Submitted by sadmin1 on Mon, 08/10/2015 - 21:32
(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).
Submitted by sadmin1 on Mon, 08/10/2015 - 21:32
(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.
Submitted by sadmin1 on Mon, 08/10/2015 - 21:27
(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department- New York) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah attended the annual Advisory Board meeting of the Columbia University Middle East Research Center in Amman. The meeting took place at Columbia University’s main campus in New York, and comes as a part of Her Majesty’s trip to the US accompanying His Majesty King Abdullah II.
Submitted by sadmin1 on Mon, 08/10/2015 - 21:27
President Levin, Dean Lorimer, faculty, students… thank you so much for making me feel so welcome here at Yale. I’ve wanted to come here for many years, and am so grateful to everyone for the hospitality and kindness you’ve shown to me and my staff.
I’ve really been looking forward to seeing the Yale landmarks that I’ve been hearing about for so long – the Beinecke Library… Harkness Tower… Old Campus… Peter Salovey’s moustache.
Submitted by sadmin1 on Mon, 08/10/2015 - 21:27
Thank you, Karen.
You know, this is one event I wish I wasn’t at.
I wish there was no need for UNRWA... I wish there was no anniversary to mark…and I wish that there were not 4.6 million Palestinian refugees in need of humanitarian aid.
But, you and I know, the reality is very different.
Theirs is a life interrupted...a life half lived.
Hours wasted at checkpoints… …another work day lost…another pay cheque cancelled.
Worried about what the family will eat… weighing up how far food will stretch…praying for an aid parcel.
Submitted by sadmin1 on Mon, 08/10/2015 - 21:27
(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department- New York) In Her remarks at the Innovative financing MDG side-meeting, at the United Nations head quarters in New York, Queen Rania stressed the importance of education and women empowerment as essentials for achieving all eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The meeting featured panels on the success of innovative financing in health, the financial transaction tax and new sectors for innovative financing,
The Queen is in New York as part of a working trip with His Majesty King Abdullah II.
Submitted by sadmin1 on Mon, 08/10/2015 - 21:27
(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - New York) During day two of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah stressed that the only way to create a stable and secure world is to address global injustices, specifically in the Arab world.
Submitted by sadmin1 on Mon, 08/10/2015 - 21:27
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3pTe6irC_Q]]
Thank you Owain...
400 million live viewers;
220,000 visitors;
145 goals scored;
64 matches;
32 teams;
9 cities;
6 continents;
1 cup;
1 winner;
1GOAL... Education for All.
In the last twelve months, 18 million people signed their name to demand every child go to school.
18 million people… from across geographical and political boundaries, religious and social backgrounds.
Submitted by sadmin1 on Mon, 08/10/2015 - 21:27
Thank you, Ann. It’s an honor to be here with you all this morning; thank you for that warm welcome. What a wave of positive energy to start the day…wow!
So, before I visit a new place, before I meet new people, I always do my homework…and everything I read about you guys was pretty amazing:
“…an environment of exceptional trust and respect… highly committed staff…a four-year college enrollment twice the national average for women of color… high expectations…highly supportive… students consider school their second home…”
Submitted by sadmin1 on Mon, 08/10/2015 - 21:27
"Good afternoon everyone. It’s a pleasure to be with you all in such a wonderful setting; and thank you, Klara, for your generous introduction. A biography I read about you recently began: A literary superstar. Arguably Poland’s most famous writer after Joseph Conrad. I’m sure those of us who’ve enjoyed your writing over the years would agree.
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