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Dear friends and supporters of the Tunisian Cultural Center, In this revolution of freedom and democracy, Tunisia should expand her culture all over the world.
Instead, the Tunisian Center has been ordered to close.
We need your support NOW.
2. Cancelar el Premio UNESCO-Obiang Nguema Mbasogo 
EG Justice Necesita Tu Ayuda. Firma esta solicitud hoy para cancelar el Premio UNESCO-Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
En el 2008, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO) creó el Premio Internacional UNESCO-Obiang Nguema Mbasogo para la Investigación en Ciencias de la Vida, en honor de y financiado por el presidente autocrático del Guinea Ecuatorial, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
El premio pretende reconocer "los logros científicos que mejoren la calidad de la vida humana." Mientras tanto, la calidad de vida hoy en Guinea Ecuatorial es pésima.
A pesar de haber alcanzado el más alto PIB per cápita en África sub-Sahariana, el 60 por ciento de los Ecuatoguineanos vive con menos de 1 dólar al día en condiciones comparables a Haití o el Chad. El Presidente Obiang está desechando la oportunidad de invertir los recursos disponibles para mejorar los servicios sociales básicos, lo cual está resultando en un descenso en la tasa de asistencia de la escuela primaria, bajos indicadores de salud, y una pobreza excesiva.
Un premio de la UNESCO en honor a Obiang equivale a una aprobación internacional de este régimen cleptocrático y abusivo, y socava la misión de la UNESCO de promover la educación, la ciencia, la cultura y los derechos humanos.
¡Tu Puedes Ayudar, firmando esta solicitud a UNESCO!
Digámosle a UNESCO que la corrupción y el abuso no deberían ser premiados, y que el dinero utilizado para crear este premio debería ser reinvertido para beneficio del pueblo de Guinea Ecuatorial.
3. STOP the UNESCO-Obiang International Prize for the Life Sciences
EG Justice Needs Your Help. Sign the petition now to STOP the UNESCO-Obiang International Prize for the Life Sciences.
In 2008, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) created the UNESCO-Obiang International Prize for the Life Sciences, named for and financed by the autocratic and abusive president of the oil-rich West African country of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
The prize is said to recognize “scientific achievements that improve the quality of human life.” Meanwhile, the quality of life in Equatorial Guinea today remains abysmal. In spite of having attained the highest GDP per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa, 60 percent of Equatoguineans live on less than $1 a day in conditions comparable to Haiti or Chad. President Obiang has neglected to invest available resources in basic social services, resulting in declining primary school attendance, poor health indicators, and needless poverty.
The UNESCO Obiang Prize is a cynical ploy to co-opt the worthy name and reputation of UNESCO to enhance the image of a notorious dictatorship. The prize amounts to international approval for this kleptocratic and abusive regime and it undermines UNESCO’s mission to promote education, science, culture, and human rights.
You can help, by signing this petition to UNESCO!
Let’s send a message to UNESCO that corruption and abuse should not be rewarded and that funds used to create this prize should be reinvested in the people of Equatorial Guinea.
4. Saint Lucia - Save the Pitons !
The Pitons of St Lucia was nominated by UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 2004. Since then, they are in danger and not protected against constructions and "developments".
5. Commend the Magellan's Cross as a World Heritage Site
The Magellan's Cross is located in Cebu City, in the Republic of the Philippines.
On April 21, 1521, Portuguese and Spanish explorers, upon orders by Ferdinand Magellan, planted this beautiful artifact of Christianity (specifically Roman Catholicism) in the Philippines.
6. Mondialogo Project Support Form
A sustainable, scalable and profitable Poverty Eradication model that creates meaningful employment opportunities locally and internationally through the teaching of intuitive electronic microchip programming skills to underprivileged people.
These skills are then used by these people to lift themselves out of poverty. For more examples visit the website. Also, have a look at what people are saying about the project:
http://www.mondialogo.110mb.com/comments.htm
7. Designation of Loch Ness as a World Heritage Site
Loch Ness and the Great Glen in the Scottish Highlands is one of the amazing natural wonders of the world, and we feel it deserves to join the list of over 800 remarkable places that have achieved World Heritage Status across the globe that belong to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located.
These include East Africa’s Serengeti, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Baroque cathedrals of Latin America.
Like Loch Ness, these are all places that inspire, stimulate and create a sense of wonder.
The bid for Loch Ness to be granted World Heritage status would provide the stimulus to encourage investment and the essential commitment to the conservation that this wonderful environment deserves.
UNESCO has set out ten criteria that will allow it to accept nominations for World Heritage status, and Loch Ness could qualify on all of them. Just some of the features of the natural and cultural heritage that make Loch Ness worthy of this international status are:
The Loch itself: Loch Ness & the Great Glen is a deep trough created by the Great Highland geological fault line and gouged by glaciers resulting in a dramatic and varied vista including moorland, mountains, glens and waterfalls.
The Unique Flora and Fauna of Loch Ness and it's environs hosts rich, diverse, natural Habitats including sites of special scientific interest.
