2008

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department – Buenos Aires) During an official state visit to Argentina, Her Majesty Queen Rania visited the Paula Albarracín de Sarmiento school, where UNICEF and the Ministry of Education of the province of Buenos Aires are supporting an innovative project featuring an auto-evaluation tool designed to measure the quality of education.

AMMAN (JT) - Her Majesty Queen Rania on Wednesday visited Dar Al Aman, the child safety centre affiliated with the Jordan River Foundation (JRF), to follow up on the facility’s progress and its work to protect young victims of abuse and neglect.

Queen Rania, who has chaired the JRF board of trustees since 1995, pioneered the first Arab initiative of its kind by establishing the Child Safety Programme in 1997.

(Royal Hashemite Court, Media & Communication Directorate - Petra) His Majesty King Abdullah today opened the Fourth Petra Conference of Nobel Laureates urging conference participants to lead hands-on involvement in the development of the Middle East.  "Throughout Jordan, and across the region, millions of people want to be part of a stable, moderate, modern Middle East," King Abdullah said at the opening ceremony of the two-day conference, in the city of Petra in southern Jordan, which was also attended by Her Majesty Queen Rania.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Davos) Joined by 40 international and regional CEOs, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan launched a campaign at the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Thursday, to support the work readiness skills of high school students across the Arab world.  The campaign, "Empowering One Million Arab Youth by 2018", was conceived by INJAZ al-Arab, a confederation of national operations working with 10,000 corporate volunteers to train Arab students through exciting hands-on programs in work readiness, in partnership with ministries of education.  The ini

AMMAN (JT) - Their Majesties King Abdullah and Queen Rania on Sunday visited four hospitals in Amman and Irbid to check on the condition of 16 people injured in a recent road accident.

The accident, in which a passenger bus and a water tanker collided and plunged into a deep valley on the Amman-Jerash highway, claimed the lives of 21 people and injured 33 others.

(Jordan Times, Hana Namrouqa - Amman) Her Majesty Queen Rania, president of the National Council for Family Affairs (NCFA), on Monday took part in the launch of the national information system for family affairs and two guidebooks on local family-related regulations and research. 
 
The NCFA, in cooperation with several government agencies and civil society institutions concerned with family issues, prepared the national information system for family affairs, a guidebook on family regulations and another on family studies and research.
 

(Jordan Times - Amman) Students from several public schools who participated in the second Creativity Festival Competition, organised by World Links Arab Region (WLAR), in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and USAID, were honoured on Monday.

As part of her efforts to encourage schools to use technology in the learning process, Her Majesty Queen Rania joined the students in the celebration at Al Qusour Secondary School for Girls and attended an interactive class activity.

(Royal Hashemite Court, Media & Communication Directorate - Amman) Jordan and Portugal on Sunday signed several agreements meant to cement bilateral ties, which were the focus of talks by His Majesty King Abdullah and visiting Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva.
 
In a joint communiqué, the two sides said they are keen to develop and reinforce economic, trade and investment relations and build strategic cooperative ties in line with the Euro-Med Partnership.
 

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Abu Dhabi) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, on Sunday, visited Abu Dhabi where she was briefed on the designs of several projects the emirate plans to implement on Saadiyat Island, which seek to transform the area into a cultural hub on the regional and international level. 

The projects, estimated at $27 billion, include the construction of several international arts and maritime museums in addition to the Sheikh Zayed Museum, which will be devoted to the history and the traditions of Abu Dhabi.   

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department – Amman) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah visited Palestinian patients receiving medical attention at the King Hussein Medical Center, Monday, to offer her support as they undergo treatment in Jordan.