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World Bee Day
“The Slovenian Beekeepers in 2017 proposed to the United Natons (UN) to declare May 20 a World Bee Day. In Slovenia, May 20th is known as the birthday of Anton Janša (1734-1773), the pioneer of modern beekeeping. Janša was the first teacher of modern beekeeping in the world, he was appointed by the Habsburg Empress […]
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Human rights are those activities, conditions, and freedoms that all human beings are entitled to enjoy, by virtue of their humanity. They include civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. One of the main rights being – We are all born free. We all have our own thoughts and ideas. We should all be treated […]
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United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Number 13 – Freedom to Move
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Perhaps what am saying will be seen as controversial and appologies this is not my intention. Difficult to find the right words. Wondering rather than vilify people who misread the way a new culture to them operates – we should find ways for each culture to understand each other better. The high figures/statistics of rape […]
Read More Sweden commentthe Bigger Picture and benefits of being United
Two other debates stood out Mindfullness in Schools https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-09-06/debates/16090642000001/MindfulnessInSchools and Calais and Dunkirk, Refugee Children https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2016-09-06/debates/16090640000432/CalaisAndDunkirkRefugeeChildren But also noticed on the news two things – that the UK is spending money on building a wall around the port entrance in Calais and also that there is at least one significant asteroid circling the Earth that […]
Read More the Bigger Picture and benefits of being UnitedUNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency – figures
Below is a link to an article from UNHCR including figures comparing 2013 and 2014. Interestingly the figures quoted are for applications for refuge, not figures for refuge offered. Asylum trends for 2014 “In the 1990s, the Balkan wars created hundreds of thousands of refugees and asylum-seekers. Many of them found refuge in industrialized countries. […]
Read More UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency – figuresLooking after our neighborhood
… never forget, you are awesome
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