Queen Máxima as UN Advocate for Inclusive Financial Services: 2009 - present

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Queen Máxima as special advocate of the UN Secretary-General for inclusive finance for development and as honorary chairwoman of the global partnership for inclusive finance 'Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion' (GPFI) G20 visited Turkey at the invitation of President Abdullah Gül today, July 10.

The country is currently preparing for the G20 presidency. The visit is a first exploration of the priorities of the Turkish Presidency in the area of ​​inclusive finance on the G20 agenda. Máxima spoke, among others, with President Gül, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan and representatives of international financial organizations like the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the European Investment Bank on this issue.



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[carlota]

gosh, maxima is non-stopping these days! yesterday in paris, today in turkey... maybe she even had in mind going to brazil if the netherlands won yesterdays' worldcup semifinal match and they had qualified for the finals!

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WTO (World Trade Organization) Director General Roberto Azevedo met with Queen Máxima in her capacity as UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development today, September 8. Azevedo also met with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.



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As special advocate of the UN Secretary General's for inclusive finance for development Queen Máxima received the President of Myanmar Thein Sein at Eikenhorst today, September 9.



** Pic ** anp gallery ** rtlnieuws.nl: Koningin Máxima verwelkomt president Myanmar ** gettyimages **

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Today the queen was in Strasbourg to talk meet the chairman and other officials. She also held a speech at 'moneyval'.

ROYALBLOG.NL: Máxima praat in Straatsburg over financiële integriteit en toegang tot financiële diensten

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Here's a summary in English and a transcript of the speech she has given:



** coe.in: Queen Máxima addresses MONEYVAL on the need to make financial services accessible ** Speech **

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Queen Máxima has handed out the annual report on financial inclusion to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon before a meeting at the United Nations in New York City on September 23, 2014.



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** nos.nl video: Maxima brengt bezoek aan VN-chef Ban Ki-moon **

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maxima and letizia at the UN assembly

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more pictures at
Letizia and Maxima enjoy a gossip (and a fit of the giggles) as they join the debate at the UN | Daily Mail Online

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At the UN, the queen was pictured with Ingrid Bouterse, wife of president Bouterse of Suriname.

The photo was made by the Surinamese UN ambassador, who posted it on facebook. The RVD says that the queen didn't take the initiative for the photo, neither did the two ladies have a conversation. They were at a function where people were introduced to each other, though the queen didn't know who she was introduced to the wife of the president of Suriname. The Suriname presidency also distanced itself from it, the Surinamese UN ambasador deleted the photo.

The trouble is that the Netherlands withdrew its ambassador from Suriname. President Bouterse is convicted in The Netherlands to 11 years of prison for drug trafficing & an international arrest warrent was issued. His son Dino Bouterse is serving held in arrest in the US for arms trafficing to Hezbollah. Mr. Bouterse is also held responsible for the December-murders in the 80-ties. Sadly, he is hiding behind diplomatic immunity.

Elsevier.nl - Oeps, foto verspreid van koningin Máxima en Surinaamse first lady

http://www.royalty-online.nl/monarch...ngrid-bouterse

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Well, in the meantime the air between the Netherlands and the former colony has cleared up a bit: the kingdom will be represented again by an Ambassador. The present Charge d'Affaires of the kingdom will be promoted to the rank of Ambassador. Also in The Hague, the Surinam Charge d'Affaires will be promoted to the rank of Ambassador.

Pic: the grand building of the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Paramaribo: http://www.adamsbouwadviesbureau.nl/...35-1-large.jpg

Pic: interesting interior view: http://www.adamsbouwadviesbureau.nl/...35-2-large.jpg

It is worth to receive the King and Queen, I bet there is a nice guest suite in the Embassy.... Because of tensions between Surinam and the Netherlands, Queen Beatrix has never made a visit during her Reign. Let us hope that King Willem-Alexander will be able to visit Surinam once. Half of the Surinamers live in the Netherlands, so no wonder the ties are close.

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It is a great pity that Beatrix never was able to visit the country as queen, but the last decade or so that is unwanted of course with this criminal & his helpers in power. After the king and queen drunk beer with Putin it would be better to stay away from controversial heads-of-state for a while. And it is rather sensible to stay away from drugdealers/murderers (like Bouterse) in general of course.

It is surprising that the people who organised this trip didn't intervene, somebody at the UN-embassy/foreign affairs won't be getting his/her christmas bonus this year .

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We should enjoy these nice embassies while they are still there. The new strategy of Foreign Affairs is to sell some of them. Budget cuts and all that. Quite a shame.

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In her role as special advocate of the UN Secretary General's for inclusive finance for development Queen Máxima gave the opening speech at the meeting of International Standardization Organizations and regulators in the financial sector (SSB) at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, today, October 2nd.




** Pic ** Her speech in English ** koninklijkhuis.nl newsreport ** translation **

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As special advocate of the UN Secretary General's for inclusive finance for development Queen Máxima visited PharmAccess in Amsterdam on October 10:



** pharmaccess.org: Her Majesty Queen Maxima visits PharmAccess office ** koninklijkhuis.nl ** translation **

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Queen Máxima attended the World Food Day at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) headquarters in Rome today, October 16, in her role as special advocate of the UN Secretary General's for inclusive finance for development.



** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** gettyimages gallery ** Her speech in English **

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On October 23 Queen Máxima gave an interview about inclusive insurance, that was shown during the 21st annual conference of the IAIS in Amsterdam:




** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** Pic 4 ** iais2014.org: Video Her Majesty Queen Máxima **

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As special advocate of the UN Secretary General's for inclusive finance for development, Queen Máxima is on a visit in China from November 24 to November 28

https://twitter.com/haverman/status/536839137177780224

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On her second day in China, November 25, Queen Máxima attended a meeting at the People's Bank of China in Beijing and met with the President of Bank of China Zhou Xiaochuan.




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Queen Maxima of The Netherlands holds talks with Wang Enge, President of Peking University at the Peking University's National School of Development campus in Beijing, China, 26 November 2014. At the invitation of the Chinese government, Queen Maxima of The Netherlands is on a four day visit to China in her capacity as the UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development to discuss access to financial services.


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Here are some more pics from today and yesterday and a link to the speech she has given at the Peking University's National School of Development:



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** refdag.nl gallery: Koningin Máxima spreekt op universiteit Peking (fotoserie) **


** refdag.nl gallery: Koningin Máxima bezoekt Bank of China (fotoserie) **


** dailymail: She's all business! Queen Maxima of the Netherlands sharpens up in a chic tweed suit ..**



Later today Máxima made a visit to a goat farm in Lou Manchu village in Hebei province:



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A few articles of the visit

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visits China
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Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visits a Beijing farmhouse
Article and pictures

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDCZIyEf1C4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-vwAt1Q104