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On Syria
December 10, 2024
Let’s be clear: this is a moment to celebrate! Syrians have paid a very high price for this moment to happen. The al-Assad regime & allies killed over 83,500 civilians. Over 150,000 people have disappeared since 2011. Tens of thousands were imprisoned. Tortured. Murdered....
Read MoreHow the UN can stand with Afghan women & girls, with Dr. Habiba Sarabi!
December 09, 2024
By Colombe Cahen-Salvador “The Taliban’s goal is clear: they want to erase women entirely. No school, no work, no voice.” These words from Dr. Habiba Sarabi were spoken during a town hall I had the honour of hosting last week, and capture the stark...
Read MoreCampaign Update 🇺🇳 | Join a former Afghan Peace Negotiator tomorrow & find out how to stop dictators!
December 04, 2024
This is Colombe Cahen-Salvador's UN campaign newsletter Dear friends, Massive crimes are happening, and we can do something about it. I’m serious, we can force our governments to cut support with genocidal maniacs! Let’s make things easy: Countries are killing people, and our...
Read MoreHow the UN can protect freedoms, with Gina Romero!
November 21, 2024
By Colombe Cahen-Salvador "While Azerbaijan has been preparing to host COP29, recent months have been marked by an alarming wave of arrests and the setting of criminal cases against human rights offenders in the country, including journalists and independent media. (...) So while COPS should be an...
Read MoreOn Freedom Day, we must destroy new Walls of Oppression
November 09, 2024
Today marks the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Around the world, leaders will honour that moment as the triumph of freedom over tyranny, a milestone in the long arc toward justice. But while dignitaries commemorate, another truth remains: today, new...
Read MoreCampaign Update 🇺🇳 | It’s the UN’s 79th Birthday
October 24, 2024
Dear friends, "As World War II was about to end in 1945, nations were in ruins, and the world wanted peace.” The institutions that once governed global cooperation had collapsed, and it became clear that a new framework was needed to prevent future wars...
Read MoreGlobal Democracy Coalition Podcast | Candidacy for UN Secretary General and Challenges from Rising Authoritarianism with Colombe Cahen-Salvador
October 08, 2024
This article was originally published on the Global Democracy Coalition website. Click here to listen to it.
Read MoreCampaign Update 🇺🇳 | How the UN could stop wars ... if rebuilt
October 03, 2024
Dear friends, Peace and security are the core purposes of the United Nations, and we must strive for them! By uniting, challenging current power structures, and electing a new generation of leaders, we can ensure humanity’s survival and prosperity. And this is more needed...
Read MoreCampaign event | "How To Regulate AI through and for Democracy" Consultation
October 03, 2024
On September 22nd, 2024, Atlas grassroots consultations to hear from the people of New York and the world what they want the United Nations to do when it comes to regulating artificial intelligence. Through a three-hour-long event, we learnt, debated, and agreed on a...
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