Monthly Archives: January 2016

International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

Director of UNIC Canberra at the Sydney Jewish MuseumThe International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust was marked in Sydney with a moving ceremony at the Sydney Jewish Museum organised by the Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants.  There was rapt attention as Olga Horak, one of the survivors present, gave an inspiring talk on the theme of the International Day, Continue reading

Procedure of Selecting and Appointing the next UN Secretary-General

UN General Assembly President Lykketoft has committed to running his Presidency in the most open and transparent manner possible. This also applies to the process of selecting and appointing the next United Nations Secretary-General. Continue reading