Geneva International – Page 44 – International Diplomat America

September 21 : International Day of Peace The Luarca Declaration and the Human Right to Peace

12/05/2007

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The international day of peace was established 26 years ago in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly as an annual observance of global non-violence and ceasefire. Every year the United Nations and its specialized agencies remind the world that peace is the highest good, peace with justice. On 21 September 2007 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon rang the Peace Bell at UN headquarters in New York in the company of UN Messengers of Peace. In Geneva a round table…

Interview with Mr Bernard Cochem?, Chief Executive Officer of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund

05/20/2007

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Q : What is the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund and how does it function ? The United Nations Pension Fund is an inter-agency organization whose mission is to manage pensions for all participants from its 22 member organizations, such as UNESCO, WHO, FAO, ITU, ILO, etc. The United Nations Organization, with all its funds and programmes , such as UNHCR, UNICEF and UNDP, is by far the largest of the member organizations. Currently, the Pension Fund covers participants and…