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In an immediate response to the SG's world campaign to end violence against women, UNIC Manama on 26 February 2008 lead the UN Communication Group (UNCG)and all UN agencies to launch a campaign to end violence against women in Bahrain.

The following participants helped to launch the campaign :

  • the Resident Coordinator for Bahrain
  • Director of UNIC Manama
  • the Secretary-General of Bahrain Supreme Council of Women, which is headed by the first lady of Bahrain
  • the President of The Shelter For Women Victims of Violence in Bahrain
  • the Deputy Chairperson of Bahrain's Jurists League who is a woman
  • the Head of Women's National Union
  • the Head of Bahrain’s business women’s Association
  • representatives of an array of women NGOs and UN agencies
  • Media professionals

 

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UNIC Manama

UNIC Myanmar and other representatives of the Myanmar UN Country Team have met with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon on Monday, 10 December in Myanmar.

 

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UNIC Myanmar

Mrs. Gursharan Kaur, accompanied by Mrs. Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi and Ms. Shalini Dewan, Director, UN Information Centre for India and Bhutan, tours the exhibit People’s Access to Justice which she inaugurated at the Travancore Palace Art Gallery on Sunday, 21 October. Presented by the UN Information Centre and the Centre for Law and Study of Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, the exhibition (until 28 October), focusing on human rights education, showcases the work of the National Legal Literacy Mission.

 

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UNIC New Delhi

On Monday, 3 September 2007, the UNIC Moscow has unveiled an exhibition “Under the North Star” by a renowned British photographer Bryan Alexander dedicated to the International Polar Year (IPY).

 

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UNIC Moscow
Three female Greek students, Lynn Amende Abhulimen, Fotini Dervissis, and Marina Spyrou were awarded prizes in the world-wide essay contest on the subject of humanr rights and poverty.

The award ceremony for Lynn Amende Abhulimen, the 16-year-old of Nigerian origin, was held on 24 April 2007 at the student’s 4th Lyceum of Ilion. The award was presented by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Education and Religion, Mrs. Ismini Kriaris, in the presence of fellow students, representatives of the diplomatic corps, including the Ambassador of Nigeria, and local authorities.
The award ceremony for the 11 year-old Fotini Dervissis was held on 11th April in Thessaloniki, at the opening ceremony the 6th Thessaloniki International Student Model United Nations (ThessISMUN 2007). The award was presented by Mrs. Hari Brissimi, the first woman Director of the United Nations High Commission of Refugees (UNHCR), in the presence of local authorities and 300 participants of the Model UN.

 

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UNRIC Brussels

The UN Information Center in Moscow has unveiled on June 5 2007 an exhibit of photos by Gennady Smirnov ”Solovki – the Northern Miracle”. This event spotlighted the unforgettable world of the Solovetskiye Islands a symbolic space for Russia, included into the UNESCO World Heritage list. UNIC which was joined in this project by the Moscow UNESCO Center wanted to place the event in the context of the UN “Alliance of civilizations” initiative. The main idea was to use the exhibition as an occasion to take up the Russian history and culture and to draw a parallel with destinies of other countries and peoples. UNIC wanted to stress the UN approaches to the myth of the “clash of civilizations” and to counter this trend by establishing a framework of mutual respect between human communities and cultures.

During this event, the director of UNIC Moscow Alexandre Gorelik described the “Alliance of civilizations” initiative and stressed the UN’s conviction that ignorance and misconceptions are not only disappointing, but dangerous since they often nourish extremism. Mr. Gorelic quoting the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reminded the necessity to reassert the truth that diversity was a virtue, not a threat which should be seen as the essence of human condition and the driver for human process. The artist Mr. Smirnov when presenting his work claimed that Solovki was a unique place which was transforming and purifying the human soul”. Several other guests praised as well the exhibit, highlighting the spiritual, environmental and cultural aspects of Solovki.

 

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UNIC Moscow

UNIC Moscow has organized an exhibit of political cartoons by Mr. Victor Bogorad. It opened on 27 April 2007. The UNIC Moscow Director as well as the President of the Union of the Russian Journalists, Mr. Vsevolod Bogdanov, delivered speeches at the event.  

 

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UNIC Moscow

Along with the representative of World Health Organization, and representatives of five ministries of Azerbaijan (Internal Affairs, Health, Education, Youth and Sport/Transport) UNO Baku hosted a press briefing with the theme of “Road Safety is no Accident” for more than 30 media outlets to ring the alarm about road traffic injuries, their grave consequences for people, and most importantly to spread the word that they can be prevented on April 24 2007.  

 

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UNO Baku
 

The UNIC Yaounde has organized a training seminar for media professionals on the "Prevention and Fight Against Avian Influenza" co-organised by the UN System and the Cameroon Government in Yaounde from the 13 to 15 February, 2007. The Resident Coordinator of the UN System, Ms. Sophie de Caen, made an opening remark.

Steven Nakashima, the Coordinator of the UN Avian Influenza Project, presented the Common Fund Project, which will coordinate UN contributions and negotiate for funds from Donors to support activities for enhancing public awareness and communication.

The representatives of the Prime Minister, Minister of Public Health, Minister of Livestock and Animal Husbandry and over 100 journalists attended this event.

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UNIC Yaounde