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Message from President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano
I wish to express my thanks and appreciation to the organisers of the Conference due to be held at the Chamber of Deputies, arranged at the initiative of the Network of Parliamentarians for Non-proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament, in collaboration with the Permanent Secretariat of Nobel Peace Laureates Summits and to be chaired by Hans Blix, [...]
European Parliament resolution of 11 February 2010 on Burma
The European Parliament,
– having regard to the Council Conclusions of 27 April 2009 on Burma/Myanmar and the Council Common Position renewing restrictive measures against Burma,
– having regard to the European Council Conclusions – Declaration on Burma/Myanmar of 19 June 2009,
– having regard to the statement by the Presidency on [...]
His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama at the White House
by Jesse Lee
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said of the meeting today:
The President met this morning at the White House with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama. The President stated his strong support for the preservation of Tibet’s unique religious, cultural and linguistic identity and the protection of human rights for Tibetans in the [...]
Nobel Peace Laureate mairead Maguire appeals to Egyptian Government to open Rafah Crossings to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza
MAGUIRE SAID:
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On Thursday 3lst December, 2009 people of Gaza will remember the beginning
Of Operation Cast Lead massacres upon them, by the Israeli Military, when
l,400 people in Gaza were killed and some 5,000 were injured during the
22 day assault. These crimes against humanity and war crimes perpetrated
By the Israeli Government are not only [...]
Nobel laureate Ebadi says Iran arrested her sister
Iranian Nobel winner Shirin Ebadi said Tuesday intelligence agents have arrested her sister as the regime stepped up its crackdown on dissent, a statement carried on an opposition website said.
“My sister Dr Nooshin Ebadi was arrested at 9 pm (1630 GMT) on December 28 by four intelligence agents at her home and sent to prison,” [...]
Nobel Laureate Al Gore at Copenhagen
These soundbites of a press conference with former US Vice President Al Gore were distributed by the Norwegian government via the News Market during the last week of the COP15 global climate talks
Climate Change Task Force
Climate Change Task Force
Side Event
Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009, 16:30-18:00, Liva Weel Room
Panel Members
William Becker, Executive Director, US Presidential Climate Action Project
Ricardo Lagos, UN Special Envoy on Climate Change & President, Club of Madrid
Michel Jarraud, Secretary General, World Meteorological Organization
Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Secretary-General, International Telecom Union
Mohamed El-Ashry, Senior Fellow, UN Foundation
Dr. Jan Kulczyk, GCI Chairman of [...]
The Secretariat sent to G20 an appeal signed by the Co-President of the Summit Walter Veltroni
The Secretariat of the Nobel Peace Laureates’ Summits has today sent to all the Heads of State involved in the Copenhagen Summit a letter/appeal to urge them – in their roles as the leaders of the nations and governments of our planet – to make as soon as possible a new commitment towards taking on [...]
Everyone Should Have the Right to Credit
Microcredit loans have revolutionized the world of finance in developing nations. Now Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate behind the concept, wants to see similar programs in the industrialized world. In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, he explains why Germany’s poor should be given loans.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Mr. Yunus, you provide microcredit to people in [...]
Speech on poverty for Berlin
In 1945, with the smoke still clearing after the worst war in human history, the founders of the United Nations wrote Article 26 in the UN Charter which says and I quote “In order to promote the establishment and maintenance of international peace and security with the least diversion for armaments of the world’s human [...]
Albert Schweitzer Institute
Gorbachev Foundation
