St. Gallen (ots) - His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, today accepted the Max Schmidheiny Foundation Freedom Prize in person. At a formal ceremony at the University of St. Gallen attended by several hundred guests from business and politics as well as students, Prof. Dr. ...
ICZ - Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich
Davos/Geneva (ots) - On 26 January 2006 the State of Geneva convened a CEO-level meeting on global security in new technologies at the ski resort of Davos on the occasion of the Annual Meeting 2006 of the World Economic Forum. At the event, Pierre Francois Unger, President of the State of Geneva announced that ...
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs
Washington (ots/PRNewswire) - A new U.S. travel publication covering a range of issues, such as how to obtain a visa and understanding new border security procedures, is now available from the U.S. Department of State. In addition to information on current travel laws and entry procedures, the electronic ...
Development Gateway Foundation
Washington (ots/PRNewswire) - - Nominees Support Tsunami Recovery, Improve Farmers' Livelihoods, and More Six finalists have been chosen from a field of 135 nominations for the Development Gateway Award 2005. The US$100,000 award, to be announced in September, will recognize one finalist for ...
Washington (ots/PRNewswire) - In a one-on-one interview with Bloomberg News(R) today, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that the U.S. is committed to ensuring that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay "are able to practice their religious faith," and the U.S. has "gone to extraordinary lengths" to protect these rights. The Secretary of State also told Bloomberg ...
Worldwide Communications & Television
Petra, Jordan (ots/PRNewswire) - - World's best minds gather in ancient city of Petra to solve pressing global problems Today is the opening of the inaugural Petra Conference in Jordan hosted by King Abdullah II and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel. The world's greatest thinkers -- the Nobel Laureates of Peace, Economics, Literature, Physics, Chemistry, ...
Davos, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - In an exclusive interview on Bloomberg Television this afternoon, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi stated that Iran rejects any "discriminatory" proposals to restrict its nuclear work. "No discriminatory proposal can be accepted," Kharazzi told Bloomberg Television. During the ...
Davos, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - - Former President Bill Clinton to Host Event This September Former President Bill Clinton said today that he is organizing a major annual gathering of leaders to address global challenges, with the first meeting set to take place this fall in New York City. The inaugural Clinton Global Initiative will take place in September, coinciding with the 60th session of the ...
Petaluma, California (ots/PRNewswire) - - Early Adoption of Hands-Free Hydration Systems by U.S. Military and NATO Countries Help Spur Demand by Armies Around the World CamelBak(R) Products, LLC., inventor of the hydration-on-the-move water-backpack system, today announced that its drinking system-already ...
Queensland, Australia (ots/PRNewswire) - The people of Nias and surrounding islands have been some of the worst affected by the Earthquake Tsunami disaster that struck on 26 December. Nias lies around 125 km off the west coast of Northern Sumatra in Indonesia and, similar to Banda Aceh, encountered the full force of the Earthquake and Tsunami. Local reports ...
Buenos Aires, Argentina (ots/PRNewswire) - A new report by the Australian APEC Study Centre says the fastest growing economies in the world would be damaged if they adopted Kyoto Protocol targets to cut emissions. "The United Nations has not delivered on the promise (via the Kyoto Protocol and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) to help developing countries, especially high-growth developing economies in ...
Ingelheim, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - Boehringer Ingelheim today announced the submission of a Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for tipranavir. Simultaneously the documentation was submitted to the FDA. Tipranavir is a non-peptidic protease inhibitor (NPPI) for ...
St. Gall (ots) - In line with the concept: "Entrepreneurship and risk" the Max Schmidheiny Foundation is placing its commitment to a stronger relationship between business, politics and society at the centre of its activities. Accordingly, it will establish an initiative that will reinforce the dialogue between ...
London (ots) - By arranging a Paris Club debt restructuring James Baker is going against the will of Iraqis, who are demanding a fair arbitration tribunal on Saddam's odious debt. Justin Alexander, Coordinator of Jubilee Iraq says: "A Paris Club debt restructuring will ignore the odious nature debt of much of Saddam's debt. Instead it will be based on Iraq's "financing capacity" according to the French Foreign ...
Wiesbaden, Germany (ots) - Ministers of Health, Finance and Planning from 40 developing countries will come together with development partners at WHO headquarters from 29 to 30 October to address the need to significantly increase investments in health. This is the first time that the World Health Organization (WHO) has hosted a meeting so widely attended by ...
Bonn (ots) - Ministers, mayors and meteorologists - these and other experts from a range of sectors are participating in the Second International Conference on Early Warning (EWC-II), to be held 16-18 October in Bonn. Almost 400 participants are registered for the Conference, which is expected to result in ...
FEDE - Fédération Européenne des Ecoles
Lyon (ots) - Over 500,000 students were represented this weekend in Lyon by the Fédération Européenne des Ecoles (FEDE) which was holding its General Assembly and celebrating its 40th anniversary. Thanks to its consultative status as an NGO, the FEDE - whose members are a total of more than 1,500 schools in 15 ...
Berne (ots) - On 15 April swissinfo/Swiss Radio International (SRI) is launching the new Swiss political platform swisspolitics.org (www.swisspolitics.org). With its slogan "stay in the loop, stay connected, have your say", swisspolitics.org combines up-to-date news with a comprehensive database, plus sophisticated community applications. swisspolitics.org will be ...