Chairman of the Advisory Board Merkel has a job offer from the UN 01/19/2022 02:58 am After 16 years as chancellor, Angela Merkel left the political stage last December. Now the former head of government has received a job offer from the United Nations. UN chief António Guterres wants to win the ex-chancellor for an advisory body. Ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel has a job offer from New York: UN chief António Guterres would like to win the 67-year-old for an advisory...
In the end, it is the children who give the climate conference the final pressure. The delegate from Tuvalu, for example, holds up his smartphone, it shows a photo of his three grandchildren. "Every evening when I get home I look at this photo," he says. "And I wonder what to tell them." The Turkish delegate spoke up and said: "I owe my three boys the success." This is how it goes in the final hours of the Glasgow Climate...
Good morning, dear reader, we know that from ourselves: We like to postpone uncomfortable duties into the future. The tax return has to be made? Ah, right, I'll do it next weekend. Does the cellar urgently need an organizing hand? Yes, it will be your turn in the next vacation. The fence is rotting in the garden, the neighbors are already looking disgruntled? Yes, yes, I know, I'll take care of it soon! We write a long note in the...
At least on one of the fronts on which Algeria is currently embroiled in conflict, the situation could calm down somewhat. Not immediately, of course, but in the future, if a negotiated solution or at least an approximation can be achieved. On Thursday, UN Secretary General António Guterres appointed Staffan de Mistura as the new special envoy for the Western Sahara conflict, the post has been vacant since German ex-President Horst Köhler resigned it in 2019 for health reasons.De Mistura...
