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GFDD Participates in 5th International Forum on Sustainable Development Goals for Local Communities: Inter-Institutional Approach
The Coordinating Council for the Dominicans Living Abroad Inc., (DORENEX), the UNIVA universities of Mexico, and UCO Colombia carried out the 5th International Forum on Sustainable Development (SDGs) for Local Communities: Inter-Institutional Approach, which took place in Yonkers, New York from the 16th to the 22nd of February, 2020. The forum is represented by the […]
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Interactive dialogue on Targeting Hunger: South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Transforming Agriculture.”
New York, NY – ‘Global hunger has been rising for the 4th consecutive year. Recent figures show that over 820 million people suffer from hunger. More than 60 percent (approximately 500 million) of these 820 million people live in Asia, while another 30 percent (approximately 250 million) in Africa. Hunger has its genesis in extreme […]
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Director of General Assembly and Economic and Social Council Affairs Division Confirms Participation in next GFDD Global Roundtable
On Monday, March 4, to discuss the work done by the General Assembly and ECOSOC Division, its role as one of the “wheels” to make the meetings move in the right direction, GFDD and FUNGLODE will have the pleasure to host Ion Botnaru, the Director of the Division and who interestingly also served as former Permanent Representative of the Republic of Moldova to the UN.
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Collaborate on United Nations Panel Exploring Empowerment Tools for Social Development
GFDD and FUNGLODE, in partnership with Social Justice in Global Development, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNSRID) Loretto community, and Members of the Committee on Financing for Development, will collaborate on a Side Event during the 51st Session of the Commission for Social Development United Nations NLB, Conference Room C, on Monday 11 February, 2013, from 1:15pm to 2:30pm.
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Confirms its Sixth Global Roundtable with the Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations
On Friday, July 15, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister institution in the Dominican Republic, FUNGLODE will present its Sixth Global Roundtable in partnership with South-South News, a digital media platform committed to promoting dialogue on issues of international concern.
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The Ambassador of Kenya Confirms Attendance to GFDD’s and FUNGLODE’s Fifth Global Roundtable
On June 6, GFDD and FUNGLODE will be featuring the Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations, H.E. Josephine Ojiambo’s at its Fifth Global Roundtable.
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GFDD Supports the NYDRMUN 2011 in New York
With the participation of more than 700 middle school and high school Dominican and foreign students, the Dominican Association of the United Nations (UNA-DR), in collaboration with Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), and its sister institution in New York, the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), formally opened the Seventh Conference Dominican Republic Model United Nations in New York (NYDRMUN 2011).
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GFDD presents a special session of the GFDD Global Roundtable at the United Nations General Assembly in New York
On April 16, GFDD/FUNGLODE will present its fourth Global Roundtable at the United Nations General Assembly in New York in close association with the UN Association of the DR (UN-ADR), who will be hosting the Dominican Model United Nations conference (NYUNMDR) between 16-21 April, 2011.
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The potential and limitations of gold mining, a subject for analysis
Experts on mining-related topics of impact, mining best practices and public policies, as well as the chief executive of Pueblo Viejo Dominicana Corporation, participated in the panel “Global perspectives on gold mining: assessing the potential and limitations,” on Wednesday, March 23…
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Third Global Roundtable
On March 21, GFDD’s third Global Roundtable presents: Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations, His Excellency Ghazi Jomaa.
