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José Ramos-Horta
Former President, East Timor, 1996 Nobel Peace Prize laureate - Member of the GFI Board of Directors Huffington Post, August 30, 2014
I believe that few people could name more than five members of the UN Security Council. The U.S., Russia and China certainly. Think hard and you would probably add in the United Kingdom and -- maybe -- France, as the countries who hold the power of "nay" or "aye" over key actions of the United Nations, including how the UN addresses conflicts arising around the world.
There are 10 other countries who are non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly.
This October, New Zealand, Spain and Turkey will contest two vacant seats in the UN Security Council. Two seats, three contenders.
My country Timor-Leste is actively supporting New Zealand for one of the two seats.
I have lived with and aged with the UN Security Council, since December, 1975, when I first addressed the Council at age 25, on the Indonesian occupation of my country, Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor). And while the voice of the superpowers and other developed nations such as the European members are indispensable, the council, being the only group in the UN with real teeth, is far too important to be an exclusive club of the powerful.
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Please consider joining Global Fairness Initiative for this year's 2014 Fairness Award to celebrate the collaboration and successful collective of grass-roots and grass-tops efforts around the world.
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Recycling Associations in Peru Celebrated the Recyclers' National Day
June 1, 2014 was the "National Day of Recyclers" in Peru to commemorate "The Law of the Recycler" which was inaugurated June 1, 1999. This law was the first in Peru to regulate recyclers' work with the clear intention of formalizing recyclers and promoting the efficient management of reusable solid waste. Ciudad Saludable was a leader in drafting this law as a response to Peru's municipal and waste management challenges and to promote the formalization of outcasted and undermined waste-picker and recycler workers within the country.
June 1, 2014 in Lima, 15 Recyclers Associations along with, community leaders, NGOs and local citizens, gathered to celebrate this historical day in the district of Barranco.
To read the full press release by Ciudad Saludable please see here:
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On April 29, 2014, GFI Board of Director and Co-Founder and COO of Blue Star Strategies, Sally Painter, received the "Golden Laurel" award on behalf of Bulgaria for her work on NATO. Along with Ms. Painter, other recipients of this high honor were Senator Richard Lugar, Vice President Biden, and Ambassador Daniel Fried.
To hear Ms. Painter's speech upon receiving Bulgaria's Golden Laurel award click
HERE
Sally Painter, COO of Blue Star Strategies LLC and H.E Elena Poptodorova, Ambassador of Bulgaria, U.S.
April 29, 2014
Today GFI Board Chair Dr. Danilo Turk and President Karen Tramontano met with Hassine Abbasi, President of Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail (UGTT), Tunisia's largest Trade Union and a nominee for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. UGTT has played a significant role in strengthening the role of civil society in post-revolution Tunisia and have led efforts that contributed to the ratification of Tunisia’s new constitution, and the formation of a caretaker government tasked with seeing the country through to future elections. The focus of the meeting with GFI was to discuss the need for extending labor rights and protections into Tunisia's larger informal sector, and creating systems to help facilitate formalization. The discussion was centered around GFI's Tunisia Inclusive Labor Initiative (TILI), an ongoing multi-stakeholder program that has help develop a framework for transitioning Tunisia's informal workforce into the formal economy and strengthen social protections and services, the institutions responsible for them. Learn more about the TILI Program
