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We have to let them know that they are the descendents of proud, productive and purposeful people who resisted and survived the worst holocaust in the history of the world.

A host of concrete proposals were suggested to the coordinators of the Dialogue, such as: dialogue and networking among universities; dialogue among young scientists, involving UNESCO chairholders in dialogue activities; dialogue among student journalists and seasoned media practitioners from both regions; the holding of youth forums; reactivation of the Committee for the Translation of Literary Works and increase in the translation of Arabic works into European languages; a comparative study of school textbooks; dialogue involving professionals from cultural industries; the organization of an interregional conference on the image of Arab-Islamic culture in European history books.

Working on the social dimensions of global environmental change, the SHS Global Environmental Change Team will work in four complementary directions: (a) To identify the ethical and social challenges arising from global environmental change, including particularly climate change, biodiversity loss and freshwater scarcity – that would produce among other effects population displacements and governance threats - by supporting the production of social and human science knowledge within an intra-disciplinary science framework; (b) to reflect on ethical principles that can make sense of environmental challenges and offer a normative basis to address them; (c) to support ethically and scientifically grounded national policies in selected countries to adapt to global environmental change and build resilience, with particular reference to assessment methodologies and policy design; and (d) to understand holistically how ethics of development can advance UNESCO’s ethics mandate.

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The Organic Law on Education defines the aims of education as follows: (a) to develop each human being’s creative potential for the full exercise of his or her personality and citizenship; (b) to develop a new political culture grounded in proactive participation and action to strengthen the power of the people; (c) to develop individuals on the basis of a geohistorical approach aimed at instilling awareness of their nationality and sovereignty; (d) to promote respect for human dignity and training informed by the ethical values of tolerance, justice, solidarity, peace, respect for human rights and non-discrimination; (e) to encourage the growth of ecological awareness with a view to preserving biodiversity and social diversity; and (f) to educate pupils in, by and through liberating social work from an integral standpoint.

[...] the General History of the Caribbean, a sixvolume work that presents a new perspective on Caribbean history and promotes [...]

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[...] he considered that such Centres would benefit historians, researchers, academics, and law students; and, once tensions have decreased, they [...] [...]

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Finally, my delegation expresses its continuing support for, and solidarity with, the Cuban Government and people in their active struggle to safeguard their sovereignty and work for their just cause in the face of this unprecedented United States embargo.

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Recent natural disasters had reminded everyone that resilience [...]

The Subcommittee further noted that progress on those issues would be discussed at the 2013 IAA Planetary Defense Conference, to be held in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States, in April 2013, hosted by the Planetary Science Division of NASA.

Adaptation is a challenge faced by all Parties and that enhanced action and international cooperation on adaptation is urgently required to enable and support the implementation of adaptation actions aimed at reducing vulnerability and building resilience in developing countries, taking into account the urgent and immediate needs of developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, especially the least developed countries and small island developing States, and further taking into account the needs of countries in Africa affected by drought, desertification and floods.

These members, however, stressed that the Administration should provide in full the legal advice of Lord Pannick QC about the constitutionality of the latest proposal.

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Historians and experts from Africa [...]

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We fully understand that agriculture depends on a variety of ecosystem services for its productivity, including those provided by forests, and that biological diversity in agricultural ecosystems can provide such benefits as resilience with respect to climate, pests and other threats and disturbances.

The Subcommittee noted with satisfaction that the 2011 IAA Planetary Defense Conference: From Threat to Action, co-organized by the Romanian Space Agency, had been held in Bucharest from 9 to 12 May 2011.

In addition, it suggested strengthening the application of intelligent transport systems and interregional cooperation on land transport facilitation, and preparing for increased disaster resilience in the region.

The purpose of the international mechanism shall be to support developing country Parties, especially the particularly vulnerable developing countries, to build resilience through addressing the risks associated with climate-related extreme weather events; and compensation and rehabilitation for loss and damage resulting from climate-related slow onset events, including sea level rise, increasing temperatures and ocean acidification.

The Organization has always sought to bring together not only eminent religious persons from the monotheistic religions and other religious and spiritual traditions, but also lay intellectuals (historians, historians of religion, anthropologists, sociologists, philosophers and others), recognized for their study of and research on religion, and representatives of humanist schools of thought, including atheists and agnostics.

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