United Nations and Marketing Industry Leaders Launch “Hopenhagen”

August 4th, 2009 LONDON - - Global Nonprofit Calls 20-Somethings Worldwide to Participate in Phase III Online Survey - Inaugural Summit in 2010 to Feature Counsellors Kofi Annan, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Bob Geldof, Professor Nick Haysom, EMI Music Chief Executive Elio Leoni Sceti and Oscar Morales One Young World, the global nonprofit organization that serves as a platform to raise the voice of the next generation of world leaders on global issues, has unveiled the findings of a global survey of mid-20-somethings addressing the topics of Environment, Business, Politics, Media and Religion. Co-founders David Jones and Kate Robertson presented the findings in London on Friday, alongside Carole Stone, Managing Director of YouGovStone, just-announced Counsellor Oscar Morales and philanthropist Bill Liao.

August 2nd, 2009 PHOENIX - - Nations Trust Launches 'Cool Pavement Coatings' With the launch of the Emerald Cities Project(TM) May 2009, Nations Technology Trust Ltd. has initiated a green initiative aimed at Global Warming by introducing cool pavement products to mitigate the Urban Heat Island Effect of the cities.

July 6th, 2009 ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - The second International Festival of Falconry will play a central role in Abu Dhabi's global initiative to campaign for the preservation of falconry. Sponsored by the Emirates Falconers' Club, the festival takes place at the Englefield Estate, in the United Kingdom, from the 11-12 July.

July 5th, 2009 L'AQUILA, Italy - - Action by Scientists Underscores Urgency of National Progress and Global Negotiations A group of the world's top climate scientists today called on the leaders of the world's major economies to adopt strong measures to address climate change, including a peak in global emissions before 2020. In a letter addressed to Ministers and Heads of State attending this week's G8 summit and Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate in Italy, the climate scientists, including several senior government climate science advisors, make specific requests for policy action and warn that failure to reduce emissions presents "unacceptable risks." The scientists are calling for action from world leaders whose nations represent around 70% of global carbon abatement potential.

June 29th, 2009 ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - - Abu Dhabi's Masdar City, the world's first carbon-neutral, zero-waste city, to house IRENA's headquarters Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, has been selected to house the secretariat of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), marking the first time an international organization has chosen a Middle East city for its headquarters. IRENA will be located in Abu Dhabi's Masdar City, the world's first carbon-neutral, zero-waste city powered entirely by renewable energy.

April 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel Says North Korean Missile Launch Underscores Urgency for All Nuclear Powers to Support Obama-Medvedev Effort to Achieve "Global Zero" Political and military leaders at the forefront of the Global Zero initiative, a nonpartisan international effort to achieve a phased, verifiable plan to eliminate all nuclear weapons worldwide, immediately expressed support for President Obama's Prague speech and the newly announced U.S.-Russian effort to eliminate nuclear weapons, and called on their own governments to commit now to participating in multi-lateral negotiations for an agreement to eliminate all nuclear weapons worldwide.

April 1st, 2009 ATLANTA - "The Prince Of Spain Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos is reaching out to partner with top business leaders and small business leaders in the American market to help the Obama administration lead the world in making change happen," Says Dr. Nono Pearson.

March 29th, 2009 PARIS - Leaders Agree That First Meeting of the Two Presidents - Occurring Just Before the G-20 - Is an Historic Opportunity To Set World's Course to Zero Nuclear Weapons - Global Zero Commission To Launch Soon After G-20 Summit With nuclear weapons high on the agenda for the historic first Obama-Medvedev meeting, more than 100 international leaders on the forefront of the Global Zero initiative are urging the U.S. and Russian presidents to work toward dramatic reductions of U.S.

March 22nd, 2009 NEW YORK - Partnership between UN Millennium Campaign and Women's eNews will raise awareness of the number one killer of young women in developing countries, despite promises by world leaders to take urgent action to end this crisis The number one killer of young women in the developing world is not a disease whose cure eludes us, or a condition which the world lacks the resources to treat. It is pregnancy and childbirth.

March 16th, 2009 OTTAWA, Canada - Maude Barlow, senior advisor on water to the President of the United Nations General Assembly and Council of Canadians chairperson, says the Harper government's goal of a seat on the UN Security Council should be denied until Canada formally recognizes water as a human right. Ms. Barlow is currently in Istanbul for the week-long World Water Forum at which government ministers from 120 countries will discuss global water issues.

April 5th, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council will hold an emergency session Sunday afternoon to discuss the North Korean rocket launch, authorities said. The UN Spokesperson's Office said that the meet of the 15-nation council will begin at 1900 GMT.

March 26th, 2009 MUMBAI - Leading brand promotion agency Candid Marketing Thursday said it would buy out the controlling 66 percent that International Marketing and Sales Group (IMSG) holds in that company. The Britain-based IMSG picked up the 66 percent stake in Candid Marketing for $5.5 million in 2006 to expand its footprint in India.

April 2nd, 2009 NEW YORK - China's President Hu Jintao has given no indication that his country would block UN Security Council action if the United States files a resolution against North Korea, which has notified the international community that it will launch a rocket between April 4 and April 8. Fox News.com quoted a U.S.

September 23rd, 2009 Obama lays out 4 pillars for global cooperationUNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama says all nations have a responsibility to work toward a future of peace and prosperity. In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, Obama told world leaders Wednesday he believes there are four pillars necessary to ensure that future — nuclear disarmament, the promotion of peace and security, preservation of the planet, and a global economy that offers opportunity for all people.

April 5th, 2009 NEW YORK - Japan has requested an emergency Security Council session after North Korea launched a rocket from its east coast, a United Nations spokesman said. 'The UN is aware that the missile launch has occurred,' Brent Superville told DPA.

September 23rd, 2009 Obama pleads for harder work on climate changeUNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama has implored world leaders to confront climate change, saying there can be no peace without cooperative work to preserve the planet. Appearing before global leaders gathered at the United Nations, Obama said Wednesday that "the danger posed by climate change cannot be denied — and our responsibility to meet it must not be deferred." The president said "this is why the days when America dragged its feet on this issue are over." He said he understood the tempation of nations to put economic recovery from recession ahead of climate change work, but said that must not be allowed to happen.

May 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO), www.sempo.org, announced that, as part of its Asia tour, it will visit Mumbai on June 15. Mumbai is one stop in a three-city Asian tour that SEMPO is undertaking to foster the awareness of search engine marketing and connect professionals in the region with Western markets.

April 21st, 2009 BEIJING - China has disavowed any kind of cooperation with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in nuclear energy development, and urged a peaceful solution to the DPRK nuclear disputes. "China has never had any cooperation with the DPRK in nuclear energy development," the Xinhua news agency quoted Wang Yiren, the head of the China's Atomic Energy Authority, as telling reporters at a nuclear energy conference in Beijing on Monday.

September 23rd, 2009 Obama: UN has often been forum for discordUNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama says the United Nations is at a pivotal point in its history. Obama says the UN has done extraordinary good around the world, but has often been a forum for discord instead of forging common ground.

September 23rd, 2009 Obama urges relaunch of Mideast peace negotiationsUNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama says the time has come to re-launch negotiations toward the long-elusive goal of Mideast peace. In a speech to the U.N.