شارك وفد الجامعة اللبنانية الثقافية في العالم برئاسة الرئيس العالمي للجامعة المحامي أليخاندرو خوري فارس في أعمال المؤتمر السنوي الخامس والستين لإدارة الأمم المتحدة لشؤون الإعلام الذي عقد في مقر الأمم المتحدة في نيويورك بعنوان: “عام ٢٠۱٥ وما بعده خطتنا للعمل”. Read in English
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Mrs. Mahassen Mara Hanna shares her view on the "Lebanese Emigrant Women Rights" campaign
As a Lebanese-American currently representing the WLCU at the United Nations, I take pride and inspiration from Dr. Charles Malik (Lebanon) and Eleanor Roosevelt (US) two out of 9 Drafters of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948. The Preamble states clearly: Whereas the peoples of the United Nations ...
Read More »WLCU Representatives attend the UN-DPINGO "Last Town Hall of the Season" meeting-26 June 2014
The WLCU Representative to the ECOSOC Mara Hanna and the Main representative to the DPI Sid Chidiac have attended the UN-DPINGO “Last Town Hall of the Season” meeting which took place at the UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday 26 June 2014. At this briefing, they discussed the board elections, played jeopardy briefly and then announced that more than 120 NGOs had submitted ...
Read More »Mr. Sid Chidiac at the DPI/NGO Briefing entitled "Global Violence" – 12 June 2014
WLCU Main Representative at the DPI of the UN Mr. Sid Chidiac has participated to the Thursday DPI/NGO Briefing of June 12, 2014 entitled “Global violence: Psychological perspectives, prevention, intervention and future trends”. Click on the link below and you can forward to 55:00 minutes to watch Mr. Sid asking the first question, he created a storm of responses from ...
Read More »Mrs. Mahassen Mara Hanna at the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women – 12 March 2014
WLCU UN representative Mrs. Mahassen Mara Hanna attended the fifty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women “CSW58” which took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 10 to 21 March 2014. See below the last Preliminary Report from the CSW58 prepared by Mrs. Hanna. CSW58 Report
Read More »The WLCU attends the UN World Press Freedom Day 2014 conference – 1 May 2014
In commemoration of the World Press Freedom Day, The United Nations Department of Public Information “DPI” in cooperation with the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization “UNESCO” has extended an invitation to The World Lebanese Cultural Union and to all relevant NGO’s to attend a briefing at the UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday, 1 May 2014. The briefing is titled: “Media Freedom for ...
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WLCU NGO Committee: – Chief Administrative officer: Eng. Anis Garabet – Main Representative: Dr Nick Kahwaji – Alternate Representative: Sid Chidiac – Consultants: Eng. Georges Abi Raad; Attorney Steve Stanton
Read More »WLCU representatives in the UN attended the second Communications Workshop on 5 December 2013
Mrs. Mara Hanna and Mr. Sid Chidiac attended the second Communications Workshop on 5 December 2013 at the UN Headquarters in New York, entitled: “Civil Society – Putting a Human Face on the Work of the United Nations”. Click here to read the report prepared by Mrs. Mara Hanna
Read More »Mara Hanna at the DPI/NGO Annual Orientation Programme – May 2013
WLCU UN representative Mara Hanna attended the DPINGO Annual Orientation Session which took place at the United Nations Headquarters DPI –NGO in New York City on 6 & 7 May 2013. Click here to read her report
Read More »Mara Hanna at the DPI Communications Workshop – 18 April 2013
WLCU UN representative Mara Hanna took time once again this year to attend the Workshop on Communications which took place at the United Nations Headquarters DPI –NGO in New York City on 18 April 2013. Click Below to read her report demonstrating interesting subjects and distinguished panelists. Mara Hanna-DPI Communications Workshop
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