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Who’s intruding on who? Barrick’s North Mara Mine: Photo 7

Human rights may have been enshrined in a United Nations declaration in 1948, but they are also the moors and norms meant to frame how we interact with one another both on an individual and on a societal level. From war crimes to access to ...

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Hyperlink: http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/un_days/aids1.asp

Contributed by Citizen Shift

In response to growing international concern about the spread of the AIDS epidemic and in recognition of the international character of this disease, the United Nations General Assembly in 1988 declared AIDS to be a Global Pandemic. It decided, in Resolution 43/15, to establish December 1st as World Aids Day.

It was decided that this day should be a time for the peoples of the United Nations to appreciate, understand and acknowledge the danger that AIDS poses to humanity and the extent to which it had spread all over the world.

Learn more, what you can do and what is being done, at this link...