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15th Conference of International Investigators Riva del Garda, Italy Du Lac et Du Parc, Grand Resort 8th-10th October 2014 15th Conference of International Investigators Riva del Garda, Italy, 8th-10th October 2014 Welcome OLAF is pleased to welcome all participants to the 15th Conference of International Investigators, held at Riva del Garda in Italy to mark the occasion of the Italian presidency of the Council of the European Union. The scheduled workshops cover a range of practical issues in fraud investigation in an international context and are led by experienced speakers from national and international services. Each participant should fi nd topics refl ecting his or her particular interests and operational needs. We hope that the magnifi cent setting of Lake Garda will off er ideal conditions for learning from others’ experience, for participating in robust discussions and above all for forging new contacts for future collaboration. Giovanni Kessler OLAF Director-General 1 15th Conference of International Investigators Riva del Garda, Italy, 8th-10th October 2014 The Conference at a Glance Monday 6 October Tuesday 7 October Wednesday 8 October Thursday 9 October Friday 10 October DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 PRE-CONFERENCE CONFERENCE 9:30 – 17:30 9:30 – 17:30 9:00 – 10:00 9:00 – 10:30 9:00 – 10:30 Training Training Introduction and 2nd plenary 4th plenary Loggia 1 + 2 Loggia 1 + 2 opening addresses Sala Congressi Sala Congressi 9.30 – 12:30 Sala Congressi 10:30 – 11:00 10:30 – 11:00 MDB plus RDB 10:00 – 10:30 coff ee-break coff ee-break Heads -
August 2019 Diplomatic Courier
THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE & COMMERCE Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Diplomatic Courier May to August, 2019 Issue 3/2019 Inside: SVG wins bid for UN Security Council Presidential Visits to SVG Winners of the 2019 MOFA Essay Writing Competition Trade Update And more... From the Desk of Foreign Minister Hon. Sir Louis Straker, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade & Commerce June 7, 2019 is a day that will stand out in the history of St. Vincent and the Grena- dines. Approximately a decade ago, this little nation set out on a quest to become a Non-Permanent Member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Some say it couldn’t happen, but it did! The N.D.P. Opposition said it was “a fool er- rand”, but we were wiser than they. We started off by declaring our candidacy for the Security Council in 2010, challenging Colombia. The Columbian contingent The flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was raised at a ceremony in front of the General Assembly pleaded with us to withdraw to avoid a building of the United Nations on 17 September 1980. At the opening meeting of the 35th session of the contest in the GRULAC group. We with- General Assembly, the country was admitted as the 154th Member of the Organization. drew our candidacy after negotiating for El Salvador came up against us, their support and that of GRULAC ten (10) -planned road map, the mission was prodded by its mentor, but we were agile years later - the only date available. accomplished. and carefully locked all the gates behind us so that they could gain no entrance. -
Dakar Conference Proceedings
African Commission for Association for the Amnesty International Human and Peoples Rights Prevention of Torture Senegal THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE IN AFRICA Proceedings from the Regional Conference held in Dakar, Senegal, on 27‐28 April 2010 Table of contents Table of contents Table of contents ................................................................................................................................. 2 Main abbreviations ............................................................................................................................. 5 Acknowledgements............................................................................................................................. 6 Foreword ............................................................................................................................................... 7 General Introduction ........................................................................................ 9 1. OPENING CEREMONY .............................................................................13 Speech of Mr Diéne Ndiaye, Vice‐President of Amnesty International Senegal................................................................................................................................ 13 Speech of Mr Mark C.A. Thomson, APT Secretary General..................................... 14 Speech of Mr Mahamane Cissé‐Gouro, Regional representative for West Africa, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights......... 16 Speech of Ms Dupe Atoki, -
