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Prince Hassan of Jordan visited Ankara (Turkey) last Wednesday, where he gave a speech at the Parliament of Cultures.

The conference was inaugurated by Professor Ihsan Dogramaci. In his speech, HRH said that “we must work towards a law for peace”, and that “it is important to focus on the affinities among cultures in order to fight discrimination”.

The Parliament of Cultures is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) which works to promote understanding among different cultures throughout the world.

Before the conference, Prince Hassan had a meeting with Turkish President, Abdullah Gül.

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 HH Sheikha Mozah Nasser al-Misnad, member of the High Level Group of the UN Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC), will participate in the Second Forum of the Alliance in Istanbul on April 6. The alliance’s broad mission is to advance intercultural understanding.

“HH Sheikha Mozah is committed since she was invited to serve at the UNAOC High Level Group in 2005, to enhance the role of Qatar in support of the alliance,” says the QNA report.

It is expected that a few heads of state, ministers, business leaders, and leading personalities will attend the forum.

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The Prince of Orange is currently attending the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul, Turkey; like several other royals and heads of state, including Prince Albert II of Monaco and the Crown Prince of Japan. The forum began on Monday, March 16th, when a summit meeting for heads of state was held at Istanbul’s Ciragan Palace.

The Forum is held every three years, and this year’s key themes are sanitation, climate change and increasing demand for water. Prince Willem-Alexander is the Chairman of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Advisory Board for Water and Sanitation. It was in this capacity that he spoke earlier today at the Forum, calling on developed nations to give money so that the Millenium Development Goals set in 2000 can still be achieved by 2015. Willem-Alexander said that in the midst of the world-wide financial crisis, governments and leaders must find the political will to help the poorest people in the world and help to provide them with clean drinking water and better sanitation facilities.

The Forum will end on March 22nd.

The Prince’s full speech (in English) can be read here.
More information and pictures can be found in this TRF thread.

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 At the opening of the 5th World Water Forum (WWF) on Monday in Istanbul, Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito said in his keynote speech that he hopes the international community will increase its efforts to tackle the issue of global warming as it is closely related to water-related issues in the world. The prince especially stressed the significance of a free and open discussion of global water issues. Government ministers from 120 countries, scientists and campaigners meet in Istanbul this week to discuss how to avert a global water crisis and ease tensions between states fighting over rivers, lakes and glaciers.

The Japanese crown prince who attended already the third as well as the fourth Water Forum (Kyoto 2003 and Mexico 2006) has assumed honorary presidency of the UN Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation in 2007. He has a keen interest in worldwide water-related issues and has been conducting his own studies.
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 As previously announced, His Serene Highness the Prince of Monaco is scheduled to arrive in Istanbul for the Fifth Annual World Water Forum.  While Monday’s visits will include several low key heads of state meetings, on Tuesday March 17 Prince Albert II will provide an hour long lecture entitled “Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation: Projects and Initiatives Within the Fields of Integrated and Sustainable Water Resource Management.”

In preparation for his visit, the Prince sat down for a rare interview with the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review where he discussed his commitment to water rights, the environmental dangers involved and his recent trek to Antarctica.

Photos of the event will be posted in this thread when available.

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