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Markus Löning is Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid. In this film he describes what his job involves and how he seeks to promote universal respect for human rights.
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Human Rights - Protecting the vulnerable
Markus Löning is Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid. In this film he describes what his job involves and how he seeks to promote universal respect for human rights.
Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on the EU’s new financial policy stability and the goal of a political union in Europe.
Minister, for many months now Europe has been engaged in financial policy crisis management – what will a sustainable solution look like?
We are now developing the European Union into a stability union. That is what we agreed at the European Council on 9 December 2011. Almost all member states of the European Union committed themselves to observing the stability criteria by showing, for example, increased thrift and greater budgetary discipline.
“Europe will grow closer together”
On 12 December, the EU-Delegation to Ethiopia in cooperation with the Goethe Institute and the Human Rights Council, invited for the screening of „Die Chefin”, a film about the government of Liberia a...
About 100 guests showed great interest.
H.E. Mrs Vivienne Wreh, the Ambassador of the Republic of Liberia
H.E. Mr Xavier Marchal, the Ambassador of the EU-Delegation in Ethiopia (left), and Mr René Milas, EU-Delegation
It combines the symbols of a hand and a bird: “Free as a man” is the title of the blue logo which was created by Predrag Štakić from Serbia and became the universally recognized symbol of the international movement for human rights at the end of September 2011. The graphic designer’s work won convincingly in a worldwide competition for a human rights logo which Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle launched in Berlin in May 2011.
December 10: Human Rights Day
2012 Calendar: Germany – Partner in the World
Germanyis a non-permanent member of the Security Council of the United Nations in 2011 and 2012. This is why the 2012 Calendar of the Federal Foreign Office focuses on Germany’s commitment and involvement as a global partner. The calendar concentrates on the main goals of the United Nations, to which Germanylends its support worldwide: peace and security, human rights, freedom, justice and development.
The calendar presents short overviews of these subjects and Germany’s involvment in these fields. It outlines the main emphases of German policy within the framework of the United Nations and presents all German UNESCO World Heritage Sites in words and pictures.
The International Days of the United Nations are displayed.
The calendar automatically integrates the calendar data on your device.
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