Final List of Participants
Final list of participants 1) States and European Community 2) Entities and intergovernmental organizations having received a Standing invitation from the United Nations General Assembly 3) United Nations Secretariat and Organs 4) United Nations Specialized Agencies 5) Associate Members of Regional Commissions 6) Other invited intergovernmental organizations 7) Non governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society organizations 8) Business Sector Entities 1) STATES AND EUROPEAN COMMUNITY Afghanistan Representatives: H.E. Mr Mohammad M. STANEKZAI, Ministre des Communications, Afghanistan, [email protected] H.E. Mr Shamsuzzakir KAZEMI, Ambassadeur, Representant permanent, Mission permanente de l'Afghanistan, [email protected] Mr Abdelouaheb LAKHAL, Representative, Delegation of Afghanistan Mr Fawad Ahmad MUSLIM, Directeur de la technologie, Ministère des affaires étrangères, [email protected] Mr Mohammad H. PAYMAN, Président, Département de la planification, Ministère des communications, [email protected] Mr Ghulam Seddiq RASULI, Deuxième secrétaire, Mission permanente de l'Afghanistan, [email protected] Albania Representatives: Mr Vladimir THANATI, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Albania, [email protected] Ms Pranvera GOXHI, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Albania, [email protected] Mr Lulzim ISA, Driver, Mission Permanente d'Albanie, [email protected] Algeria Representatives: H.E. Mr Amar TOU, Ministre, Ministère de la poste et des technologies -
Faith and the Dignity of the Human Person
1 FAITH AND THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON Communiqué at the End of the First Plenary Meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) at the Daughters of Divine Love Retreat and Conference Centre Lugbe, Abuja February 16 –22, 2013 Preamble 1. We, members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, held our First Plenary Meeting of the year from February 16 to 22, 2013, at the Daughters of Divine Love Retreat and Conference Centre, Lugbe, Abuja. Having prayerfully reflected on the theme: “Faith and the Dignity of the Human Person”, we now present our communiqué to the Church and to the nation. Events in our Church and Nation 2. We thank the Lord for his many blessings on the Church in our land. We rejoice at the elevation by Pope Benedict XVI of Most Rev. John Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, to the College of Cardinals. The Church in Nigeria has also been blessed with the appointment of Msgr Peter Okpaleke as Bishop of Ahiara in succession to Most Rev. Victor Chikwe who died in 2010. We prayerfully look forward to Msgr Okpaleke’s Episcopal ordination as Bishop of Ahiara. Msgr Fortunatus Nwachukwu, hitherto Chief Protocol Officer to the Holy Father, was appointed Papal Nuncio to Nicaragua with the rank of an Archbishop. Two new dioceses, Gboko and Katsina Ala in Benue State, have been created, while Most Rev. William Avenya, hitherto Auxiliary Bishop of Makurdi, and Msgr Peter Adoboh have been appointed their pioneer Bishops respectively. Most recently, Most Rev. Joseph Ekuwem, hitherto Bishop of Uyo, was appointed Archbishop of Calabar. -
Gender Equality and Empower Women 10 0 0 10
Millennium Development Goal 3 Millennium Development Goals Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women 10 0 World leaders agreed on the ambitious Millennium Development Target: Goals (MDGs) in 2000 to help create a better and more secure world COMMITMENTS by the year 2015. Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015. The eight Millennium Development Goals form a blueprint agreed to by all countries and the leading development institutions in order to Progress Indicators: focus on efforts to overcome crucial barriers to development. 1. Ratio of girls to boys in primary, secondary and tertiary education The MDGs are: 2. Share of women in wage employment in non-agricultural sector 3. Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament 1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger 2. Achieve universal primary education The UN Millennium Development Goals Report 2008 on MDG3 3. Promote gender equality and empower women shows progress, albeit generally slow progress: 4. Reduce child mortality for gender equality and empowerment of women of empowerment and equality gender for 5. Improve maternal health 1. School doors have swung open for girls in many regions. Where 6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases there is a gender gap in primary education, the gap widens in 7. Ensure environmental sustainability secondary and tertiary education. Furthermore, drought, food 8. Develop a global partnership for development shortage, armed conflict, poverty and HIV/AIDS prove to be especially devastating for girls, who fail to enroll in and stay in The formulation of the MDGs has intensified development school. -
