King Abdullah & Queen Rania: Current Events Part 22

[Claudia Lisa Remy]

Nice Pictures of the Queen, Some of the others links didn't work for me. Would of loved to seen the Picture of the the pope and the Queen....
To be able to stand in from so many people and talk is something i would have a hard time with. Wonder what it was like for Queen Rania to do it for the frist time. I mean it takes a little bit of guts to do it. Now i guess she can do it with her eyes close..Wonder if she ever had someone to guide her. Why I ask,...Is my husband has to do it all the time. I remember when he had to do it for the frist time, which was 20 years ago...Thier was over 1000 people... Queens is really good at what she does. Got to give that!

[Claudia Lisa Remy]

Merci Dazzling....She looks great as usual.....

[dazzling]

pictures on ppe-agency

[reeda2000]

Queen Rania in laha magazine this week
http://pdf.lahamag.com/pages/02-2007/333People01.pdf

[Humera]

Queen Rania, GAVI secure funding for vaccine development

Rome, Feb. 9 (Petra) -- Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan, a board member of the GAVI Fund, joined finance ministers and other officials, Friday in launching the new Advanced Market Commitment (AMC) for Vaccines program, a groundbreaking initiative to save the lives of millions of children in the world's poorest countries by providing an estimated $1.5 billion to fund vaccine development.

The governments of Canada, Italy, Norway, Russia, and the United Kingdom launched the first AMC, which is expected to save the lives of 5.4 million children by 2030. The pilot represents the first step in a historic effort to create a market for life-saving vaccines for children in the world’s poorest countries. The new initiative will target pneumococcal disease, a major cause of pneumonia and meningitis that kills 1.6 million people every year. Petra

From Petra:
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From Viennareport
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Queen Rania recognized for work in social advancement, sustainable development

Rome, Feb. 9 (Petra) -- Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan received an award from the Fondazione Mediterraneo (Mediterranean Foundation) in Italy, Friday, for her commitment to the advancement of social causes and sustainable development.

The foundation, which serves to stimulate partnerships among the Mediterranean, Europe and the Islamic world, recognized Queen Rania for her constant work in defending the rights of children, her commitment to endorsing women's rightful role in society, promoting the education of young women, and her constant efforts to integrate different components of Arab society into a global process. Petra

From Petra:
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King invites Pope to visit Jordan

Amman, Feb. 10 (Petra) His Majesty King Abdullah II has extended an invitation to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI of the Vatican to visit Jordan. The royal invitation was conveyed to the Pontiff by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al –Abdullah...Petra

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[kaffir]

That would be great--there are so many Christian holy sites in Jordan. It would be nice if he could visit them.

[Avalon]

Queen Rania of Jordan appeared on Italian TV talk show "Chetempochefa" (What's Happening) in Milan, ITALY - 11-02-2007

Pictures:
Queen Rania
Queen Rania 2
Queen Rania 3
Queen Rania with flowers
Queen Rania, receiving flowers from the host
Queen Rania during the interview

Gallery of pictures from Isifa.

[salma]

Thank´s Avalon!

Originally Posted by Avalon

Queen Rania of Jordan appeared on Italian TV talk show "Chetempochefa" (What's Happening) in Milan, ITALY - 11-02-2007

Interiew here:

Rai.it - Che tempo che fa

[asturiana]

Thanks Avalon and Salma !!!

Russian President arrives in Amman:
pictures from yahoo news

[Little_star]

Thank you everyone for the update! It's so great to see Rania involved with such a worthwhile and internationally important cause. Jordan should be very proud of Rania's involvement.

[Amina]

Originally Posted by Little_star

Thank you everyone for the update! It's so great to see Rania involved with such a worthwhile and internationally important cause. Jordan should be very proud of Rania's involvement.

I agree i like the way she is highlighting issues like poverty etc...

[LeoMama]

Originally Posted by Amina

I agree i like the way she is highlighting issues like poverty etc...

I think she has to work more inside jordan
The queen is very smart, as well of making interviews and speeches out side Jordan she could help out improving poor people lives in Jordan .

[Humera]

Queen Rania stresses importance of collaboration between local and international academic institutions

Amman, Feb. 19 (Petra)-- Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah stressed the importance of collaboration between local and international academic institutions.
During a meeting with Jordanian officials and academics and President of Columbia University Lee Bollinger on Monday, Queen Rania highlighted the role of academia in facilitating greater understanding and knowledge between world cultures and nations. Petra

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Global Leaders to Address Multinational Gathering

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan will deliver a special keynote address at the conclusion of the opening day, Sunday 25th February. Plenary Speakers will include: HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal, H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey; The Hon Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia; H.E. Lech Walesa, former President of Poland; H.E. Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan; The Rt. Hon. Jean Chretien, former Prime Minister of Canada; Minister Liu Jiangfeng from China; General Wesley Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO; Mr Peder Wallenberg, Founder of Carpe Vitam and Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, UK Chair of the Saudi-British Business Council. primenewire

[Little_star]

Launch of the first Advance Market Commitment for Vaccines
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Putin meets King Abdullah
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King visits al Baqaa camp
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[asturiana]

Child Municipal Committee members brief Queen Rania on their elections, activities
Her Majesty Queen Rania meets with 77 members of Child Municipal Committees on Monday. (Jordantimes)

Jordan and Russia sign 4 bilateral agreements
His Majesty King Abdullah and Russian President Vladimir Putin address a joint press conference on Tuesday. (Jordantimes)

[Little_star]

King sends condolences to Algerian President
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[Joumana]

http://pdf.lahamag.com/pages/02-2007/334People01.pdf

[asturiana]

Jordan's Queen Rania is to participate as a special keynote speaker at the Jeddah Economic Forum, scheduled to take place at the Hilton Hotel from February 24-27. article1 and article 2
(from AME Info)

[Little_star]

An interesting article on the Jordanian economy
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[madonna23]

While it is an interesting article, I think it is important to question the motives of the author and the individuals taking an interest in the Jordananian economy. If I were a confidante of King Abdullah, I would advise him to observe the developmental patterns of his neighboring countries and notice that even in those countries receiving exorbitant amounts of FDI (i.e. Egypt), a serious economic problem still exists among the majority of the population that has been unable to reap the so-called benefits of globalization. There is already unrest within Jordan; adopting a developmental pattern similar to Egypt or the Gulf countries will only exacerbate this problem and create difficulties for the monarchy in the near future. It would be better for King Abdullah to adopt policies that will benefit the poor majority in his kingdom, rather than the elite who is most likely to benefit most from multinational corporations.