COMECE and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to participate in the 2nd edition of the Catholic Youth Convention on the Future of Europe, to be held on Tuesday 31 May and Thursday 2 June 2022 on the theme “Sharing our dreams on the future of Europe”. Registration now open
Screenshot of the 2021 Catholic Youth Convention. (Credit: COMECE)
The event is organised in the context of the 2022 “European Year of Youth” and at the conclusion of the plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe. Participants will be able to enter into dialogue with EU policymakers from the EU institutions on the following 3 topics (see draft programme: 31 May – 2 June):
Youth and South-East Europe(31 May) – with EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi;
The Future of Christian Democracy(2 June) – including welcoming remarks by H.Em. Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ, President of COMECE;
Dialogue withRepresentatives of the Plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe(2 June).
Participants will include young people delegated by the Bishops’ Conferences of the EU, and young people from the network of the COMECE Youth Platform. This event is also open to all people who are interested to hear the voice of young people regarding the Future of Europe. Young people from all around Europe are strongly encouraged to participate.
The event will take place online, via Zoom. Registration for the 2nd Catholic Youth Convention on the Future of Europe is now open.
Vienna (Austria), 18 May 2022 – Last Monday, on the opening day of the thirty-first session of the Commission of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), a special event was held taking stock and reporting on initiatives launched since the adoption of the Kyoto Declaration.
The Kyoto Declaration came out of the Fourteenth United Nations (UN) Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and was adopted by consensus in Kyoto on 7 March 2021. Member States recommitted to a multilateral approach in preventing and combating crimes and promoting the rule of law and reaffirmed that the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is the leading UN entity supporting them in this approach.
Japan’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UNin Vienna, Takeshi Hikihara, chaired and moderated the special event, during which initiatives were reported on including those funded by Japan and implemented by UNODC.
Ambassador Hikihara is also chairing the CCPCJ at its thirty-first session. In his opening remarks , he underlined that “scaling up the implementation of crime prevention and criminal justice policy commitments is one of the key priorities of our commission”.
In her intervention, Ms. Ghada Waly, Executive Director of UNODC, recalled that the “crime congresses have long played an essential role in developing and agreeing holistic justice solutions to strengthen the rule of law and help build a resilient, inclusive society that leaves no one behind”.
Another speaker, Ambassador Xavier Sticker of France, stressed the importance of furthering initiatives to combat crimes that affect the environment at all levels, by using the tools provided by the Kyoto Declaration and exchanging good practices among experts.
The special event also featured interventions by Japan’s State Minister and Assistant Vice-Minister of Justice, the UN Asia and Far East Institute, and the Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, as well as UNODC. Additionally, it included a panel discussion with national experts that participated in the negotiations of the Kyoto Declaration.
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The CCPCJ is the UN’s principal policymaking body in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice and works to improve international action to combat national and transnational crime and make criminal justice administration systems fairer and more efficient.
The Kyoto Declaration called upon the CCPCJ to adopt policy and operational measures appropriate to following up on the declaration, to identify innovative uses of any information that details progress made in its implementation, and to engage with other relevant stakeholders and strengthen global partnerships that will advance crime prevention, criminal justice and the rule of law.
The European Commission risks undermining the integrity of the EU administration without a more robust approach to the movement of staff to the private sector, the Ombudsman concluded following a broad inquiry into ‘revolving doors’.
While the Commission has made improvements since the last Ombudsman inquiry, it still needs to do more. The Commission should:
1. Forbid jobs temporarily if they pose risks that cannot be offset by restrictions or if restrictions cannot credibly be monitored and enforced.
2. Make its approval of a new job conditional on the staff member obtaining a commitment from the new employer to publish any restrictions on its website.
3. Publish the decisions on staff members’ new jobs faster.
“The movement of regulators into sectors they formerly regulated has become a problematic issue in Brussels, yet this is not fully reflected in how the EU administration deals with the matter,” said European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly.
“There is a tendency to underestimate the corrosive effects of officials bringing their knowledge and networks to related areas in the private sector.
The EU administration is at a critical point in its treatment of ‘revolving doors’. Failing to control the practice now will allow the embedding of a culture that may erode public confidence in the integrity and expertise of the EU institutions.
Permanent jobs in the EU administration imply a commitment to the public good over the long term. They should not be seen as a stepping stone to related jobs in the private sector,” said the Ombudsman.
