Those of you who were at UNC's conference last October know that you don't want to miss the 2011 show either. Fantastic learning opportunity. Here is a hint at what this year's event includes:
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Networking/Workshop Events 2011 Water and Health: Where Science Meets Policy Conference
Workshops and meetings are already being organized for the 2011 Water and Health Conference, to be held October 3-7 at UNC Chapel Hill. Our first workshops to announce are:
• "The United Nations, Global Health Policy, and Evolving Frameworks for Accountability under the Human Right to Water" co-convened by The Parr Center for Ethics at UNC
• Annual Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS) Network Meeting convened by WHO, UNICEF & The Water Institute
• "The new age of rapid methods for water quality applications: blending scientific advancement with routine monitoring needs" convened by the Institute of Marine Sciences at UNC
Don't miss this opportunity to network with and learn from the unique array of national and international experts to build and sustain a capable and proficient knowledge base in a new topic, and to expand upon existing knowledge and skills. http://whconference.unc.edu/networking.cfm
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
World Humanitarian Day
Happy World Humanitarian Day!
From the United Nations media advisory:
Established by the General Assembly of the United Nations, 19 August 2009 is the first World Humanitarian Day. The designation of the Day is a way to increase public understanding of humanitarian assistance activities worldwide. The Day also aims to honour humanitarian workers who have lost their lives or been injured in the course of their work.
Why 19 August? - Six years ago, on 19 August 2003, the United Nations office in Iraq was bombed and 22 people lost their lives. Among them was Sergio Vieira de Mello, at that time the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to Iraq. While there have been many other fatal incidents involving humanitarian personnel the General Assembly decided to use the anniversary of this incident as World Humanitarian Day.
So a quick shout out to some of our favorite humanitarians:
Clarissa Brocklehurst of UNICEF's Water and Environmental Sanitation program.
Chris Williams of UN Habitat.
Jamie Bartram, formerly of the World Health Organization, now at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health.
Lots more where these came from, but let's start here and get the festivities rolling.
From the United Nations media advisory:
Established by the General Assembly of the United Nations, 19 August 2009 is the first World Humanitarian Day. The designation of the Day is a way to increase public understanding of humanitarian assistance activities worldwide. The Day also aims to honour humanitarian workers who have lost their lives or been injured in the course of their work.
Why 19 August? - Six years ago, on 19 August 2003, the United Nations office in Iraq was bombed and 22 people lost their lives. Among them was Sergio Vieira de Mello, at that time the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to Iraq. While there have been many other fatal incidents involving humanitarian personnel the General Assembly decided to use the anniversary of this incident as World Humanitarian Day.
So a quick shout out to some of our favorite humanitarians:
Clarissa Brocklehurst of UNICEF's Water and Environmental Sanitation program.
Chris Williams of UN Habitat.
Jamie Bartram, formerly of the World Health Organization, now at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health.
Lots more where these came from, but let's start here and get the festivities rolling.
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