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loading... Interviewee: Edward P. Djerejian, Founding Director, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor January 23, 2014 While the Geneva II talks on Syria that have ...

Acting U.S. Assistant Secretary Uzra Zeya on the Country Reports on Human Rights ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY ZEYA: Thank you, Mr. Secretary, and good morning, everyone. As in years past, I'd like to take a few minutes to share some of the major ...

European Commission [Check Against Delivery] Janez Potočnik European Commissioner for Environment Poverty eradication and sustainable development after 2015 Opening the Stakeholder Conference organized with EESC "A new global ...

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Local university UPM forges ahead in ensuring there is enough good food for everyone. THE right to food is a basic tenet of a food security policy of any nation. The World Food Summit (1996)'s interpretation states that food security exists when ...

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