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24 June 2008 - News Article
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Bringing actors from different sectors to the same stage
GENEVA, June 24 2008 - Climate change is very real and it is happening now. These were the words Kofi Annan, President of the Global Humanitarian Forum, used to greet participants at the organisation’s first annual meeting. Those present included heads of states, government ministers, CEOs of major corporat...
23 June 2008 - News Article
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Showing the Human Face of Climate Change
GENEVA, 23 June 2008 - Thirteen testimonies, five nations: videos of encounters with these individuals show that climate change is already having a profound and negative impact on people’s lives.
10 June 2008 - News Article
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The Global Humanitarian Forum Mobilizes for Climate Justice
GENEVA, Switzerland, 10 June – In the aftermath of Myanmar’s Cyclone Nargis and in view of the ongoing global food crisis, the Forum’s President Kofi Annan has called together more than 200
leaders from all sectors of society worldwide to urgently address what he calls “the human face of c...
22 April 2008 - News Article
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Annan demands Climate Justice – Polluters Must Pay
GENEVA, Switzerland, 22 April – Kofi Annan today called for united action to support the world’s poorest in adapting to climate change. “Those who contributed least to climate change suffer most”, says Kofi Annan; “helping the poor adapt is our responsibility, and the polluter must pay.
15 January 2008 - Press Release
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Walter Fust nominated as CEO of the Global Humanitarian Forum
GENEVA, Switzerland, 15 January 2008 – The Foundation Board has nominated Ambassador Walter Fust as the Chief Executive Officer of the Global Humanitarian Forum.
21 November 2007 - Press Release
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Global Humanitarian Forum Addresses Humanitarian Impact of Climate Change on the “Drylands”
DUBAI, 21 November 2007 – On 21 November 2007 in Dubai, Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, a Board Member of the Global Humanitarian Forum and UN Messenger for Peace and Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at the Columbia University, convened with the Global Humanitarian Forum ...
17 October 2007 - Press Release
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Kofi Annan launches Global Humanitarian Forum
GENEVA, Switzerland, 17 October 2007 – Today former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, launched the Global Humanitarian Forum. The launch event was attended by some three hundred representatives of governments; intergovernmental, non-governmental and civil society organizations; as well as acade...
