1st AoC SUMMER COURSE – “Bridging Hearts, Opening Minds and Doing Things Together”
12.10.2010
The 1st AoC summer course will be in Aveiro, 15-21 August 2010, and we are presently in CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS (Deadline for applications, 27th JULY 2010). More information here.
UN HIGH REPRESENTATIVE – Jorge Sampaio
Updating Meeting on the Alliance of Civilizations
Address to the Diplomatic Corps in Lisbon
Lisbon – Museu do Oriente (Pequim Room)
January 25, 2010
FIRST ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS’ SOUTH EAST EUROPEAN CONFERENCE
Sarajevo, 14 December 2009
Press Release
JORGE SAMPAIO, UN SPECIAL ENVOY VISITING AFRICA, CHALLENGING COUNTRIES TO TACKLE TUBERCULOSIS
The United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy to Stop Tuberculosis (TB) is visiting two African countries in a bold initiative to fight the spread of one of the biggest killer diseases on the continent. The mission is organized by the Stop TB Partnership in close collaboration with UNAIDS.
Press Release
You are invited to attend the Final match of the
LUÍS FIGO AND THE WORLD
TUBERCULOSIS CUP
An educational football tournament on tuberculosis and HIV
on Tuesday 1st December 2009 – 13:30
at Mathare Depot Field – Nairobi
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Jorge Sampaio – UN Special Envoy to Stop TB
STOP TB, Stop TB Patnership & WHO, March 2009
THE SECOND FORUM OF THE ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS
Istambul 6-7 April 2009
Press Release
Jorge Sampaio, Un High Representative For The Alliance Of Civilizations
Speech at the North-South Prize Award Ceremony
Lisbon, March 16, 2009
Award ceremony of the North-South Prize
[13/03/2009 18:00:00]
Rania Al-Abdullah, Queen of Jordan, and Jorge Sampaio, former President of Portugal, High Representative of the United Nations for the Alliance of Civilisations, are the winners of the 2008 North-South Prize. The official award ceremony of the North-South Prize will take place in Lisbon on 16 March at the Senate Room of the Portuguese Parliament. The Prize is awarded each year to two people, one from the North and one from the South, in recognition of work protecting human rights and strengthening North-South relations. The President of Portugal Anibal Cavaco Silva, the President of the Portuguese Assembly Jaime Gama, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Lluis Maria de Puig, and the President of the North-South Centre, Claude Frey, are due to take part in the ceremony. Photo: Rania Al-Abdullah and Jorge Sampaio (more …)
Biographies
President Jorge Sampaio Addresses the European Parliament - 22/10/2008
President Jorge Sampaio Addresses the European Parliament
October 22, 2008
President Sampaio pays a visit to Iran
Oct. 13-16
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Jorge Sampaio, UN High Representative of the Alliance of Civilizations addressing the Parliamentary Assembly Session
President Sampaio visits Strasbourg to address the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Council of Europe
29 Sep. 2008
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and President Sampaio Meet To Discuss Alliance of Civilizations Istanbul Forum
New York, 24 Sep. 2008
President Jorge Sampaio meeting with President of the Government José Luiz Rodríguez Zapatero
Moncloa, Madrid – 10 Set. 2008
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UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations
On 26 April 2007, President Jorge Sampaio was appointed as the High Representative for the AoC by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
“So many responsibilities ahead of us show that the Alliance is the right initiative at the right moment. Urgent action is needed to stop further degradation of human atmosphere. Let’s keep united and firm in our certainty that we can change the world.”
I AOC FORUM MADRID 2008
United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to Stop TB
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed former President of Portugal Mr. Jorge Sampaio as the first Special Envoy to Stop Tuberculosis (May 2006)
“In our globalizing world, to successfully combat the threat of TB, a common strategy is critical,” Dr Sampaio said in his speech, adding that it is vital for “the European Union, as well as other major organizations, like for instance the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Council of Europe, the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation and other fora join forces to address the TB epidemic and face the common threats of the emerging MDR-TB.”
European Ministerial Forum, ‘”All Against Tuberculosis” Berlin, October 2007
Former President of the Republic of Portugal (1996-2006)
http://jorgesampaio.arquivo.presidencia.pt