UN and NGO

الجامعة اللبنانية الثقافية في العالم تشارك في أعمال “الدورة (٥٩) للجنة وضع المرأة” بالأمم المتحدة استعراض جهود الدول في تنفيذ منهاج عمل بكين بعد عشرين عاماً على صدوره بدعوة من “الإتحاد الأمريكي للسلام في الشرق الأوسط”، شارك مندوب الجامعة اللبنانية  الثقافية  في العالم، السيد روجه هاني، في أعمال “الدورة (٥٩) للجنة وضع المرأة” بالأمم المتحدة التي تُعقد في مقر الأمم ...

After an exceptional long wait, the WLCU has received the renewal of its DPI association at the UN for 2015. A congratulatory letter has been sent by the chief Administrative Anise Garabet to the NGO Committee on behalf of World President Alejandro Kuri: “I reiterate my gratitude to all members and representatives of DPI and ECOSOC who have volunteered during 2014, ...

The World Lebanese Cultural Union ECOSOC representative Roger Hani has participated at the High level forum on the Culture of Peace at the UN Headquarters in New York City. As Lebanon’s seat was empty, Mr Hani was joined by Dr Marwan M. Refaat, Assistant Professor of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine at the American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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