Day 2 of the state visit to Italy was quite busy for the royals. Their Majesties King Abdullah and Queen Rania visited Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Rome, where His Majesty laid a wreath on the monument. King Abdullah & Queen Rania were received by Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa and a number of senior Italian military officials.

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After the visit to the tomb, King Abdullah and Queen Rania visited the Municipality of Rome where they were welcomed by the Mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno and his wife. The King and the Queen exchanged with the mayor and his wife souvenirs.

Later on that day, Queen Rania received the Marisa Bellisario Golden Apple International Award in recognition of her humanitarian work, dedication to peace and lasting commitment to the rights of women and children around the world in a ceremony that took place at the Montecitorio Palace in Rome, seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. “I’m especially honored to receive the Marisa Bellisario Award, an award that symbolizes not just the achievements of some women but the aspirations of millions,” Queen Rania said in a speech infront of over 300 political and business leaders, parliamentarians, diplomats and representatives of different UN agencies.

Queen Rania also launched the 1-Goal campaign in Italy after its successful launch in the UK. Speaking at the event “We’re here today to tap into that famous Italian passione on behalf of 75 million children sent to the sidelines not because they’ve done anything wrong, but because we haven’t played by the rules. We haven’t given them what should be their birthright: an education,” said Queen Rania at the event which took place in Rome’s Campidoglio, which houses the office of the Mayor.

Yesterday their Majesties held a dinner in honor of the Italian president and his wife. The event was attended by Princess Zein, Princess Aisha and Princess Iman along with the Jordanian delegation.

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On September 28th Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway have been interviewed by Christiane Amanpour during her new talkshow at CNN in New York.
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour invited the to her studio in New York, because she thinks that the Royal Couple will help to focus attention on some of today’s important issues.
The interview 12.5 minutes and will be shown in the program, “Amanpour” on CNN International on Friday, October 2nd. Queen Rania of Jordan also showed up at this program.

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Host Christiane Amanpour told VG Nett :
“In this program we focus on the things many people do not know about royalty. The good work they do and the positive influence they have on many humanitarian issues. [...]“

She also said that she was really impressed by the Cp couple:
“They are very eloquent, and good ambassadors for their country.”

The CP couple talked about their main issues: Poverty, justice, dignity and Aids.
You can read more about this interview in this thread.

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Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit visited the youth project “Be proud” of Holmlia in Oslo on Thursday. “Be proud” is one of the two youth projects that were awarded by this year’s funding of the crown princely “Humanitarian Fund”.

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In Holmlia the Crown Prince and Princess met youth representatives of the “Be proud” sub-projects.
After cultural elements and an international dinner the Crown Prince and Princess got the opportunity to speak with representatives of the project “Izzat” . It’s a project against forced marriages and violence.
“Be proud” was started as a project in Holmlia and the southern district Nordstrand in Oslo, but it’s their aim to reach out to other parts of Norway.

Have a look at this thread to read more about the Humanitarian Fund.

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  Wife of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Ruler of Dubai, HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein United Nations Messenger of Peace and Chairperson of International Humanitarian City addressed Global Humanitarian Forum (GHF) which was on impact of climate change on women. The forum took place in Geneva June 25.

Princess Haya joined a panel of experts where she talked about the struggles poor women face and the need to reach out to women to influence policy. Princess Haya also highlighted the need to use women to make a change through the existing routes which are established by UN agencies on other programmes.

‘Women are at the heart of poverty and account for 70 percent of those most affected by climate change,” stated Princess Haya.

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 Today Princess Letizia met with some of her former colleagues in the news industry who were promoting the humanitarian project “Drawn for Africa”.

Journalists Miguel Ángel Oliver and Marta Reyero created this project some months ago; whose main goal is the promotion of cultural, economic and social development in Africa. The project has since encouraged more Spanish journalists to join the project.

Among other initiatives, it promotes systems of housing and tourist routes in several African countries by means of microfunding, with women as principal recipients of the fund.

Princess Letizia also received at the Zarzuela representatives from the Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association (Afinsyfacro in Spanish) of Móstoles, and representatives from the Dyslexia and Family Association (Disfam) from Palma.

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HH Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser wife of the Emir of Qatar launched the Fakhoora fund on January 31,2009 which QR32.7m was raised through Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) towards the Al Fakhoora Fund. “This is the first installment of donations that was raised through the emergency campaign by ROTA”

The fund aims to support the victims of Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip and medical expenses of students who were injured in the Israeli air raids.

Sheikha Mozah who donated $100milion also said “The world is passing through a tumultuous era. It is unable to take a united stand to address the complex issues and stop wars despite the UN’s interventions to stop wars.”

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