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(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department-Amman) In recognition of some talented and ambitious students in Jordan, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah met today with winners and participants of the Intel Science Competition-Arab World 2012, which took place in December in Dubai and drew 130 students from 11 Arab countries.

During the meeting, first place grand prize winner Shatha Al-Sabbah from Jumana Bint AbdelMutaleb School in Irbid spoke about her project which tests the effect of methanol in basil plants on the oxidation and toxification of the liver.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department- London) – Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, alongside other members of the United Nations High Level Panel (HLP) on the post-2015 development agenda, attended in London on Wednesday the start of the second leg of HLP meetings to discuss the international development agenda beyond 2015.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department- Paris) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah opened the OECD Forum 2012 in Paris today with a keynote address that highlighted the pivotal role that education plays in narrowing the inequality gap across the world and “creating equitable opportunities for all.”

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department- New York) – Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, along with 25 other members of the UN Chief’s High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, met for the first time at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday. The panel, which was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in August, is assigned to advise on the global development agenda beyond 2015, the target date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department- New York) – Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah joined UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim at the opening of the eighth annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York on Sunday.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton moderated the opening panel of CGI, whose theme this year “Designing for Impact” focuses on the capacity of global citizens to cultivate an environment where their lives and the systems they utilize can serve as an effective vehicle for change.