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| Address to the East Africa Model United Nations |
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Address to the East Africa Model United Nations
On behalf of Dr. Klaus Toepfer and the whole United Nations family, I am delighted to have this opportunity to welcome you to the United Nations in Nairobi. In a world that has become more interconnected through commerce and communication, the United Nations system is the only global political body for both dialogue and action. Nearly every country is represented in the United Nations, and each has the right to speak out on issues of peace and development, looking for common solutions to shared problems.
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| Address to the International Conference on The Age of Connectivity – Harnessing the Generations |
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I wish to open my remarks by saying thank you to International Council for Caring Communities for calling this important conference. A century ago, we did not live as long as we do today because we did not live as well. We did not have the social, medical, and political means, let alone the basic human rights many of us - but by no means all - enjoy today. And the world was far tougher. It is wonderful that so many more of us can expect to live to a ripe old age now. Perhaps by the year 2050, and fifty years beyond, we may be able to take a longer life more for granted. Certainly we will have better technology.
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| The launch of the WASH Campaign |
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I am glad that I was able to join with you this afternoon at the launch of the Brazil’s national WASH campaign, being launched by UN-HABITAT’s partners in Brazil. I congratulate the Water and Sanitation Collaborative Council, its Executive Director Gouri Ghosh and the regional coordinator Ana Machado for working closely with UN-HABITAT to bring WASH to Latin America and the Caribbean.
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| The Eminent Persons’ Panel Discussion |
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I would like to first extend my warm welcome to this eminent group of persons for joining us today in this Panel Discussion organized on the occasion of the World Habitat Day. The theme for this year’s observance is Water and Sanitation for Cities.
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| Agents rather than patients – Realising the potential for Asset-Based Community Development |
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Each year BSHF organises a three day consultation at St. George’s House in Windsor Castle. It brings together leading experts and practitioners to discuss a theme of current housing concern and to seek to identify ways in which possible solutions can be put in place. The Agenda for Action resulting from these deliberations is used to encourage practical and realistic change at local, national and international level.
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| Urban Housing Challenges and Opportunities in Developing Countries |
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Nairobi, Kenya
On behalf of the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, I wish to congratulate the organizers of the present workshop on urban housing for a very timely initiative. at UN-HABITAT, we believe that the issues of housing and urbanization should be placed at the top of the development agenda of most African countries which are currently experiencing a rapid urban transition...
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| Fourth Global Forum of Paliamentarians on Habitat |
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Berlin, Germany
wish to express my sincere appreciation to the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat (GPH), and to the host committee under the able leadership of Hon. Peter Goetz, President of the Regional Council for Europe of the GPH, for inviting me to participate at this Fourth Forum of the Parliamentarians being held in this beautiful and historic federal capital city of Berlin…
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| 3rd World Water Forum |
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Osaka, Japan
It is a privilege, and it gives me great pleasure to take part in this event today. I am very happy to be in Osaka, Japan’s second largest city. Since I arrived I have been impressed by the sheer energy of the city, energy derived from the thriving trade and industry, as well as the lively culture scene
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Address to the East Africa Model United Nations