Rotary Club of New York at the United Nations

For the last few years the Rotary Club of New York has been writing a newsletter about the United Nations in New York. It is designed to help Rotarians and Non Rotarians to learn about more about the United Nations and the Rotary / United Nations partnership.
For more --> http://nyrotaryunitednations.blogspot.com

Designation RI representative to UNESCWA 2009-2010

Designation as RI representative to UN-ESCWA 2009-2010

For the 4th year I am honored to be appointed as RI representative to UN-ESCWA.

Mission as RIR UN-ESCWA 2009-2010 --> RI Representative UNESCWA Mission- michel jazzar.doc

Rotary Tasks 2009-2010 --> Michel Jazzar 2009-2010.doc

CV updated June 2009 --> cv michel jazzar-en- june 2009.doc

Hosted on Lebanese " O TV "

 

As Rotary International Representative to UN-ESCWA, I was hosted for 20 minutes on Saturday 13 September 2008, on the morning show "New Day - Yaoum Jadid" @ Lebanese " O TV " @ 9.10 AM. The subject was: "Rotary: How good things happen"

 

Questions:

1- What is the Rotary International?

2- Rotarians do Service or Charity?

3- What Rotary clubs do in Lebanon since 1932? [including TRF Programs]

4- Rotary and United Nations: tell us more about [including Polio Plus and RI Rep Network]

5- Why Rotary International has decided now to print its essential publications in Arabic language?

UN Secretary-General to attend 2008 Rotary-UN Day

Rotary members and their guests are invited to attend a landmark Rotary Day at the United Nations on 8 November in New York City, USA.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is slated to give a special presentation at the annual event.

The meeting, scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at UN Headquarters, will include presentations and panel discussions
addressing key humanitarian issues such as water, health, literacy, and hunger. Registration forms are due 24 October.

In addition to Secretary-General Ban, other key presenters will include UN senior officials, representatives from key non-
governmental organizations (NGOs) and Rotary International leaders.
The day-long event is sponsored each year by the RI Representatives to the United Nations in New York.

For the fifth consecutive year, there will be a separate youth program for students of high-school age.

For additional information, contact Brad Jenkins, RI Representative to the United Nations in New York, or [phone].

Download the general registration form and the youth registration form from www.rotary.org:

http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/un_day08_reg_for...

Download the youth registration form

Presidential Conference - "Peace is Possible"

Cannes, Palais des Festivals 28-29 Mach 2008

In cooperation with the Inter-Country Committees

Under the patronage of M. Wilf Wilkinson President 2007-2008 of Rotary International

The Program -Program Cannes.doc 

Rotary and International Organizations Session: Conf Cannes 2008-en.doc

Saturday 29 March morning

Chairman of the session : Carlo Ravizza Past RI President 1999-2000 Past Chairman of the Rotary Foundation 2004-2005

8H30 - 8H40 Intervention of the Past RI President 1999-2000 Carlo Ravizza

8H40 -10h00 RI and Intergovernmental Organizations Panel: 

Moderator (representing RI with UN Geneva) - Gilbert Coutau

Representing RI FAO and World Food program - Marco Claudio Randone

Representing RI with UN for environmental program - Henry Kyemba

Representing RI with UN with West Asia - Michel Jazzar to download the presentation click on: http://michaud4.club.fr/rotary_image/documents/textes/rot... 

Representing RI with UNESCO - Bernard Dervaux 

Panelists with PRID Mohamed Benmedoub

Report and Photos are displayed on: http://www.micheljazzar.com/mambo/index.php?option=com_co...

Reference on blog PDG Christian Michaud: http://michaud4.club.fr/rotary_image/index.php?Documents-...

29th FAO Regional Conference for the Near East

Cairo - Egypt - 1st to 5th March 2008

FAO GD Jacques DIOUF & Michel P. Jazzar

  

Rotary International was represented by Michel P. Jazzar, Rep at UN-ESCWA 2006-2009.

A Rotary Statement on the 8 MGDs was distributed to all particpants: Minsiters of Agriculture, Senior Officers, UN Depts., NGOs.

 

The priorities areas were guided by the past Regional Conferences and outcomes of the World Food Summit – WFS and by the Millennium Development Goals – MDGs.

1- Promoting Sustainable Water and Natural Resources Utilization, Conservation and Management.

2- Promoting the Formulation and Implementation of Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development Policy Reforms for Eradication of Food insecurity, Malnutrition and Rural Poverty.

3- Strengthening capacities for trade liberalization, WTO negotiations and Regional Economic Cooperation.

4- Assisting in Disaster Prevention, mitigation and Preparedness and in post-emergency rehabilitation and transition to sustainable food security and agricultural development.

5- Fostering knowledge management, availability and access to information.

Resolutions will be displayed when officially available.

