Commission for Social Development 2019
On the morning of February 11, 2019 the 57th Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) opened at the United Nations.
Vincentian Family UN NGO Representatives Collaborate
The Family’s nine United Nations NGO representatives collaborate to advocate for policy change and programs which benefit the most marginalized.
Care of the Earth and Role of Faith-Based Organizations
Faith-based organizations individually and as coalitions have played significant roles in environmental protection and care of the earth.
Today (January 24) Is First UN International Day Of Education
Today, to celebrate the role education plays in peace and development, it will honor the first UN International Day of Education.
UNODC Launches Human Trafficking Report
The fourth Global Report on Human Trafficking in Persons produced by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), shows a steady increase since 2010.
UNESCO / NGO Forum on Migration
Global Migration has become part of societies’ daily life and portray emerging faces of a world in constant motion.
Making The UN Relevant Is Theme Of New UN General Assembly President
“Making the UN relevant for all” is the overarching theme for new UN General Assembly (GA) President, Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces, of Ecuador.
UN Commission to Consider Impact of Conflict/Disasters Upon Three Groups
The 2019 Commission on Social Development will feature an emerging theme which relates to how youth, older persons, and persons with disabilities are affected by conflict and both man-made and natural disasters.
