Friday, February 7th, 2020
On Thursday, February 6th, in the UN Correspondents Association room, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) held a press briefing to present an appeal for $683 million to urgently provide life-saving reproductive health and protection services to 48 million women, girls and young people, including 4 million pregnant women, living in 57 countries affected by
Thursday, January 16th, 2020
Human Rights Watch launched their 2020 World Report on Tuesday, January 14th in New York. Speakers were: Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch Emma Daly, Media Director, Human Rights Watch Sophie Richardson, China Director, Human Rights...
Monday, October 28th, 2019
On Thursday, October 24th, the United Nations Correspondents Association held a press conference with nuclear experts and organizers on a new initiative with an Alternative Strategy for Constraining Nuclear Arsenals, launching the “Count the Nuclear Weapons Money” campaign. Speakers...
Monday, September 16th, 2019
The United Nations Correspondents Association held a press conference with Lumos to launch their new report A Goal Within Reach: Ending the Institutionalization of Children to Ensure that No One is Left Behind. Speakers were: Sharon Riggle, Chief...
Friday, September 13th, 2019
The United Nations Correspondents Association held a press briefing with Hon. David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), following his intervention at the UK-sponsored event “Attacks on Civilians and Civilian Infrastructure in North-West...
Wednesday, May 29th, 2019
The United Nations Correspondents Association held an embargoed press briefing with Save the Children ahead of their May 28th launch of the 2019 Global Childhood Report Speakers were:Carolyn Miles, President & CEO, Save the ChildrenDr. Beryl Levinger,...
Monday, May 6th, 2019
The United Nations Correspondents Association held a press briefing with UN Women on the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 25th anniversary commemoration taking place in 2020. Speakers were:Åsa Regnér, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director, Intergovernmental...
Friday, May 3rd, 2019
The United Nations Correspondents Association held a press briefing with Mr. Diego Arria, former Venezuelan diplomat and founder of the Arria Formula Meetings devised in 1992, on the situation in Venezuela. BIO and VIDEO below Diego Enrique...
Friday, April 12th, 2019
The United Nations Correspondents Association held a press briefing with the President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Coly Seckwhere he provided a readout of the recently concluded 40th regular session of the Council on Geneva and...
Friday, March 15th, 2019
During the 63rd session on the UN Commission on the Status of Women, the United Nations Correspondents Association held a press conference on Thursday, March 14th with women leaders from the United States, South Korea and Japan...
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The woman, described as being in her 40s, tested positive on Wednesday after developing a sore throat and chest pains, the prefectural government said. She first tested positive in late Jan. and was discharged from the hospital after recovering on Feb. 1. reut.rs/393WJYT
Speaker Nancy Pelosi responds time President Donald Trump’s Coronavirus press conference #sabcnews
If this means Nikki Haley has a climate policy I’d love to see it. twitter.com/benjibacker/st…
"Too many young Americans are being convinced that the only way to save the planet is to reject capitalism. The opposite is true. Only countries that succeed economically have the resources and political will to demand a cleaner environment." -@NikkiHaley preaching truth today.
— Benji Backer (@BenjiBacker) February 26, 2020
Radio gold!
Five?! Is he counting immediate relatives? twitter.com/nydailynews/st…
Rudy Giuliani forgot to hang up on a Daily News reporter and, thinking he was off the line, started trash-talking ex-Gov. Pataki while complaining he only has “five friends left.”https://t.co/y5OsRb4Ruf
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) February 26, 2020
I came across this today in a tweet and it really should become a bumper sticker: “I support the candidate whose country I want to live in.”
#NikkiHaley speaking @DrewUniversity. Our reporting on her while she was #US ambassador to the #UN passblue.com/category/nikki…
U.S. forces have returned to Saudi Arabia to deter attacks by Iran, despite extremism that flared last time the kingdom hosted American troops wsj.com/articles/u-s-f…
U.S. Identifies First Coronavirus Case Without Ties to Outbreak bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
After restricting the movements of millions of people to fight Covid-19, China’s president now faces pressure to end them as economic costs mount wsj.com/articles/as-ec…
U.S. Companies in China Warn 2020 Revenue Could Halve If Coronavirus Persists ~ American businesses in China struggle as travel restrictions and protective gear shortages weigh on workforces and productivity wsj.com/articles/u-s-c…
Trump faces credibility test as he plays down virus threat apnews.com/67a9a72531ca2e…
US Ambassador Kelly Craft Resumes Campaign Donations with a Big Gift to Trump bit.ly/2vjfmtb
Bloomberg showed more humility and command of the facts but his supposed appeal to Republican-leaning swing voters could be undercut by his support for gun control and nanny states. twitter.com/mikebloomberg/…
We all agree climate change is killing our planet. I have a record of actually doing something about it.
— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) February 27, 2020
I cut NYC’s carbon footprint, closed more than half our country’s coal plants and mobilized cities and states to uphold the Paris Agreement. #CNNTownHall
while we were worrying about coronavirus... twitter.com/johnhendren/st…
FIVE killed in Milwaukee, plus gunman, police say. "No other individuals were injured at this time. further information will be provided ... after 9 o’clock tonight"@AJEnglish @AJENews
— John Hendren (@johnhendren) February 27, 2020
It's good Trump didn't take the bait and attack the cdc
This great government we have
Dr Anne Schuchat's unflappable straight face as Trump engages in political attack on Pelosi and Dems is pretty impressive.
President Trump defended his administration’s response to the coronavirus outbreak and rejected the idea of appointing a czar to oversee the effort to stop the outbreak from spreading ~ Puts Vice President Pence ‘In Charge’ of Virus Response wsj.com/articles/trump…
Now present in 47 countries. Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashbo…
Now would be a good to get the politicians off the mic and hear from the experts