UN secretary-general meets with Rotary leaders

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Rotary leaders and praised Rotarians for their commitment to polio eradication during a recent visit to Chicago. At the conclusion of the meeting, President Wilkinson presented the RI Award of Honor to the Secretary General.

“Rotary International has led a worldwide campaign to wipe out polio. Sometime soon, their work will be done. Polio will be history, like smallpox,” Ban said in an address to the Economic Club of Chicago on 7 February.

At a private ceremony earlier in the day, Rotary International President Wilfrid J. Wilkinson presented Ban with the Rotary International Award of Honor in recognition of his support for polio eradication and his dedication to furthering peace and cross-cultural understanding. Past recipients of this high Rotary honor include Kofi Annan, Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Nelson Mandela.

The secretary-general also met with Foundation Trustee Chair Robert S. Scott, RI General Secretary Edwin H. Futa, and RI President-elect Dong Kurn Lee. Ban and Lee, both South Koreans, are friends.

Rotary's close ties with the UN date back to 1945 when 49 Rotarians helped draft the UN charter. Rotary continues to collaborate with the UN through the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a partnership with the United Nation's Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

[Photo:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon received the Rotary International Award of Honor at a private ceremony in Chicago. From left to right, RI President-elect Dong Kurn Lee, UN Secretary-General Ban, RI President Wilfrid J. Wilkinson, Foundation Trustee Chair Robert S. Scott, and RI General Secretary Edwin H. Futa. ]

 

 

 

Conferences in March 2008

TWENTY-NINTH FAO REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR THE NEAR EAST

Cairo, the Arab Republic of Egypt , 1-5 March 2008.

Participation as observer.

PRESIDENTIAL CONFERENCE “PEACE IS POSSIBLE”

Cannes, France , 28-29 March 2008.

Participation as lecturer at the Panel: “International Organizations”- UN-ESCWA

Designation as RI representative to UN-ESCWA 2008-2009

For the third year I am honored to be appointed as RI representative to UN-ESCWA.

-->Page 7 from 2008 DESA FORM.pdf

Who's who RI Representative for ESCWA?

Rotary Year 2004-2006: Past District Governor Tawfiq KAWAR - Jordan

More on PDG T. Kawar's: C.V. [arabic]:توفيق_قعوار-_السيرة_الذاتية.doc

Rotary Years 2006-2007, 2007-2008 & 2008-2009: Past Assistant Governor Michel P. Jazzar - Lebanon

More on PAG M. P. Jazzar's: C.V. [english]: cv_michel_p._jazzar-_en.pdf

$200 million for polio eradication - The coverage of the announcement

The announcement that Rotary accepted a US$100 million challenge grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that will generate $200 million for polio eradication continues to receive media attention around the globe. Coverage of the announcement has appeared in many global media outlets, including the International Herald Tribune, Chicago Tribune, O Globo, La Nacion (Argentina), UN Wire, El Pais (Spain), Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, BBC radio, National Public Radio, Agence France Press, Reuters and Associated Press.

Please find below several examples in English, French, and Spanish:

International Herald Tribune: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/26/europe/EU-MED-P...  

Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-polio_27nov2...   UN Wire (Trustee Chair Scott is featured as the Quote of the Day and it is the second headline under "Above the Fold"):

http://alquemie.smartbrief.com/alquemie/servlet/encodeSer...  

 

Agence France Presse (France): http://www.lemonde.fr/web/depeches/0,14-0,39-33367090@7-5...  

La Nacion (Argentina): http://www.lanacion.com.ar/cienciasalud/nota.asp?nota_id=...  

You can find an extensive list of these articles via Google at: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ncl=1124...  

In addition, media coverage of the announcement is anticipated to continue in Asia later this week.

Rotary International & Gates Foundation

EVANSTON, Ill., U.S.A. (Nov. 26, 2007) -- Rotary International today announced a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will inject a much-needed US$200 million into the global campaign to eradicate polio, a crippling and sometimes fatal disease that still paralyzes children in parts of Africa, Asia and the Middle East and threatens children everywhere.

For more -->RI and Gates Foundation.doc

More Links:

- http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/071113_n...  

- http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/PressCenter/PressRe...

- http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/071120_n...

- http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalHealth/Announcements...

 

Mr Bader AL-DAFA new Executive Secretary for ESCWA

On 30 July 2007, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed Mr. Bader Al-Dafa of Qatar as Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).

On 13 August 2007, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon administered the oath of office to Ambassador Bader Al-Dafa, following the appointment of the latter as Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Beirut-based Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA).

