In an appearance on a morning news show today, House Minority Leader John Boehner repeatedly charged that the health insurance reform bills being considered in Congress represent a “big government takeover” of health care. It’s important to know that’s just not true. The claim of a “government takeover” is a time-worn attack raised by opponents […]
Members Support Request for Withdrawal of Status for 1 Organization The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) today recommended eight entities for consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and the reclassification of another, and postponed consideration of 30 applications. In other decisions, the 19-member Committee recommended the withdrawal of consultative status from one […]
The Commission for Social Development is to address social integration when it holds its forty-eighth session at United Nations Headquarters from 3 to 12 February. Fifteen years after Governments made a commitment to promote social integration at the World Summit on Social Development in Copenhagen, the Commission will explore why the goal of creating […]
Following is Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s statement to the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction in New York, 1 February: I congratulate Ambassador Kohona of Sri Lanka and Ms. Lijnzaad of the Netherlands on their […]
A one-day meeting will be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Monday, 1 February, to accelerate the pace by which decisions on sustainable development are turned into action. Convened by the Division for Sustainable Development of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the meeting will bring together Government representatives, […]
NEW YORK, 29 January (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) — A Working Group established by the United Nations General Assembly will meet from 1 to 5 February in New York to consider how to continue and strengthen efforts aimed at the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond areas of national […]
A top official of the European Union naval operation working to squash piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast lauded this afternoon the Chinese Government?s decision to add a warship to that operation. ?This is extremely good news and will allow us to surge other assets into the Somali basin where pirate activity […]
One year ago today, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which restores the law to where it was before the Supreme Court’s decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. by clarifying that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under title VII of the Civil Rights Act […]
Last Friday, I had the opportunity to help break ground on a transitional housing facility for homeless women veterans in Cocoa, Florida. Named Operation Home Front and run by the Center for Drug-Free Living, the new facility will provide integrated services to help residents address warfare trauma and substance abuse, gain employment, and transition to […]
Not everybody is up for watching a sixty-nine minute, forty-four second speech, no matter how good it may be. So we thought we’d provide the opportunity to watch some key sections, broken out by topic. State of the Union: Building Infrastructure and Creating Jobs at Home var params = { allowscriptaccess: “always”, allowfullscreen: “true” }; […]
