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Juggling a cacophony of tongues, UN interpreters avert linguistic disaster

Articles, Translation

  Feature: UN News Centre 22 September 2014 Out of potential linguistic chaos, a corps of over 100 United Nations interpreters brings order and comprehension as speaker after speaker from around the world takes the podium of the General Assembly to give their annual speeches at the General Debate, discusses war and peace in the Security Council, or delves into

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CITIZENS OF ISRAEL CHARGE ISRAEL WITH GENOCIDE

Palestine

            Boycott from Within has sent the following letter to the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. We encourage others to do the same at http://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/adviser/contactform.asp?address=1. You may use this letter. Dear Madame/Sir, We are citizens of Israel who oppose our government’s policies of colonialism, occupation and apartheid against

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