Highwaymen in Ireland and Beyond : Myth, Folklore and Legend A wealth of historical and other literature abounds about the life and daring exploits of highwaymen through the earlier centuries who are immortalised as gentlemen, brigands, robbers. They rode on horseback across hills and valleys, or hid in thick heath and woodland, with the protection...
Recommandations contre l’esclavage, le racisme et les discriminations en Mauritanie. Par Diko Hanoune Elles sont adressées à l’état Mauritanien qui passera son Examen Périodique Universel (EPU) en janvier 2021. Nous recommandons à l’état Mauritanien de sanctionner les magistrats qui refusent de prendre en charge ou d’introduire des plaintes concernant l’esclavage et ses séquelles. C’est le...
Jean Claude Pallas The Guardian of the Palais des Nations « Defenseur du Palais des Nations » – this is how Jean Claude Pallas is known at the UNOG and internationally. His contribution to the preservation of the Palais des Nations is remarkable, in this sense he is The Guardian of the Palais. His book «Histoire...
The older you get… EITORIAL - DIVA “The older you get, the quicker the years pass by,” my colleague observed the other day. “Did you know that, according to some contemporary historians, the most important year in the twentieth century was 1979? I presume that was before 2020 and the Covid19 that knocked out the...
Interview with Ambassador Elchin Amirbayov, Assistant to the First Vice-President of Azerbaijan on foreign policy Q: You have a long outstanding career in diplomacy, and now you are the Assistant to the First Vice-President of Azerbaijan on foreign policy. What are the foreign policy priorities of your country? As they say, foreign policy is the...
Protagoniste de la Mission dominicaine en Haïti DÉPARTEMENT DE LA COOPÊRATION BILATÉRALE, À la suite de mes 5 ans d'expérience diplomatique, à l'ambassade dominicaine, en République d'Haïti, et après avoir vécu l'un des moments les plus difficiles et les plus dangereux de l'histoire moderne de ce pays, lors du deuxième mandat du président Aristide, la...
John Hume: Nobel Peace Laureate by Ita Marguet Laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize on 10 December 1998, John Hume (born 18 January 1937) said … ‘I want to see Ireland as an example to men and women everywhere of what can be achieved by living for ideals, rather than fighting for them, and by...
HUMANRIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES FORTY-FOURTH REGULAR SESSION AFTER ADOPTING 23 RESOLUTIONS by Marit Fosse On Friday, 17 July, the United Nations Human Rights Council concluded its forty-fourth regular session after adopting 23 resolutions. Norway in particular was satisfied with the outcome of this regular session, having worked very hard to get a resolution on business and...
