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#Republican Rep #EliseStefanik's nomination for US ambassador to the #UnitedNations [#UN “phew!”] is in jeopardy as #GOP pressure mounts for her to back away from the position.

…There are ongoing discussions about whether she should withdraw from consideration. Stefanik has not resigned from her seat in #Congress, & w/the narrow majority in the #House, #Republicans need all the votes they can muster.

#USpol
cbsnews.com/news/elise-stefani

Today we are very proud to announce that the United Nations has switched from Google Forms to CryptPad Form for collecting endorsements on the UN Open Source Principles: unite.un.org/news/sixteen-orga

CryptPad Form is a full-fledged application allowing you to build privacy-preserving questionnaires for your respondents.

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unite.un.orgSixteen Organizations Endorse the UN Open Source Principles | Office of Information and Communications TechnologyThe United Nations Open Source community is proud to announce that 16 leading organizations have the UN Open Source Principles, following the initial endorsement by the Open Source Initiative (OSI), bringing the total to 17.

The #Trump admin alleges #ColumbiaUniversity student & pro-#Palestinian demonstrator #MahmoudKhalil withheld that he worked for a #UnitedNations Palestinian relief agency in his #visa application, saying that should be grounds for #deportation.

#UNRWA provides food & healthcare to #refugees & has become a flashpoint in the war in #Gaza. Israel contends that 12 UNRWA employees were involved in #Hamas' attack on #Israel on Oct 7, 2023, leading the US to halt funding.

#law
reuters.com/world/us/us-allege

"Freed Israeli #hostage Eli Sharabi, who was beaten, chained and starved while held for 491 days by #Hamas, expressed his anger during an appearance at the #UN Security Council on Thursday for having to suffer for so long and worry every day about being killed.
#torture
“Where was the #UnitedNations? Where was the #redcross Where was the world?” Sharabi asked."
apnews.com/article/un-gaza-isr
@israel
@palestine
@iran
@lebanon
@yemen
@syria
@ireland
@histodons
@russia
@uk
@australia

Israeli captive Eli Sharabi, who had been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, is escorted by Hamas fighters before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
AP News · Israeli hostage freed after 491 days asks: Where was the United Nations, the Red Cross, the world?By Edith M. Lederer

Mountains and Glaciers: Water towers
UN World Water Development Report

Mountain waters are essential to humans and ecosystems

The 2025 edition of the #UnitedNations World Water Development Report highlights the importance of #mountain waters, including alpine #glaciers, which are vital for meeting basic human needs such as water supply and sanitation. They are also essential to ensuring #food and #energy security to billions of people living in and around mountain regions and areas downstream. They also support economic growth through various water-reliant industries. As the ‘water towers’ of the world, mountains are an essential source of fresh #water. They store water in the form of #ice and #snow during cold seasons, releasing it during warmer seasons as a major source of fresh water for users downstream. Mountains play a unique and critical role in the global #WaterCycle, and they affect atmospheric circulation, which drives #weather and #precipitation patterns.

unesco.org/reports/wwdr/en/202

#Environment
#ClimateCrisis
#Cryosphere

www.unesco.orgMountains and Glaciers: Water towers2025 United Nations World Water Development Report