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(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Zermatt) - Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, on Sunday, called on the world’s young movers and shakers to claim their stake in how the future unfolds, challenging them to become the dynamic engine of change and global progress.

“For all of us here,” Queen Rania said, “the next 15 years have immediate, urgent relevance – in all our roles, as business leaders… politicians… public figures… or perhaps as parents”.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Amman) - Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, on Sunday, joined a group of Jordanian and international students, at the Kempinski Hotel in Amman, for the 4th annual session of the Amman Model United Nations (AMMUN) Conference to discuss the key role of youth in addressing the global challenges of terrorism and extremism.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Athens) - In recognition of her humanitarian role and efforts globally, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, on Thursday, received a warm welcome at the ELPIDA Guest House in Athens, an establishment of the Friends' Association for Children with Cancer, ELPIDA, as part of a two-day trip to the Greek capital with His Majesty King Abdullah.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Amman) - In a gesture of outreach to the world's youth and in recognition of the common human values that bind us as a 'global family', a group of Arab youth, on Tuesday, presented Her Majesty with a message in a bottle to carry through to the youth of the world.

(Office of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah-Press Department) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, on Saturday, was granted the Honorary Citizenship of Milan Award, in recognition for her work and social contributions on the international front.

(Office of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah- Press Department, Jaber Border/Village) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, on Wednesday, was on hand to receive a group of women cyclists from 20 countries who are cycling for peace across the Middle East.

The 250 participating women started their ten-day journey which on September 15 in Beirut, and are cycling a route of nearly 300 km taking them through Syria, Jordan and continuing to Jericho in Palestine.

What do you see your role, as Queen, to be? What motivates you in your work?

Barely two-and-a-half months since she gave birth to her fourth child, Queen Rania is back at work. She is all smiles and graciousness as she strides purposefully across the cool marble floor of her seaside villa in Aqaba, hand outstretched, in a pair of skinny jeans and a fashionable loose shirt.

...And tell me, you haven't been back to the states for two years.
Queen Rania: Just under two years, and during that time I had my baby.

Your fourth.

Queen Rania: He's my fourth and he's four months old today, so it's been an eventful year for me.

It's hard to believe that you and your husband, King Abdullah of Jordan, took the throne six years ago. What, in retrospect, has been the most challenging part for you as queen?

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CNN ANCHOR: Thank you and welcome to this special edition of CNN CONNECTS. Here in New York at the time of the U.N. General Assembly Summit, the annual summit and also when President Clinton launches his global initiative to tackle the issues that you saw in that report.

How will we rescue our planet from the kind of crippling poverty that causes nearly a billion people a year to try to struggle to stay alive on less than a dollar a day?