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“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights” ... Article one, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

“Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person” … Article three, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Over the past 41 years, the people of Gaza have been living under occupation. Over the past 18 months, they have been living under siege. And for the past 10 days, the people of Gaza have been subject to a cruel and continuous military attack.

Seven years ago, the international community gathered in Dakar and pledged to achieve Education for All by the year 2015. The goals include expanding early childhood care and education; providing free, compulsory primary education; promoting learning and life skills; increasing adult literacy by 50 per cent; achieving gender equality, and ensuring quality education for all.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Amman) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah launched, Tuesday, a new plan to renovate Jordan’s public schools and improve the learning environment. “Madrasati”, Queen Rania’s latest initiative, will build a partnership between community members and public and private institutions, to upgrade at least 500 of the Kingdom’s public schools.

Shania Twain (ST): Hello I’m Shania Twain. You’re listening to a special Friday edition of The Current. Around the world there are seventy two million children who don’t have access to education, And now FIFA, the international governing body of soccer has teamed up with the Global Campaign for Education to try to change that. The result is the 1Goal campaign and the idea is to make sure that every single child in the world is able to go to school. It’s a lofty goal but the campaign has a powerful backer.

"Thank you Minister Genscher for your kind words. I will do my best to live up to the noble spirit of this award.
 
And let me pay tribute for your years of public service. Germany has long been respected for her philanthropy and global citizenry...helping those whose lives have been blighted by natural and manmade disaster... time and time again.
 
And thank you, Dr. Burda, for your inspiring example of humanitarian leadership, and for all you do to build bridges of care and compassion around the world.
 

Thank you, Jimmy. Music royalty…acting royalty…advertising royalty…Man, it’s hard for plain old royalty-royalty to stand out in this crowd!  But of course, that’s not what it’s about, and it’s great to be here to share this moment of musical and social media history. You don’t need to understand what VEVO means, to know that it’s set to transform the way we access music videos. I’m here tonight because I believe VEVO can help transform something else. I’m here tonight because I believe VEVO can help transform the state of global education.

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Robin Roberts (RR): Now a visit from Queen Rania of Jordan. She’s one of the world’s most powerful women but she’s also a wife, a devoted mother of four, tireless advocate for education all around the world, and she is here this morning to engage in some peanut butter diplomacy by telling us about her new children’s book. It is wonderful. It is called The Sandwich Swap. And it’s wonderful Your Majesty to have you here back with us..

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department- Davos) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah’s core message, delivered during a panel discussion held at the World Economic Forum in Davos, resonated clearly in the halls of the Congress Centre on Saturday: “There is no better equalizer in this world than education; it’s the greatest justice you can give people.”

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department- Barcelona) At the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona today, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan joined forces with the GSMA, the mobile industry’s leading institution, to announce the 1GOAL: Education for All Mobile Campaign in support of 72 million children still denied access to basic primary education.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - AMMAN) As part of her initiatives encouraging youth activities in Jordan, and in support of national efforts conserving the environment, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah participated in the second Arab 'Al-Hussein Environmental and Scouts Camp,' organized in Rusaifeh by the Jordanian Environment Society.