75 years of bedrock #UN75
19th September 1946 (an abridged version)
'The CLEXIT Campaign was inspired by Brexit
Clexit is spreading world-wide
(16 countries already)
'Clexit aims to prevent ratification of the Paris global warming treaty promoted by the EU / UN and their green army'
desmogblog.com/clexit
theguardian.com/environment/cl…
So I have a song💚Bella Ciao🎵to new lyrics
-they have been singing it for 12 years
🎵 We need to open our eyes
🎵and do it now, now, now
🎵We need to #BuildABetterFuture
🎵and we need to start right now 🌍🌏🌎
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, soon joined the effort.
rescue.org/article/albert…
1940 a call for peace from a barber who has been mistaken for Hynkel
(he spent months drafting and re-writing this speech)
24th October 1945,
Royal Albert Hall London
The United Nations Charter took effect.
-“It’s not perfect
-nothing made by human beings ever is
-there is only one way to improve it
-and that is to use it.”
“I share the optimism of President Trump
and I say to all the naïve and juvenile anti-Americas in this country...grow up and get a grip”
“I must say to the America bashers in this country
...we will be governed by science not mumbo jumbo”
29th Jan 2020 - Dr Ryan from The United Nations WHO
“Effective risk communication is the most powerful tool we have at our disposal right now in the absence of a vaccine”
“How you choose to communicate risk is very important”
💚Bella Ciao🎵to new lyrics
-they have been singing it for 12 years.
🎵 We need to open our eyes
🎵and do it now, now, now
🎵We need to #BuildABetterFuture
🎵and we need to start right now 🌍🌏🌎
We have had 5 years of progress ham-strung.
If we do not unite to save the planet for all of us...
...I presume 'they' will save if for themselves
THE ORWELL FOUNDATION 2018 JOURNALISM PRIZE WINNER -Carole Cadwalladr -The Observer
"for her determination to shed fierce light on a story which seems by no means over yet. Orwell would have loved it.” – David Bell