Ban Ki-moon: ‘Close the gap between the world that is and the world that should be

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Social Media Slant 4 Good Using social media to raise awareness of important issues! New daily edition at 9 a.m. Published by Cendrine Marrouat 10 February 2016 Read paper → World Environment Business  Technology Politics Health #awareness #sid2016 Ban Ki-moon: ‘Close the gap between the world that is and the world that should be’ Shared by United Nations www­.theguardian­.com - World leaders must ditch narrow political concerns and commit to ending conflict, the head of the UN says. Decrying the “harrowing familiarity” of brutal scenes, Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary gener... Six countries making progress on LGBT rights Shared by Human Rights Watch www­.theguardian­.com - If you want evidence that the tide of history may be turning irrevocably in the direction of LGBT rights across the world, you need only look to the staunchly Catholic Latin American country of Col... 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