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03 March 2009 - News Article
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Inaugural Youth Forum on the human impact of climate change announced
Geneva, From 17 – 19 June 2009 the Global Humanitarian Forum will host its inaugural Youth Forum entitled Young Adults 4 New Results in Geneva. Young participants from the Geneva region will come together to learn, experience and develop new and innovative solutions as to how today’s youth can address the h...
10 February 2009 - Press Release
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University of Pretoria to co-host GHF Climate Justice Dialogue
PRETORIA, South Africa – A high-level dialogue on Climate Justice will be held at the University of Pretoria, jointly with the Global Humanitarian Forum, on Saturday 28 February. read...
30 January 2009 - News Article
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Forum co-hosts Climate Justice Debate at Davos Open Forum
DAVOS, Switzerland, The Global Humanitarian Forum co-organized today’s panel on Climate Justice at the Open Forum Davos to discus solutions to the injustices of climate change and actions needed at the international level.
29 January 2009 - Press Release
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Forum Unites with Major Communications Group for Global Climate Campaign
DAVOS,Switzerland, Kofi Annan, President of the Geneva-based Global Humanitarian Forum, announced here today a global partnership with French advertising group Havas’s agency EURO RSCG Worldwide. EURO RSCG will drive the communications of the Forum’s globa...
15 December 2008 - News Article
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Expert Climate Justice Workshop Paves Way for Ethical Foundation to a Global Climate Deal
GENEVA, The Global Humanitarian Forum convened today a group of 20 experts in the fields of ethics, human rights, climate change, and poverty to begin the formulation of a set of universal climate justice principles.
12 November 2008 - Kofi Annan, President
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Kofi Annan Receives 2008 Freedom Award
NEW YORK, 12 November 2008 - Global Humanitarian Forum President, Kofi Annan, was awarded the International Rescue Committee's Freedom Award for individual efforts to promote greater freedom from harm.
16 October 2008 - Walter Fust, CEO
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Reflections on Humanitarian Diplomacy - Challenges and Opportunities
SELFOSS, Iceland, 29 August 2008 - Global Humanitarian Forum CEO, Ambassador Walter Fust, addressed the 2008 Donor Forum of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on the topic of Humanitarian Diplomacy.
09 October 2008 - Press Release
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Hans Wilsdorf Foundation Contributes to Global Humanitarian Forum
GENEVA, 09 October 2008 – The Global Humanitarian Forum, presided over by Kofi Annan, has the pleasure to announce the decision of the foundation board of the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation of 23 September 2008 to support the activities of the Forum with the sum of CHF 500'000.- for 2008 and the same amount for 2009.
17 September 2008 - Walter Fust, CEO
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Transforming our Response to Climate Change
GENEVA, 17 September 2008 - Global Humanitarian Forum CEO Walter Fust issued ten key considerations relating to the human dimensions and impact of climate change.
25 June 2008 - Press Release
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Kofi Annan Launches Global Alliance for Climate Justice
GENEVA, 25 June 2008 – Kofi Annan said today at the first annual meeting of the Global Humanitarian Forum, which he presides, that a global alliance for climate justice is a necessity. Annan, joined by some 300 participants agreed to support efforts to establish clim...
