Day of Families May 15, 2019

You are invited: It Takes A Family 25th Observance of the International Day of Families and 25th Commemoration of the International Year of the Family Wednesday, May 15, 2019,  3:00PM — 6:00PM United Nations Headquarters — ECOSOC Chamber You are cordially invited to attend an event to celebrate the International Day of Families. Together with Member States and Civil Society this event will highlight the integral role of the Family as the “natural and fundamental group unit of society,” as defined in international law, and the attendant obligations of Member States in binding international human rights instruments. Participants will highlight the Family’s protective role, especially in protecting against poverty and violence, and in providing a loving and nurturing environment for the happiness, wellbeing, and integral human development of children and all family members. Passes needed to attend. All are welcome. Please RSVP by May 10 by going here: https://unitingnationsforthefamily.org   PROGRAM Moderator: Mrs. Cathy Ruse, Senior Legal Counsel, Family Research Council Ceremonial Segment H.E. Mr. Mohamed Fathi Ahmed Edrees, Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations (TBC) H.E. Ms. Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani, Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations (TBC) H.E. Mr. Valentin Rybakov, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Belarus to the United Nations Msgr. Tomasz Grysa, First Counselor and Deputy Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations H.E. Ms. Sarah Flood-Beaubrun, Minister for External Affairs, Saint Lucia Ms. Valerie Huber, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Global Affairs at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Declaration by Children – Oakcrest School, Vienna Virginia Performance, Harp Circle, Oakcrest School Panel Discussion “The Family in Latin America,” Christine Vollmer, Vollmer, President, Alliance for the Family “The Significance of the Family in Africa,” Errol Naidoo, Founder and CEO, Family Policy Institute “The Technological Assault on the Family,” Michael Hanby, Ph.D., JPII Institute for Marriage and Family at CUA, Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy of Science. “Household Family Structure and the Macroeconomic Welfare of Nations,” Joseph Price,Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Brigham Young University. Presentation of C-Fam’s Maximillian Kolbe Medal – awarded for long-term service promoting the Family Interventions Statements by Member States and Civil Society principals.

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Talal International Prize

The Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) has finalized the arrangements for the Prize Committee Meeting to select the winners of Prince Talal International Prize for Human Development. USD 1 MILLION FROM AGFUND TO THE WINNERS OF PRINCE TALAL INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2018 >> Read more @AGFUNDProgram  #Development #SDGs #SDG1 #Prize #Prince_Talal_International_Prize ▢ EMAIL Prmedia@agfund.org          ▢ TEL +41(0)76 292 99 58 Prize Committee Members Queen Sofia   Representing Europe Prof. Mohammed Yunus This year's Nobel Pease Prise laureate from Bangladesh, founder and Director of the Grameen Bank, representing Asia Dr Ahmed Mohammad Ali President of the Islamic Development Bank representing Arab Countries Dr Yusuf Said Abdullah The Former Director-General of OPEC Fund for International Development, representing Africa Mrs. Mercedes Menafra de Battle Representing American Continents ════════════════════ The Committee has met in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, April 29, 2019, to select the winning projects out of the 166 projects nominated from 78 countries that competed for the Prize in the field of "No Poverty", the first goal of the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030. The nominations that met the Prize conditions were evaluated by specialized experts in the field. The Prize Committee will select the winning project in each of the four categories of the prize from the top five evaluated as worthy recipients of the Prize.  AGFUND invited the UNOG accredited Journalists to attend a press conference was held right after the Committee Meeting to announce the winners and the new prize subject for 2019. Mr. Nasser Alkahtani, Executive Director of AGFUND, said that AGFUND's Board of Directors has decided to rename AGFUND Prize after the late Prince Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, founder of AGFUND, in recognition of his great efforts and dedication to humanity and development where the new name is "Prince Talal International Prize for Human Development". Alkahtani confirmed that the Prize will continue to follow the same mechanism and criteria and will be in compliance to the sustainable development agenda 2030. The annual subject selected of the prize will be one of the 17 SDGs. >> more information

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