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Photos from the 2012 G8 BMENA Initiative
A selection of photographs from the events of the 2012 G8 Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative is now available on the League of Women Voters Flickr site.
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Looking Back on What We Accomplished
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English-Language News Clips from the 9th Forum for the Future
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Durable and Meaningful Democracy is about more than Elections
| Zaida ArguedasCalling for sustainable democracy, sustainable prosperity, and sustainable security and peace U.S. Deputy Secretary William J. Burns brought to a close the 9th Forum for the Future in Tunis, Tunisia last week. Deputy Secretary Burns attended in Secretary Hillary Clinton’s absence after she took ill last week.
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BMENA CIVIL SOCIETY REACH AGREEMENT ON FINAL DOCUMENT
Since 2004, the outset of the G8 BMENA Initiative, civil society participants from the region have held a "parallel" meeting concurrent with the meetings of the Forum. The 2012 Civil Society Preparatory Meeting, which included for the first time the participation of the private sector, was called to order at 9:00 am on Tuesday, December 11, under the leadership of the League of Women Voters and its Tunisian partners, ARFORGHE and the Tunisian American Chamber of Commerce.
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Foreign-Language News Clips from the 9th Forum for the Future
Here is a selection of foreign-language press coverage for the 9th Forum for the Future, with English summaries:
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9th Forum for the Future Begins in Tunis
| Zaida ArguedasWith the cancellation of the scheduled labor strike at the 11th hour, and without the attendance of U.S. Secretary Hillary Clinton due to illness, the 9th Forum for the Future was called to order by Dr.
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Under heightened Security the 9th the Forum for the Future starts Tuesday, December 11
| Zaida ArguedasSurrounded by heightened security, 300 civil society and government official have arrived in Tunis, Tunisia to attend the 9th Forum for the Future. Under spectacular winter skies, the League of Women Voters is ready to open the plenary session of the civil society and private sector preparatory meeting. Participants from 25 countries are ready and eager to discuss and find solutions to the current challenges faced by the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) countries.
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The BMENA Forum for the Future Meeting in Tunisia is Around the Corner
| Zaida ArguedasAfter nine months of work in preparation for the G8 BMENA Initiative's 9th Forum for the Future, the League team is finalizing documents, participant registrations, travel arrangements, and thousands of other last-minute details.
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Hurricane Sandy Fails to Deter BMENA Sub-Ministerial Meeting
| Zaida ArguedasUnder the threat of the imminent arrival of Hurricane Sandy, preparations continued for the arrival of seventy civil society and government representatives from twenty-two countries in the Broader Middle East and North Africa (“BMENA”) region to participate in the Sub-Ministerial Meeting of the 9th Forum for the Future on November 1-2, 2012, in Washington DC.
