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UK National Commission for UNESCO

UK National Commission for UNESCO Inaugural Annual Conference, 16-17 June 2006 East Midlands Conference Centre, University of Nottingham

 

The UK National Commission's inaugural Annual Conference successfully concluded on 17 June 2006. Over 200 attended the first Annual Conference since 1985 and took part in the presentations, discussion and consideration of the challenges and opportunities for the UK, UNESCO and the National Commission in the coming decade.

The Rt Hon. Hilary Benn was the after-dinner speaker in the pre-conference reception on 16 June and spoke passionately about his optimism in the achievement and future of the UK National Commission.

 

A conference report is in the process of being prepared and will be available on this website in due course.

 

More information and photographs.

 

http://www.unesco.8m.com/Conference/conference_gallery.htm

http://www.unesco.org.uk/Annual_Conference.htm

Baladna, Israel

From: YAP Long-term volunteering [mailto:ltv@yap.org]
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 5:51 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS - EVS ISRAEL 2006

 

Dear all,

We are happy to send you the call for volunteers for the next EVS project in Israel 2006!

The whole project will gather 17 European volunteers in 16 different hosting organizations in Israel; the projects will start on mid August 2006 – Mid February 2007 for a duration of 6 months.

The pre-departure training will take place in Brussels around the mid/end of august 2006 (dates to be finalized as soon as the team is selected). The project is an EVS project under the Euro-Med YOUTH programme, meaning that ONLY EU countries are entitled to send volunteers to the Middle East.

Attached you will find the project description (as detailed as possible), as well as the application form. The application must be filled by the applicant him/herself, BUT part 10 must be filled by the sending organization.

The deadline for the International Secretariat to receive applications is 19th of JULY 2006 by 18.00 at the latest! You will get an answer by 24th of JULY 2006 on the selection.

Please send applications ONLY by e-mail.

So.... you have about one month from now to think about it. We are looking forward to receiving your applications and GOOD LUCK!

Should you have further questions, do not hesitate to contact us!

Have a nice day,

Maram

Project Coordinator
YAP IS

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Youth Action for Peace
3 avenue du Parc Royal
B - 1020 Brussels
Phone: +32 2 478 94 10
Fax: +32 2 478 94 32
General info: info@yap.org
General administration: administration@yap.org
Youth exchanges, training and seminars: exchange-training@yap.org
Long-term Volunteering: ltv@yap.org
Publication: publications@yap.org
Website: www.yap.org

Public Meeting. 17th July, 2006 (3)

Public Meeting. 17th July, 2006

 

The United Nations and Its Future in the 21st Century

Editor

Vijay Mehta

In 2005, the United Nations celebrated its sixtieth anniversary. It was   an historic opportunity to take stock of the past and see what lies in the future. This collection of essays assesses aspects of the Organisation’s history, and what might lie ahead for it.

 

The United Nations is at once the symbol of humanity’s collective aspirations for a better life in a safer world for all, and a forum for negotiating the terms of converting these collective aspirations into a common program of action. Realising these goals is ever more significant at a time when the UN is facing pressures to reorganise itself.

The book discusses the far-reaching reforms the UN needs to continue to play a central role in international peace and security. Its contributors emphasise that the UN is the only body through which respect for the rule of law and adherence to multilateral treaties can be achieved.

 

The book includes important UN documents and the recommendations of the UN High Level Panel Report on Threats, Challenges and Change in relation to poverty, environmental degradation, terrorism, civil war, conflict between states, weapons of mass destruction, and organized crime. 

 

The chapters in the book were originally given as lectures in honour of the UN’s free-thinker, critic and constructive analysts’, Erskine Childers. The contributors include:

 

Margaret Anstee * Jayantha Dhanapala * Denis Halliday * Rosalyn Higgins * Razali Ismali *Richard Jolly * Caroline Lucas MEP * Patricia McKenna * Paul Rogers * Ramesh Thakur * Jenny Tonge

Vijay Mehta is a writer,peace and development activist. He is president, VM Centre for Peace, chair of Arms Reduction Coalition (ARC) and  World Disarmament Campaign (WDC), and vice-chairman, Action for UN Renewal.

This book can be purchased from the following:

Action for UN Renewal                                                                           VM Centre for Peace

www.action-for-un-renewal.org.uk                                            www.vmpeace.org 

 

Amazon website:                                                                                               The Spokesman
www.amazon.co.uk                                                                        www.spokesmanbooks.com  

U.N. Bookshop, United Nations Building, Room GA-32, New York 10017, USA

Paperback (274 pages)          £10.00 (plus £2 postage)      ISBN 0 85124 707 5

 

Public Meeting. 17th July, 2006 (2)

Action for UN Renewal                     Public Meeting to support

Jayantha Dhanapala

Candidate for post of UN Secretary-General

 

‘Challenges, Opportunities and Limitations of the Role of the Secretary-General’

   Monday 17 July 2006, 6.30 - 8.00 pm

Committee Room 10 (booked in the name of Frank Cook MP), House of Commons

Chair: Lord Peter Archer of Sandwell

 

Ambassador Dhanapala is Sri Lanka’s officially declared candidate for the top UN job of Secretary-General of the United Nations. The first secretary-general Trygve Lie described it as the most impossible job on earth. After the war on Iraq and the oil for food scandal, and recent capping of its funds, the UN is in need of urgent and radical reforms for its survival. Dhanapala has what it takes to bring lasting reforms to the world body in the 21st century.

