Jordan

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - UMM AL YANABEEH / AJLOUN) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah and HRH the Prince of Wales on visited the Ajloun Nature Reserve - a pioneer eco-tourism project launched by the Jordan River Foundation (JRF) in cooperation with the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN).
 
The reserve, inaugurated by Queen Rania, highlights the importance of environmental protection while promoting sustainable community development by establishing income-generating activities in the surrounding woodland area.
 

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Amman) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, Co-Chair of the Arab Open University (AOU) Board of Trustees, stressed the importance of quality education and of expanding the educational base to reach all segments of society in the Arab World especially Arab women.
 
This came during the first meeting of the University’s Board of Trustees, chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Talal Bin Abdulaziz, who is also President of the Arab Gulf Program for United Nations Development Organization (AGFUND).
 

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Amman) In an open letter to The Times Newspaper in London, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah made an urgent appeal to the coalition forces to provide secure access for humanitarian workers to enter Iraq and for casualties to be immediately evacuated.

Calling on the forces to establish humanitarian air and land corridors to take badly injured people for treatment in Jordan and elsewhere, Queen Rania spoke of the suffering of the Iraqi children, and expressed the urgent need to take immediate action to eliminate this suffering.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Amman) As the Middle East and the world stand at a crossroads, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah stressed the importance of rebuilding trust in a region that is faced with a real opportunity for reform and development.

“The impetus for peace, democracy, and human development has never been greater. But at the same time, the stakes of failure have probably never been higher. Expectations are running high, but trust is in short supply,”

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Amman) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah sent a cable congratulating Jordanian athletes on their achievements at the Athens Paralympics which came to a close in the Greek capital. 

In a cable to HRH Prince Raad, president of the Jordan Sports Federation for the Handicapped, Queen Rania lauded the team’s accomplishments, their determination to win and raise the Jordanian flag on the world’s sporting stage.

(The Times, By Philip Webster, Political Editor - London)

A lifeline for Iraq’s children

Jordan’s Queen calls on Blair for action now Queen Rania of Jordan today delivers a passionate appeal to Tony Blair and President Bush to make Iraq safe enough for aid organisations to enter and for casualties to be immediately evacuated.

Her rare foray into international politics comes in a letter to The Times , in which she calls on coalition forces to establish humanitarian air and land corridors to take badly injured people for treatment in Jordan and elsewhere.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Amman) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan, the youngest queen in the world, turned 36 today.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Amman) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah paid a surprise visit to a school in Khreibet Al Souq and visited a home for the elderly in Juweideh as part of efforts to ensure the social development of all sectors of Jordanian society.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Amman) Tourism plays a vital human role in connecting people and building bridges of fellowship and understanding between nations, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah told 800 members of the French National Association of Travel Agents (SNAV) during the opening ceremony of its 44th Annual Congress held for the first time in Jordan on Wednesday.

The five-day event, which is organized in cooperation with the Jordan Tourism Board (JTB), is part of Queen Rania's efforts in promoting the potential of the Tourism sector in Jordan and abroad.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Al Jiza) Schools across the Kingdom started their new academic year today after a long summer holiday; at Al Jiza Secondary School for Girls students said they were pleasantly surprised to be returning to school to find Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah on their campus.