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PI/1929

Queen Rania of Jordan Launches Children’s Book at UN Headquarters 27 April; Secretary-General to Highlight Value of Cross-Cultural Understanding

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan will visit United Nations Headquarters on 27 April to launch a new children’s book on cross-cultural understanding. The book, entitled "The Sandwich Swap", is a warm-hearted fable about friendship and tolerance across cultural lines. The story is based on an anecdote Her Majesty tells and which encapsulates, in today’s troubled times, the need for global understanding.
PI/1928

Committee on Information Opens Annual Session at Headquarters 26 April amid Public Information Department’s Push to Improve Services

The wide-ranging efforts of the United Nations to better communicate with the world public will be reviewed in the thirty-second annual session of the Committee on Information, taking place at Headquarters from 26 April to 7 May. During the two-week session, delegations will review the activities of the Department of Public Information and its three subprogrammes -- Strategic Communications, News Services and Outreach Services -– in the period July 2009 to February 2010.
AFR/1966-PA/6

United Nations Approves Funding to Help Somalia, Neighbouring Countries Prosecute Maritime Piracy Suspects

A package of projects to help Somalia and its neighbours prosecute maritime piracy suspects was approved today by a 10-nation board overseeing a new United Nations trust fund for the fight against piracy. The announcement was made at United Nations Headquarters by B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, who chairs the Board of the Trust Fund to Support Initiatives of States Countering Piracy off the Coast of Somalia.