Experts suspect that more than 100 million people are experiencing homelessness worldwide and likely over one billion are inadequately housed.
Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Save our Ocean, Protect our Future
World leaders, scientists, and more will be gathering in Lisbon, Portugal to from June 27 – July 1, 2022 to deliberate on “scaling up ocean action based on science and innovation” to “conserve and sustainably us the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.”
The 66th Commission on the Status of Women – The Process of Arriving at Agreed Conclusions
Following the adoption of the Agreed Conclusions by the Commission many Member States made statements which included the phrase ‘historic’ describing the content of this response to the priority theme.
The UN Climate Action Summit
Protesters sent powerful messages to world leaders gathering at the United Nations for the Climate Action Summit.
A Global Approach to Community Partnership
In the month of August, I embarked on a two week cultural exchange and service experience with six fellow Ozanam Scholars of St. John’s University.
UN General Assembly Features Five Summits
The General Assembly is a time in which all 193 member states meet to address prominent global issues. This year’s Assembly is unique in that it also features five summits.
Give Voice To Girls
Testimonies from local agencies gave voice to young girls dreams but also enabled them to speak about their fears and difficulties.
The Era of Migrations: Human Mobility and Vincentian Merciful Praxis
Today migrants are among those more abandoned, discriminated against, persecuted in our global society. Indifference on our part will make us accomplices of what is happening to them, our brothers and sisters in this unique human family.
Fire!! Fire!! Fire!!
Our beautiful Mother Earth is on fire. All around the world people are talking about the devastating fires happening right now in the Amazon rain forest. “The earths lungs.”
International Day For The Preservation Of The Ozone Layer
Ozone Layer Day occurs just a week before UN Secretary-General António Guterres hosts the 2019 Climate Action Summit on 23 September in New York.
Message On International Day: Preserve Indigenous Languages
At the United Nations in New York on August 9, the UN will observe International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples with a four-fold program.
Human Trafficking Addressed in Multiple Ways at the UN Recently
The issue of human trafficking has been front and center at the UN recently, with commemoration of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons on Tuesday, July 30