The inquiry covered a sample of 100 decisions taken by the Commission in 2019-2021, across 14 Directorates-General, all Commissioner cabinets, the Commission’s Legal Service, and the Secretariat-General. Of these 100 decisions, the Commission prohibited only two activities. The Ombudsman did not find maladministration, see here for the inquiry findings.
Today, the Ombudsman is also launching her Annual Report for 2021, with complaints related to transparency and accountability accounting for the biggest proportion of inquiries (29%).
The Report documents the Ombudsman’s work on improving public access to documents, including by publishing a guide for the EU institutions to help them fully meet their obligations in this area. It gives details on a range of inquiries including whether Frontex’s complaints mechanism could be made more accessible, how the Commission ensures Croatian authorities respect fundamental rights in the context of border management operations, and how the European Investment Bank should improve transparency about the projects it finances.
In 2021, the Ombudsman opened 338 inquiries – of which six were on her own initiative – while the average length of time for an inquiry was less than four months.
The Annual Report also features the European Ombudsman’s new logo – officially launched today – representing the office’s mission: accountability, transparency, and trust.
The safety and security of religious communities in France were addressed in a training conducted by the Conference of European Churches (CEC) in Paris. Held as part of the Safer and Stronger Communities in Europe (SASCE) project, the event brought together French church leaders and staff members.
The training held on 16 May was significant, as France has experienced several terrorist attacks in the past years, including a number of churches that were directly affected.
During the meeting, CEC Executive Secretary for Human Rights, Dr Elizabeta Kitanovic, presented SASCE materials to the participants, including guides for community members, church leaders and staff members, as well as practical guides and videos produced for law enforcement.
The materials shared with the participants included a recommendation from SASCE to create a Crisis Management Team on every diocesan level in case of climate emergency, terrorist attacks, or any other emergency that could put the security of a religious community in danger.
Rev. Christian Krieger, president of CEC, attended the event, representing the Reformed Church in Alsace and Lorraine. “We are grateful to receive this important material in French. As this topic is very sensitive, the church leaders need time to study these necessary materials and to have further and deeper discussion about the awareness of security threats in France.”
Funded by the European Commission, the SASCE project is an outcome of a European interfaith partnership, representing Christian, Muslim and Jewish communities. CEC is working together with religious partners to assist in the protection of places of worship across Europe.
Xerxes I, who ruled the Persian Empire in the 5th century, goes down in history with his military invasion of Greece, marked by the battles of Thermopylae, Salamis and Plateia. But according to historians, this invasion became known not only for its battles, writes Ancient Origins. In 480 BC. Xerxes’ army advanced on the Hellespont (Dardanelles), which separated Asia from Europe. In order to quickly transfer his army to the opposite shore, the Persian king ordered the construction of a 1.2 km pontoon bridge across the strait. The bridge was built, but before the Persian army could take advantage of it, a storm broke out at sea and destroyed the structure. Enraged, Xerxes ordered his soldiers to punish the sea for disobedience. By order of the king, the sea was whipped 300 times and pierced with red-hot iron to obey Xerxes.
In addition, according to historical records, the engineers involved in the construction of the pontoon bridge were beheaded. The ancient Greek historian Herodotus wrote that the bridge was eventually built. More than 600 boats were tied with ropes, which allowed Xerxes I’s army to cross to the opposite shore.
It is known that crossing the strait takes the Persians 7 days and nights. But for Xerxes and his army, all is in vain. The Persians were defeated by the Greeks and when they retreated to the bridge, they found that the sea had destroyed the bridge again.
Photo: The Scourging of the Hellespont (illustration from 1909). Public Domain
Serbian Church accepts the Macedonian Orthodox Church
The Council of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church restored the liturgical and canonical communion with the Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric. According to the decision, the reasons for the interruption of communication due to the unilateral proclamation of autocephaly in 1967 have been eliminated.
The decision is based on an appeal from the Macedonian Orthodox Church, which recognizes the 1959 statute as the basis for future talks and hopes the Serbian Patriarchate “fraternally clarifies its status” so that there is universal Orthodox consent and recognition.
