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With only $32.10, UNICEF can provide warm clothing for a child NEW YORK, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Fund for UNICEF released a PSA yesterday appealing for immediate assistance for children fleeing Syria, following a series of recent reports from the country describing the terrible price children are paying due to the civil war. Of the estimated two million Syrians displaced inside the country, and the 620,000 people who have fled to neighboring countries,...
-- International Scientific Dental Academy to Aid Nations -- CHAMPION'S GATE, Fla., Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT), a scientific dental organization, is unveiling an educational technical program to assist interested nations in facilitating a UN global treaty's requirement to phase-down use of dental amalgam fillings. IAOMT delegates, other NGO's and 137 countries participated in the United Nations...
LONDON, January 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Navin Kapila as its Managing Director for India. Navin brings many years of highly relevant experience to his new position at Inmarsat. This includes his role as a senior official within the Indian Government's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and senior executive posts...
NEW DELHI, January 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The 20th edition of South Asia's leading B2B travel and tourism trade exhibition SATTE (http://www.satte.in), held from 16-18 January, 2013 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, achieved immense success and saw the presence of the who's who of both Indian and global travel and tourism industries, including the Presidents of all the Indian tourism associations, representatives from the UNWTO and various National Tourist Offices, Ambassadors...
NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Poet George Held and children's book artist Joung Un Kim have collaborated on a second picture book for children, Neighbors(TM) The Yard Critters TOO. It refers to other animals one finds in a suburban yard, a country landscape, or a city street. The sturdy, museum-quality, and lavishly illustrated book is 12"x12" and can easily be shared by parents and children, as well as librarians and educators eager to explore poetry and nature with their...
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Marine Exploration, Inc. (OTC: MEXP) recently joined 34 other companies that are members of a Private Sector Partnership (PSP) Working Group on disaster risk reduction that has been initiated by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). UNISDR is the UN's focal point for the coordination of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) and the harmonization of activities among stakeholders. The...
NEW YORK, Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The WSA announces a major bilateral agreement with CAR, in the sectors of Natural Resources Mining (NRM), Energy and Agricultural Bio-Fertilizers (ABF). This global agreement, concluded in Bangui, Q4-2012, after a year of negotiations, thanks to its signing by H.E. President Francois BOZIZE, relates to the implementation of a Public-Private Partnership project in the sector of NRM (NRM-PPP), for the development and industrial operation of...
Actress lends star power for fight against child trafficking during Human Trafficking Awareness Month NEW YORK, Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Fund for UNICEF today announced that actress Angie Harmon will be the newest UNICEF Ambassador. Harmon will use her talent and recognition to fundraise, educate and advocate on behalf of the world's most vulnerable children. In her first role as UNICEF Ambassador, Harmon will appear in Public Service Announcements to...
In a stunning revelation, the IPCC report shows that climate models failed to predict the last 16 years wherein there was no global warming and states there is no trend in the frequency or magnitude of droughts and floods on a global scale. “The evidence shows the sun, not CO2, is the main driver of climate change,” say Friends of Science. Calgary, AB (PRWEB) December 20, 2012 The climate science critical review organization, Friends of Science, is pleased that expert IPCC reviewer...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A United Nations-sponsored study has developed a new method to monitor global bee populations. The method, which will see regular bee counts over a five year period, should also serve as an early warning system alerting scientists to dangers threatening the world’s food and economic system. The work has been spearheaded by San Francisco State University Professor of Biology Gretchen LeBuhn. She and her colleagues, who published...
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Earth Day is a day early each year on which events are held to increase awareness and appreciation of the Earth’s natural environment. It is now coordinated worldwide through the Earth Day Network, founded by Dennis Hayes, and is celebrated in more than 175 countries every year. The United Nations designated April 22 as International Mother Earth Day in 2009, and will continue to be held each year on April 22 through at least 2015. The name and concept of Earth Day was allegedly...
