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...STRENGTHEN THE U.N. It is no use blaming the U.N. for the missteps of recent years. Why are U.N. agencies less operational than they should be? Not because of "U.N. bureaucracy," though that exists, but because the powerful countries fear ceding more authority. Yet U.N. specialized agencies have a core role to play in the ending of poverty. It is time to empower the likes of the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), and many others to do the job--on the ground, country by country...
Regarding his current ministerial post, Gil explains that “culture is the impulse of societal life. The symbolic exchanges that occur between people…[are] what gives meaning to people’s lives. So all the work to strengthen citizenship, to strengthen the economy…all of this is culture...
...works to ensure that our contributions to Harvard realize their full symbolic potential. Harvard is currently invested in companies that help underwrite the ongoing genocide in Sudan. SGP holds Harvard accountable for its complicit support of the Sudanese government and guarantees that Harvard’s investments do not strengthen Harvard’s financial stability at the expense of its fundamental principles...
...oversight on new building constructions, making sure they obey safety codes," adds Abdollah Saidi of the Geological Survey of Iran. And a debate about moving the capital - and its 12 million inhabitants - has flared again. Ashtiany says the idea diverts attention from achievable goals. "We have to work to strengthen structures and reduce risk," he says. "The tsunami showed us that disasters don't know borders...
...contentious Faculty meeting—many faculty members continued to criticize Summers’ leadership of the University, though their remarks had a more conciliatory tone than those made last week. Much of the conversation focused on ways Summers could restore power to the Faculty and strengthen professors’ trust in him, and a much-discussed no confidence vote in Summers’ leadership was not held...