 

Jayantha Dhanapala is a former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and a former Ambassador of Sri Lanka. He is currently the Senior Adviser to the President of Sri Lanka and a member of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Governing Board. He is an international expert on arms control, recipient of various peace awards. One of his greatest diplomatic victories was securing an indefinite extension of the Nuclear-non Proliferation Treaty (NPT). He is honorary President of the International Peace Bureau. Please visit his website at www.jayanthadhanapala.com We endorse Jhayantha Dhanapala’s as the most suitable candidate to fulfil this top job of the United Nations.
Please join us in supporting him.

Supported by World Disarmament Campaign, Arms Reduction Coalition and International Peace Bureau

                               For further information contact:
             Vijay Mehta                                 Jim Addington
          0207 377 2111                               0208 399 2547

Public Meeting. 17th July, 2006

House of Commons, London

 

Action for UN Renewal                     Public Meeting to support

Jayantha Dhanapala

Candidate for post of UN Secretary-General

 

‘Challenges, Opportunities and Limitations of the Role of the Secretary-General’

   Monday 17 July 2006, 6.30 - 8.00 pm

Committee Room 10 (booked in the name of Frank Cook MP), House of Commons

Chair: Lord Peter Archer of Sandwell

 

Ambassador Dhanapala is Sri Lanka’s officially declared candidate for the top UN job of Secretary-General of the United Nations. The first secretary-general Trygve Lie described it as the most impossible job on earth. After the war on Iraq and the oil for food scandal, and recent capping of its funds, the UN is in need of urgent and radical reforms for its survival. Dhanapala has what it takes to bring lasting reforms to the world body in the 21st century.

 

Jayantha Dhanapala is a former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and a former Ambassador of Sri Lanka. He is currently the Senior Adviser to the President of Sri Lanka and a member of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Governing Board. He is an international expert on arms control, recipient of various peace awards. One of his greatest diplomatic victories was securing an indefinite extension of the Nuclear-non Proliferation Treaty (NPT). He is honorary President of the International Peace Bureau. Please visit his website at www.jayanthadhanapala.com We endorse Jhayantha Dhanapala’s as the most suitable candidate to fulfil this top job of the United Nations.
Please join us in supporting him.

Supported by World Disarmament Campaign, Arms Reduction Coalition and International Peace Bureau

                               For further information contact:
             Vijay Mehta                                 Jim Addington
          0207 377 2111                               0208 399 2547

Baladna: Association For Arab Youth

2006 Work camps Descriptions

 

 

 

                                               Contact Details:

 

Tel:  972-4-8523035 Fax: 972-4-8523427 Mobile: 972-52-4403634

E-mail: info@baladnayouth.org Web site: www.baladnayouth.org

Address: P.O. BOX 99604, Haifa 31996 Israel

I.                    Organization and Workcamp descriptions (english)

 

A.     Introduction

 

Baladna - Association for Arab Youth is a developmental and capacity building agency for Arab-Palestinian youth in Israel. It was established in 2000, and officially registered in 2001. Baladna works with Arab-Palestinian youth to work towards not being institutionally marginalized and to gain more equality with the Jewish majority in Israel.  Resistance to official discrimination aims to deepen connections to Palestinian identity and encourage community development.

 

The association encourages Arab-Palestinian youth to address discrimination by Israel’s educational and governing institutions. Baladna directly mobilizes young people through educational programs and cultural activities. The association also collaborates with agencies promoting Arab-Palestinian youth and helps build their leadership capabilities.

 

B.      Baladna’s International Activities

 

Baladna has strong relationships with partners in Israel, Palestine and abroad. Baladna has hosted volunteers through the European Commission’s European Voluntary Service (EVS) in 2002 and 2003 and in 2002, facilitated international exchanges on human rights issues that effect Palestinians in Israel and in Palestine. This enabled intercultural exchange between European and Palestinian youth.

 

In August 2002, Baladna organized the first two-week workcamp at Halleessa, the most underprivileged Arab-Palestinian neighbourhood in Haifa. This work camp aimed at renovating the neighbourhood’s houses, cleaning streets, planting trees and energizing the local community. Arab-Palestinian and Jewish volunteers, as well as volunteers from Japan, the US, Canada, Spain and France, took part in activities such as painting, reading and writing, teaching English, sports, and theatre performances.

 

For more info about Baladna please visit our Web site : www.baladnayouth.org

 

All Inscriptions should be sent to:  volunteer@baladnayouth.org

 

Or fax number

Fax: 972-4-8523427 

 

 

1) Sakhnen work camp

 

Dates :                             1-14\7\2006

Place:                              Sakhnen, Heart of the Galilee / Israel

Hosting Organization:   Baladna and Sakhnen Municipality

Work Type:                     Environmental & Gardening & Painting

Number of Volunteers:  20 International

Participation Fee:         150 Euros

Accommodation:          In municipal social centre.

 

 

 

Local Community and Project Description

Sakhnin is a very old town, which dates back 3,500 years. The town is situated in the heart of the Galilee and has holy sites for Muslims, Christians and Jews.
The town is built over three hills. It is 200-250 meters above sea level, and it is located in a valley surrounded by mountains, the highest of them is 602 meters high.
Today there are over 20,000 inhabitants in Sakhnin and most of them make a living from businesses, light industry, and construction work within the neighboring cities.