Economy & Climate Change
While world leaders kept arguing over climate change in UN over the week, the new generation took to the street across the globe demanding action from the governments and the leaders to save their future. Scientific reports that have come from several UN bodies and independent research organisations have...
International day of happiness
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has, in consensus on June 28, adopted resolution to celebrate International Day of Happiness, henceforth, on 20 March every year. A statement released on June 28 reads, “International Day of Happiness is a movement to promote happiness as a universal goal and aspiration...
UN’s resolution on happiness
Adopting a second draft resolution, titled “Happiness: towards a holistic approach to development”, the Assembly invited Member States to pursue public policy steps that would better capture the importance of pursuing happiness and well-being in development. It also welcomed Bhutan’s offer to hold a panel discussion on the theme...
UN, BHUTAN TIE UP IN ICT CAPABILITY PROJECT
The UN and Bhutan government has launched an ICT capacity development programme through an academy to boost the ICT skills of the government officials in Himalayan kingdom. The United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (UN-APCICT/ESCAP), with the support of Bhutan’s Ministry...