The Serbian Patriarchate is restoring Eucharistic communion with the Orthodox Church in Northern Macedonia, believing that its current status is “the broadest autonomy, ie full internal independence, granted in 1959.” At the same time, the question of dialogue on future and final canonical status remains open. In particular, the Council of Bishops states:
“Thanks to the Lord and with joy, the Council welcomes the adoption of the universally recognized canonical status, which is the status of the widest possible autonomy, ie full internal independence, granted as early as 1959;
– as this has eliminated the reasons for the interruption of liturgical and canonical communion caused by the unilateral proclamation of autocephaly in 1967, full liturgical and canonical communion is restored;
“By establishing unity on canonical grounds and under the conditions of the canonical order throughout the Serbian Orthodox Church, dialogue on the future and eventual final status of the dioceses in northern Macedonia is not only possible but also purposeful, legitimate and realistic.”
In this forthcoming dialogue, the Serbian Orthodox Church will be guided only and exclusively by ecclesiological-canonical and ecclesiastical-pastoral principles, criteria and norms, without being interested in “realpolitik”, “geopolitics”, “ecclesiastical political considerations”, unilateral initiatives and without to succumb to anyone’s influence and pressure. “
The Serbian Patriarchate leaves it to the Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric to decide what its official name will be, recommending that this be clarified “in a fraternal dialogue with the Greek and other local Orthodox churches”. Furthermore, it does not intend to introduce restrictive clauses on the scope of its jurisdiction at home and in the diaspora.
The “Greek and other local Orthodox churches”, with which the MOC must specify its official name, undoubtedly refer to the Bulgarian Patriarchate, which in its statutes is the legal successor of the Ohrid Archbishopric.
The decision of the Serbian Patriarchate was expected (see here). It was preceded by a similar decision by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which also welcomed the Orthodox clergy and laity in northern Macedonia into Eucharistic communion, but set limits on the name given to this local church – no “Macedonia” or derivatives. names, as well as its jurisdiction to be limited to the borders of the Republic of Northern Macedonia. The Ecumenical Patriarch also left open the issue of the administrative structure and status of the local Church in northern Macedonia, to be clarified in dialogue with the Serbian Patriarchate.
At a time when meteorology and physics were not yet known, and sowing and reaping a rich harvest was the most important task, people turned to nature. The behavior of animals, the characteristics of plants, the direction of the wind and the color of the sky – all this is the basis of folk signs that have been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. Observations piled up, and people began to predict for themselves what the new day and even the next six months would be like. In fact, the beliefs that people continue to believe today can be explained from a scientific point of view. One of the most common beliefs is that if the swallow flies low, then it will rain. The explanation is simple: before rainfall, the atmospheric pressure decreases and the humidity rises. As a result, the wings of the flies become heavier and lower them, and the swallows fly to the ground after eating. The same goes for beliefs about frogs. It is believed that jumping ashore portends bad weather. But they, like swallows, follow the flies flying above the ground.
There are other birds that portend rain. These are the sparrows that “bathe” in the dust. It turns out that parasites are born in the feathers, which due to the drop in atmospheric pressure before the rain become active and disturb the birds. To get rid of pests and itching, sparrows clean their feathers and together with the dust get rid of parasites. Rain beliefs are one of the most common. For example, that changes over time can be traced to conifers. Before the rain the branches are saturated with moisture, swell and fall under the weight. There is a similar explanation for the phenomena that occur with bees. Due to microscopic droplets invisible to the human eye, bees’ wings get wet before the rain, so bees prefer to stay in the hive and wait for bad weather. Rain forecasts are also made for plants. Usually before rain, roses, acacia, honeysuckle and sweet clover emit a stronger aroma, releasing more nectar to attract insects. So they try to pollinate before the rain washes away all the pollen from them. And dandelions, violets, clover and water lilies close their flowers to save pollen and seeds.
For the ancients, this would be incredible, but most beliefs are explained by changes in humidity, atmospheric pressure and the laws of physics. The loud whistling of crickets in dry weather is due to the fact that the sound of rubbing the elytra in such conditions spreads better. And the red sun at sunset – with the density of moist air, through which only the long waves of light reach us. Colds are often judged by pets. For example, cats experience fluctuations in atmospheric pressure and, in order to retain heat, they contract into a ball and cover their nose, reducing the area of heat release. For the same reasons, the hens stand on one foot, as the ground is already cooling. There are many beliefs and superstitions among the people. But many of them related to time are true, because natural processes are natural in terms of biology, physics, chemistry and other sciences.