Newswire September 20__2018
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Academia(March April2020).Pdf
Gladstone Road, Nassau, Bahamas, Tel. No. +1-242-361-5534, +1-242-361-5574 Volume 7, Issue 3 Series of 2019-2020 FAX +1-242-3612209, P.O. Box N-7540 Newsletter Date Principal’s Message March — April 2020 Dear Members of the Aquinas College Family, Warmest greetings to all of you! Principal’s Message 1 Papal Nuncio Visit 2 - 3 ACES Pride 4 - 6 With our entrance into the season of Lent, we are reminded World Scholar’s Cup 7 that this special season provides all of us with a time to Term 1 Honor Roll 8 - 14 prepare for the essence of our faith—the death and Catholic Schools Week 15 - 17 Sports Day 2020 18 - 20 resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Lent is a forty day Lenten Season 21 - 23 penitential period on the church’s calendar that promotes self examination and opportunities to renew our faith and relationship with God. This sacred season coincides with the season of Spring, which calls to mind new life and growth; hope and change that characterize this time of prayer, penance and Lenten Season conversion. We were encouraged to embrace opportunities of performing February 26 - April 11, 2020 acts of kindness for others and to give discretely to those who often go without. Indeed, the gift of a giving heart is a true blessing worth passing on Commonwealth Day to our young people. March 9, 2020 EASTER BREAK During this season, it is traditional for many of us to make promises of an April 3 - 19, 2020 increased prayer life and to abstain from short-lived gratifications. -
Gazette Septembert 6 2018.Indd
PUBLISHED The Official BY Gazette AUTHORITY VOL. CLIII No. 77 BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, 6TH SEPTEMBER, 2018 Diplomatic Contents His Excellency Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See, Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Titular Diplomatic: His Excellency Mr. Anton Ojala, Archbishop of Acquaviva, presented his Credentials to High Commissioner of New Zealand ..............................1029 Her Excellency Dame Sandra Mason, G.C.M.G., D.A., Q.C., His Excellency Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See, the Governor-General, on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Titular Archbishop of Acquaviva ........................ 1029 His Excellency Mr. Holger Michael, Ambassador of the His Excellency Archbishop Nwachukwu is resident Federal Republic of Germany ...............................................1029 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Executorials re Estates of Nicholas Selfe Bowen Ward a.k.a. Nicholas S. B. Ward and Ermyntrude Mayers, dec'd. .............................................................1032, 1033 In the Supreme Court of Judicature:- Ministry wishes to advise that the non-resident Bishop vs. Green; Proverbs vs. Walton.........................1031, 1032 Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, His Smith vs. Clark . ......................................................................1031 Excellency Mr. Holger Michael, presented his Credentials Lost Policy Notices for David Crichlow, Stephen Collin Moore, dec'd., Tammy Harte, dec'd., Kenrick Thompson, to Her Excellency Dame Sandra Mason, G.C.M.G., D.A., Q.C., Miley Griffith, Yvadney Foster and the Governor-General, on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Orissa Fitzpatrick .................................1029, 1030, 1032, 1040 Notice of Resealing re Estate of Henry Walter Ambassador Michael is resident in Port-of-Spain, Plunkett-Erne-Erle-Drax a.k.a. Wol Drax, dec'd. ....................1033 Notice re Change of Names ..................................................1036 Trinidad and Tobago. -
February 14, 2021 Dear Lord, We Pray That You Watch Over Birthdays Musicians Our Priests, Religious and the Laity