History: The Loch Ness area is home to Urquhart Castle, one Scotland’s most important historical properties, the ancient Cairns at Corrimony, the iron age fort at Dun Dearduil, General Wade's military roads and bridges and ancient field systems. The area's history is tied to the Jacobite rebellion, the Highland Clearances & the journeys of Saint Columba.
Culture: Loch Ness has been an inspiration for generations of artists & writers including Robert Burns, JM Barrie, Beatrix Potter, George Bain, Dick King-Smith, Samuel Johnson & James Boswell as well as current artists, writers, film-makers and musicians.
Industrial and commercial heritage: Telford’s Caledonian canal, the Military Roads of General Wade, the Pioneering of Hydro Electricity, and the utilisation of Loch Ness as the gateway from the west to east coast of Scotland.
The Myth that is the Monster:‘Nessie’ - the Loch Ness monster is a central part of custom, belief and folklore of the UK and has entered the global conscience as a universal lexicon for belief, wonder and enigmas.
To find out more about Loch Ness & our bid for recognition as a World Heritage site please visit http://www.visitlochness.com/world-heritage/index.php
8. SAVE the holy sites and human history in Jerusalem from Israeli illegal excavation & destruction
End the Israeli destruction of the holy sites and human history in Jerusalem.
Recent Israeli excavations and destruction near and under the holy sites in the Old City Jerusalem threaten to change history. These excavations, if allowed to continue, threaten to seriously distort the historical significance of the Old City of Jerusalem. The integrity of monuments and historic sites that identify the heritage of humanity, especially sites of spiritual and cultural diversity, must be protected by responsible members of the world community.
On February 6, the Israeli antiquities authority started demolition of historic sites near the western wall of the holy sites compound. A hill, a wooden bridge, and two rooms at the foot of the hill will be eradicated in order to build a permanent bridge/walkway for Jewish settlers to access the Jewish Wailing Wall/ Muslim Buraq wall on the road leading to Magharba gate. These monuments represent different periods of human history.
Jerusalem, the mountainous walled city with a rich religious history, is sacred to followers of the three great religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; more than one half of the world's population.
For Jews, Jerusalem is the holy site of the Wailing Wall ; for Christians, the site of Christ's burial and resurrection; for Muslims, the site of the Prophet Muhammad's night journey to heaven, as well as the first direction they prayed towards before Makkah, and one of the three holiest sites.
Israel has been conducting what it terms 'excavation work' , an archaeological digging/tunnel , near and under the holy sites compound. since 1969.The current digging imposes a direct threat to the sustainability of Al-Aqsa mosque, as well as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre; where it is believed Christ was buried and rose from the dead. Other adjacent historic structures are also threatened.
In February 2004, excavation work led to the collapse of a part of the path leading to Al Magharba Gate, one of the holy compound’s main entrances. However, Israeli media claims that the excavation had no effect on this incident and cites a snowstorm as the reason for the collapse. In February 2007, they characterizes the recent excavation/demolition as repair, maintenance, or restoration activities.
Jerusalem’s rich history belongs to all humankind. Old City of Jerusalem was declared by UNESCO as a threatened world heritage site.
The recent Israeli excavations and demolition of historic monuments of Jerusalem are a clear violation of the international laws as listed below:
UNESCO Decision 30 COM 7A.34 (2006), 31 C/Resolution 31, as well as to the provisions of the four Geneva Conventions (1949), The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1954) the related Protocol and to the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972), the inscription of the Old City of Jerusalem on the World Heritage List and on the List of World Heritage in Danger and the recommendations, resolutions and decisions of UNESCO on the protection of the cultural heritage.
Jerusalem world heritage sites are a significant part of world history. As we speak, the world is witnessing the destruction of a history that belongs to all humanity. If we do not raise our voices in opposition to this illegal excavation, this historical treasure could be destroyed and wiped off the face of the earth forever.
We urge all concerned people of the world to stand firm to protect our human history and to stop all forms of demolition and excavations of the historical Jerusalem.
We urge the international community to appeal to governmental and non-governmental archeological, anthropological, historic, and human rights organizations, institutions, and legal entities to safeguard the cultural heritage of the Old City of Jerusalem
Please be advised that this petition is not intended to undermind or discredit our Jewish friends who are working diligently on indispensable peace and justice projects. This petition calls on all people of conscience and truth including the Abrahamic communities (Jews, Christians & Muslims) to restore and maintain the right of humanity to protect its history in Jerusalem.
References:
http://www.wahonline.org/Jerusalem
http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm? CID=31&ID_SITE=148&l=en
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/307
http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/eed216406b50bf6485256ce10072f637/fbcfed1f1803f09185256f95005a39a6!OpenDocument
http://www.the-western-wall.com/Church-of-the-Holy-Sepulchre.htm
http://www.aqsa.org.uk/page_detail.aspx?id=204
We urge you to sign this petition to SAVE the holy sites and human history in Jerusalem from Israeli illegal excavation & destruction.
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