Forecasts on celestial bodies
“The moon makes time for the earth” The moon, as it moves around the earth, creates tidal waves in the oceans. Simultaneously, but on a much smaller scale, waves occur in the atmosphere. These tides are expressed as fluctuations in air pressure with an amplitude of approximately 0.02 millimeters of mercury. But those who follow the weather know that when it changes, daily fluctuations in atmospheric pressure can reach and exceed 20-30 mmHg. That is, the impact of lunar tides on the atmosphere is very insignificant. Beliefs about the influence of the Moon on the Earth’s time have emerged rather because due to changes in humidity in the Earth’s atmosphere, the Moon looks different to people at different times.
“Clear moon promises frost” In clear skies, lowering the temperature at night is accompanied by additional “cooling”: it seems to blow cold from the ground. The frost is getting worse. For example, at -10 ° C the temperature near the snow cover on a clear night can be -20 ° C. Therefore, the given trust is plausible. A sign of severe cold are the optical phenomena – lunar and solar poles (or solar cross), which are observed only when the atmosphere is calm and stable. “The halo effect portends bad weather” The appearance of thin feathery clouds in the sky most often indicates a change in weather: in winter – for warming, in summer – for possible rain. At these heights, where the “feathers” are located, water vapor is in the form of ice crystals. The light coming from the sun or the moon is refracted in a special way at the edges of the ice, creating such a beauty as a halo.
Cloud forecasts
The forecasts for the coming days are well explained by the laws of atmospheric processes. To clarify them, it is desirable to know the basic meteorological concepts. The atmosphere is an ocean, where currents of different air masses are constantly observed. Each has its own characteristics (air mass of the polar latitudes or temperate or tropical …). There is a rather narrow transition zone or (conditionally) dividing line between them. In meteorology, such a zone of “instability”, which is characterized by large contrasts (or abrupt changes) in temperature and humidity, is called the atmospheric front. Cyclones periodically occur in the front. This is a vortex with reduced air pressure, which looks like a powerful air funnel. This section of the front, which moves in front of the cyclone, is considered warm: the wind before the “funnel” carries warm air from the south. The section of the front that moves at the rear of the cyclone is a cold front: here the wind, turning west or north, carries cold air. After about a week the atmosphere calms down and the cyclone is replaced by an anticyclone – an area of high pressure: for a while the weather becomes balanced. The warm and cold parts of the atmospheric front are characterized by their own set of meteorological phenomena. The most dangerous meteorological phenomena – torrential hail, hail, hurricane, sometimes tornado, and in winter snowfall and blizzard – occur during an active cold front. Let’s look at these phenomena with the example of a summer day. “Feather clouds portend bad weather” Feather clouds are harbingers of a warm front. The front is expected in about half a day or a day. But it is not a fact that there will be precipitation. It can end in warming. However, if feathery clouds appear behind them, then yes: five to seven hours after their appearance, layered rain clouds will appear and warm rain will begin. “It’s suffocating – no thunderstorm will pass” After crossing a warm front, there is usually a lull for a day or three (or more). For how much – depends on the strength of the wind at a height. The temperature will rise day by day. Before the displacement of the cold front with rain and thunderstorms can become unbearably stuffy – the moisture content in the air increases significantly. The sky acquires a cloudy and whitish hue. Tails, fans and an anvil at the top of the cloud are signs of an impending strong thunderstorm and hail. The appearance of high cumulus clouds in the morning often indicates a thunderstorm or a change in weather. Usually such clouds in the form of threads, veils or ridges appear on the western side of the sky and seem to come from one point on the horizon. An hour and a half to two hours before the approach of the front with thunderstorms in the sky, lenticular clouds appear. Sometimes they have a regular elliptical shape and can look like UFOs. The pressure continues to drop. The cumulus cloud grows before our eyes and acquires a stunning appearance: below – lead blue, above – dazzling white. The color depends on the different reflection of light: the lower level consists of relatively large water droplets, then the drops decrease, the upper consists of ice crystals. The cloud becomes cumulonimbus. If after a short time the top grows and the borders are blurred (protrusions, tails are formed) or – most dangerous of all – an anvil stretched in the wind appears, there is a high probability that hail will start. The anvil is a huge reservoir of ice crystals. They rush down, uniting in this space flight. Often, before a thunderstorm passes, it brightens sharply for a brief moment, the wind dies down … But then, just as abruptly, “night comes.”
