Vol 22 Issue 212 - May 2017
Est. 1997
Shift from charity to sustainability - UNICEF
Paint the World
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riyanka Chopra Global Ambassador for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and famed film actor visited Zimbabwe and South Africa recently. Using her megastar platform Chopra visited Childline Zimbabwe which provides a 24 hour free, multilingual service to children 18 and under. It’s the stories of the children that must be told and heard said Chopra, recounting her conversation with children who have been abused. Her stardom serves as Photo: Priyanka Chopra with Herve Ludovic De Lys, Unicef inspiration and motivation for Representative in South Africa. (Image: Jayde Bhana) children to believe in themselves and also assures them that there are people who At a fundraising gala dinner held in Johannesburg, South Africa, UNICEF raised six hundred thousand care and will support them. Chopra shares her birthday with Former rand. Mr Herve Ludovic De Lys, Unicef Representative President Nelson Mandela, July 18. “He walked the in South Africa acknowledged the corporate sector talk,” said Chopra “and like Mahatma Gandhi served for their support and engagement saying that there humanity recognizing that philanthropy is not for is growing understanding of the shift from charity to sustainability. - K Bhana the ego.”
Photo: (l-r) Mr Dzulazhar Muza, Deputy Head of Mission of Malaysia, Mr Dato Badruddin AB Rahman, High Commissioner of Malaysia, Ms. Aziza Aznizan, Ms Lika Torikashvili and Mr Beka Dvali, Ambassador of Georgia
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s Lika Torikashvili, a Georgian teenager and five of her friends took some balloons and a guitar to a hospital in Tbilisi to cheer up patients with colour and music. This small but powerful and beautiful gesture inspired a global movement. ‘Paint the World’ is a cross cultural community across religions, race
and gender which invites mutual support, solidarity and seeks to brighten the lives of people the world over through entertaining activities, music, art and dance. Paint the world is gathering momentum having found associations in Europe,...Continued on Page 02
What You Need to Know about the Belt and Road Initiative Two Major Initiatives
Framework
Sept. 7th, 2013--The initiative of building the Silk Road Economic Belt was raised for the rst time On Sept. 7th, 2013,Chinese President Xi Jinping made a speech titled “Promote Peopleto-People Friendship and Create a Better Future” at Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev University. Oct. 3rd, 2013--The initiave of building the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road was raised for the rst time On Oct. 3rd, 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping made a speech titled “Constructing Jointly the China-ASEAN Community of Common Destiny” at Indonesia’s Parliament.
Principles Purposes and Principles It upholds the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence: mutual respect for each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, mutual non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benet, and peaceful coexistence.
On land, the Initiative will focus on jointly building a new Eurasian Land Bridge and developing China-Mongolia-Russia, China-Central Asia-West Asia and ChinaIndochina Peninsula economic corridors by taking advantage of international transport routes, relying on core cities along the Belt and Road and using key economic industrial parks as cooperation platforms. At sea, the Initiative will focus on jointly building smooth, secure and efcient transport routes connecting major sea ports along the Belt and Road. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and the BangladeshChina-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor are closely related to the Belt and Road Initiative, and therefore require closer cooperation and greater progress. Policy coordination
Cooperation Priorities
Open for Cooperation It covers, but is not limited to, the area of the ancient Silk Road. It is open to all countries, and international and regional organizations for engagement, so that the results of the concerted efforts will benet wider areas.
Facilities connectivity
People-topeople bond
Harmonious and Inclusive It advocates tolerance among civilizations, respects the paths and modes of development chosen by different countries, and supports dialogues among different civilizations on the principles of seeking common ground while shelving differences and drawing on each other's strengths, so that all countries can coexist in peace for common prosperity.
Financial integration
Unimpeded trade
Six Major Achievements
Market Operation It will abide by market rules and international norms, give play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation and the primary role of enterprises, and let the governments perform their due functions.
The initiative has won support from more than 100 countries and international organizations. More than 50 countries have sighed cooperation agreements with China.
Mutual Benet It accommodates the interests and concerns of all parties involved, and seeks a conjunction of interests and the "biggest common denominator" for cooperation so as to give full play to the wisdom and creativity, strengths and potentials of all parties.
China has carried out international cooperation in production capacity with more than 20 countries.
Extensive Consultation, Joint Contribution and Shared Benets
The initiative has been recognized by international organizations including the United Nations and the Asia-Pacic Economic Cooperation.
The Belt and Road Initiative was proposed by China. Yet it’s not going to be China’s solo show. A better analogy would be that of a symphony performed by an orchestra composed of all participating countries. This Initiative is meant to be a major international public goods beneting all countries.
Iconic Marriage
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Iran Culture
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China has built 56 economic and trade cooperation zones in more than 20 Belt and Road countries.
Financial cooperation, represented by the Silk Road Fund and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, has been increasingly deepened.
IORA
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High Court on Dagga
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