For more--->Executive Secretary ESCWA 2007.doc 

[Source: Website ESCWA]

Rebuilding A Nation on 16-17 November 2007

The Forum was postponed from 12-14 June 2007 to 16-17 November 2007 

 

Information Note :

Israeli’s July-August 2006 war inflicted severe devastation on Lebanon ’s human and physical resources. Consequently, the country’s socio-economic development was undermined. The trail of devastation has left the country with a series of serious rehabilitation, reconstruction and recovery challenges. As a result, while unemployment rates ranged between 10 and 12% prior to the war, it has multiplied in most sectors and areas. A leading challenge to recovery efforts is poverty and unemployment. Significantly, the geography of destruction overlaps with the geography of poverty. For more for more click on --> www.rebuildinganation.com

Program: Forum Agenda 29-5-07.doc

Session 1: Investing in Lebanon – Opportunities and Potentials

Session 2: The Role of Lebanese, Arab, and International Private Sector Partnerships in Rebuilding Lebanon

Session 3: The Role of Lebanese Expatriates in Rebuilding Lebanon

Roundtables on Lebanese – Arab and International Private Partnerships

Closing Session: Forum’s Recommendations and Conclusions

Rotary Participation:

RI Representative to UN-ESCWA Michel P. Jazzar will deliver a lecture on "The partnership between Private sector and civil community – Role of the Rotary International."

The lecture will be displayed on this blog.

Rotary participation list will be displayed on time.

Lectures at Rotary Clubs

1-New Lecture: 

RC Tripoli - Lebanon - D.2450:

** Joint Meeting three Clubs of Tripoli - February 6, 2007 - 6.00PM  @ Union Sportive.

Subject: "Rotary & International Organizations. Role of the RI Representative to UNESCWA".

Invitation [english copy]---> Invitation_RC_Tripoli.doc  Agenda All Clubs [french]: -->

Club's Bulletin & Report on attendees --> [soon ]

Presentation: [without photos, chart, logos & countries map] , for more --->  RI_and_International_Organizations_Michel_Jazzar-web.ppt [220 Kbs]

** RC Hammana Upper-Metn - February 16, 2007 - 7.00PM  @ Comfort Hotel - Hazmieh.

Subject: " RI General Consultative UN Status" .

Invitation [English copy] ---> Invitation_RC_Hammana_Upper-Metn_-_Lebanon.doc

Club's Bulletin & Report on attendees --> [soon ]

Presentation: [without photos, chart, logos & countries map] , for more ---> [RI_General_Consultative_Status_at_UN_RC_Hammana_UM_16_feb...] [220 Kbs]

2-Previous Lectures:

** RC Batroun - Lebanon - D.2450: 

On the 31 of October 2006 a lecture was given at RC Batroun in Lebanon [District 2450].

Subject: "Rotary and UN: Role of the RI representative to ESCWA".

Invitation [english copy]---> Invitation-English.doc

Presentation [without photos, ESCWA chart, logos & ESCWA countries map] ---> link yourself on RC Tripoli presentation.

Attendees: came from eight clubs in Lebanon [out of 20]: Batroun [the hosting club], Zgharta-Zawié, Tripoli , Byblos-Jbeil, Sahel Aley, Hammana Upper-Metn, Tripoli-Maarad and Koura. Questions raised were relevant to Polio Plus campaign in Lebanon and history relations with RI and ESCWA.

Bulletin of the Club: [Extraits french] --> extraits_du_Bulletin_RC_Batroun.doc

** RC Zgharta-Zawié - D.2450: 18th November [Arabic Sheet]

14 participants and the AG Ussama Zok---> Rotary_and_UN_-_Ar.2.doc

Annan praises Rotary's leadership in global polio effort

UN  Secretary General Kofi Annan praised Rotary International in his final speech as UN Secretary General:

"It has been one of my guiding principles as Secretary General to get them to help achieve UN aims - for instance through the Global Compact with international business, which I initiated in 1999, or in the worldwide fight against polio, which I hope is now in its final chapter, thanks to a wonderful partnership between the UN family, the US Centers for Disease Control and - crucially - Rotary International. "

The full text of the speech can be found here:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6170089.stm.

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The United Nations Office of the Secretary General issued the text of the following statement:
Message to the Rotary International Conference in New York on 4 November 2006

For more than 100 years, Rotary has been at the forefront of efforts to improve the lives of people around the world. And, since the United Nations was created, Rotary has been a wonderful partner to us. You have joined forces with us in efforts for health, literacy and poverty eradication. You have spread the word about the work of the United Nations. You have promoted peace through your exchange programmes. And, you have played a critical and historic role in our joint mission to eradicate polio worldwide.

Rotary is living proof that people with diverse backgrounds can learn to get along with each other and concentrate more on the things we have in common, rather than on the things that drive us apart. That is what our humanitarian work is all about.

This is the last time I will be writing to you as Secretary-General of the United Nations. So, this is the time to thank all of you for the wonderful support you have given me and the Organization for the past 10 years. Thank you for understanding that this is your United Nations. Thank you for understanding that it is up to all of us to make the most of this indispensable instrument, in the interests of the people it exists to serve. I wish you continued success in your valiant mission.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan

November 6, 2006 Monday 8:50 AM EST

for more ---> Annan_praises_Rotary.doc