From the economic repercussions of the COVID pandemic to food insecurity exacerbated by the Ukraine war, Secretary-General António Guterres painted a picture of accumulating crises that have put the drive towards the global goals into reverse.
“We must rise higher to rescue the SDGs – and stay true to our promise of a world of peace, dignity and prosperity on a healthy planet,” he underscored at the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) meeting on Operational Activities for Development.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the loss of some 15 million lives, pushed 100 million into poverty in 2020 alone, and set back human development – especially women’s rights – by a full generation, according to Mr. Guterres.
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“The pandemic demanded a united response based on solidarity between developed and developing countries – but that did not happen,” he said.
While developed countries invested trillions in their recovery, the developing world has been left to fend for itself “in a global financial system that favours the richest and punishes the poorest”.
“Many developing countries are now dealing with the health and socio-economic impact of the pandemic; the unequal recovery; the effects of the climate crisis; and the economic shock to food, fuel and financial markets caused by the war in Ukraine,” continued Mr. Guterres, describing the situation as “a development emergency of global proportions”.
‘No time for complacency’
Calling the 2030 Agenda “our clearest pathway forward,” Mr. Guterres said the UN development system had been transformed in recent months to better respond to countries’ needs and priorities.
“But this is no time for complacency. The world is on fire and so far, international cooperation has not delivered for those who need it most,” he said. “We have no alternative but to keep pushing our limits and stepping up our efforts”.
Aligning for development
The Our Common Agenda report includes “a New Global Deal to ensure power, wealth and opportunities are shared more broadly, so countries can invest in their people,” he said.
And it calls for all forms of public and private finance to be aligned with the SDGs and the Paris Agreement.
Within UN Country Teams worldwide, Mr. Guterres identified five areas for urgent attention, beginning with ensuring the skills and expertise needed are there, to support national transitions.
Secondly, UN Resident Coordinators must be supported to help governments expand and improve partnerships, know how, financing, and development solutions.
Next, he underscored the need for collaboration where humanitarian, development and security challenges interact.
“It is not about blurring mandates or resources; it is about ensuring that our assets are deployed coherently to support countries on their sustainable development priorities,” stressed the UN chief.
Business operations need to improve “to make every dollar count”, and finally, regional collaboration must be strengthened to support Resident Coordinators and country teams – all of which requires “adequate, predictable and sustainable funding”.
As the world’s multiple crises raise the bar ever higher, the UN chief assured that the UN was ready to scale up to meet expectations.
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Women in India are being encouraged to play a leading role in sustainable development especially on gender equality issues.
Addressing challenges multilaterally
Joining virtually from Gaborone, Botswana, ECOSOC President Collen Kelapile observed that the pandemic – coupled with other pre-existing challenges such as the climate crisis, protracted conflicts and now the Ukraine war – “are generating all-time high humanitarian needs and setting back decades of development progress”.
He said that the international community must work together to “accelerate action to achieve a transformative post-COVID-19 recovery, as well as redouble our efforts to deliver the SDGs for a better future for all”.
“Multilateralism, international cooperation and global solidarity are the only effective ways of dealing with current and emerging global challenges,” he added.
Financing core
The ECOSOC President shared his concern over the long-lasting impacts of scaling down core development resources for reallocation to immediate humanitarian needs, particularly on sustaining the decades-long development achievements.
Moreover, a critical funding gap for UN development agencies must be addressed along with the imbalance between core and non-core resources.
“We must, therefore, acknowledge the high-level of importance the programme countries accord to the core development mandate of the UN Development Agencies and work to effectively support these countries towards achieving the SDGs during the remainder of the Decade of Action,” he said.
Calling for help
General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid, spoke of the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of UN system operational activities during the pandemic in late 2020.
For the first time, it explicitly calls for the UN development system to support social protection, universal health coverage, and education along with assisting the most vulnerable and reinforcing rights-based approaches and gender equality.
“The General Assembly also called for supporting countries in the mobilization of resources and partnerships” and ensuring the sustainability of its operations, said Mr. Shahid.
Seeing the journey through
Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed lauded the many returns on investments in development coordination, namely “independent, authoritative leadership; strengthened convening and better coordination; and improved operational efficiency for more ambitious results”.