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU! WEEKLY ADVERTISEMENTS Holy Family Catholic Church MINISTERS’ SCHEDULE Welcomes You! 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Feb. 14, 2021 5:00PM 7:30 AM 10:00AM P.O. Box 502218, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 00805 PLEASE VOLUNTEER TO SERVE WHENEVER POSSIBLE Tel: (340) 775-1650 OFFICE HOURS Fax: (340) 775-1750 CANTORS: Allan Harrigan Dr. Gloria Callwood Melitia Etienne E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.holyfamilystt.com Mondays - 10:00 AM Facebook: Holy Familyvi LECTORS: Olga McBean Nehemie Leneus Carmen White EMERGENCY CONTACT to 4:00 PM Thank you for serving !!! Tuesday - Friday MISSION STATEMENT The Church of the Holy Family exists to Nurture and advance Christ’s 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Eucharistic Unconditional Love to all, through Love of God and neighbor. Administrator Please pray for the members of our body who are sick or suffering. Reverend Msgr. Jerome Feudjio WEEKEND MASSES Saturday: 5:00 PM HOSPITAL: No one. Associate Pastor Sunday: 7:30 AM; 10:00 AM & Reverend Kerly François OFF ISLAND: Bertina Lestrade, Enid Blyden, Isabel Dublin, Mary Lewis, Philomen Baron, PRAYER FOR THE DIOCESE OF ST. THOMAS 5:00 PM Creole Mass Cyril Eugene, Joe Toussaint, Eugenie England, Helen Bruney, Milue Casimir. Visiting Deacons Heavenly Father, Rev. Mr. Michael Jackson Rev. Mr. Frank Kearney WEEKDAY MASSES AT HOME: Rita Ledee, Rose Celestine, Martina Lewis, Olivia Gumbs, Ann Bedminster, Bernice Tuesday - Thursday: 7:00 AM Knight, Vernelle Gumbs, Evelyn Simon, Veronica Sealey, Gerard Henry, Grace Thompson, Andrea We give You praise for Your divine guid- Administrative Assistant Victorine, Josephine James, Stanislaus Livepool, Meraldo C. -
Saint Gregory the Great Parish
SAINT GREGORY THE GREAT PARISH June 29 & 30, 2019 June 29 & 30, 2019 FROM THE DESK OF THE PASTOR We do not know from the passage if the man’s Fa- My Dear Parish Family, ther had even passed away. Jesus was calling him to the We are finally in the heart of Ordinary time. immediacy of the Gospel and the immediacy of ad- Even though Ordinary Time began in the Church dressing the Kingdom of God. All too often we get after Pentecost, our Sundays have been focused on absorbed in the other things, that we place the Gospel very key parts of our Faith, like the Trinity, and the and the Kingdom of God in the back seat of the car. Body and Blood of Christ. This Sunday we celebrate These things may be good and necessary , like caring the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time and we are called for a loved one who is ill, raising a family, or getting a to “not look back.” degree from school and more. The message today is a I recall a 1976 movie, The Gumball Rally, a film simple one: have you allowed something or someone to featuring an eclectic group of people taking part in a become more important than the Gospel or the King- secret and illegal, cross country road race. I recall in dom of God? If so, you need to take time to reflect on your Discipleship. the beginning of the race one of the drivers tore off the rear view mirror from the windshield and threw it Jesus’ call is to place Him first. -
The History of the African Ombudsman and Mediators
AN AFRICAN JOURNEY TOWARDS GOOD GOVERNANCE: THE HISTORY OF THE AFRICAN OMBUDSMAN AND MEDIATORS ASSOCIATION Managay Reddi and David Barraclough 1 CONTENTS Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Notes on Referencing ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Acronyms and Abbreviations (used in body of text) ................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER ONE The Ombudsman Institution and Africa ...................................................................................................... 9 1.1 The Ombudsman Institution in Africa: Concept and Context .....................................................10 1.2 Types of African Ombudsman Institutions ....................................................................................11 1.3 Current and Future Challenges ........................................................................................................14 CHAPTER TWO The Early Years: Founding of the Ombudsman Institution in Africa (1965-1993) ..............................16 2.1 Tanzania Takes the Lead ...................................................................................................................16 2.2 Other Countries Follow Suit ............................................................................................................17