However, amidst a continued funding shortfall, the ultimate objective of advancing the 2030 Agenda is at risk.
“Reversing this trend, and closing the funding gap, must remain an absolute priority,” she said.
“We must continue the journey together over these next eight years, in earnest, with a sense of urgency, and at the scale needed to keep the promise of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs,” concluded the Deputy UN chief.
“Young children who have gone without food, rapidly drop a lot of bodyweight, often exacerbated by bouts of infectious diarrhoea, until they become so thin and frail, they look skeletal,” UNICEF chief Catherine Russell explained in the report’s foreword.
Unlike famine or starvation, relatively few people have heard of severe wasting, although it affects around 13.6 million children globally under the age of five, and is one of the leading underlying causes of preventable deaths in young children.
“It is excruciatingly painful for the child whose body is battling the condition. Without lifesaving treatment, it is a battle that many lose,” Ms. Russell attested. She also noted that conflicts and climate crises, which destroy access to healthy diets, are “causing that number to rise”.
Life-saving nutrition
But even in stable countries, child wasting has been surging by more than 40 per cent.
For example, in Uganda, child wasting has increased 61 per cent since 2016.
“When a baby or child is this underweight and weak, they cannot eat normally,” the UNICEF chief explained, meaning that traditional food aid – like bags of wheat or soya – cannot save them.
These children need lifesaving, ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), a high-calorie nut paste given as a medical treatment, which can literally mean the difference between life and death.
Despite its simple, affordable effectiveness, amidst a sharp decline in nutrition financing, around 10 million desperate children are not receiving RUTF largely due to the ongoing economic shock of COVID-19.
Ukraine war
Meanwhile, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, both nations are among the world’s top agricultural producers and exporters, has blocked supply lines and impacted global food security, threatening even more children with wasting.
The UN’s food agency suggests that a prolonged reduction of food exports could raise the global number of undernourished people by eight to 13 million people in 2022 and 2023.
Moreover, food, fuel, and fertilizer shortages, combined with inflationary pressures, are causing prices to soar.
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The UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Group Joint Malnutrition Estimates (JME).
‘Global child alert’
And even RUTF therapy isn’t immune. The price of this effective treatment is projected to rise by 16 per cent over the next six months.
The report explains how a relatively small additional investment in treatment for severe wasting could lead to an exponential reduction in child deaths from all causes.
“Unless funding is increased, aid agencies will be unable to treat hundreds of thousands of children,” warned the top UNICEF official.
“The international community must act to avert a child malnutrition catastrophe,” she said, issuing a global child alert.
‘Urgent action’ needed
This year many severely malnourished children have already lost their fight for life.
“We can’t bring them back. And we can’t end global hunger and malnutrition overnight,” Ms. Russell acknowledged, but there is plenty to be done right now to stop children literally wasting away.
With “political will and urgent action,” strategic investment in proven, affordable ways can prevent and treat severe acute malnutrition, saving lives now and working towards “a world where no child wastes away and dies,” she said.
“With urgently need funding…we can reach every child – no matter who they are or where they live – with the essential nutrition they desperately need to survive and thrive”.
Researchers from the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico (INAH) have deciphered mysterious hieroglyphs on a ceramic vessel discovered during archeological excavations.
According to the INAH website, this is a vessel discovered by archaeologists as part of the Mayan Train research project. This train traveled through the Yucatan and made stops during which archaeologists excavated. The hieroglyphic vessel was discovered during archeological excavations near the town of Maxcanu. It was located in a building erected in the pre-Hispanic period. The artifact dates from the late classical period (600-800 AD).
The deciphering of the hieroglyphs made it possible to establish that the whole history fell into the hands of scientists. It is dedicated to Cholom – a historical figure. He belonged to the Mayan elite, his name has already been found on artifacts in the ancient city of Oxkintock. The 11 glyphs of the container’s cartouche are reported to indicate that Cholom held the position of sadjal or herald. This was a nobleman whose job it was to make the ruler’s orders public. “Sajal is the one who transmits,” said co-author of the study, archaeologist Ileana Ancona Aragon. Scientists have not yet established what function the vessel itself performed, as well as the plate found “complete” with it. By the way, another vessel is kept in the Yucatan Regional Museum of Anthropology in Merida, which also contains a glyphosate of Choloma. In this case, he was identified as a uylul, that is, a “listener.”
