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Published: 20 June 2012

Quartet Head Tony Blair Outlines Key Elements for Future of Middle East

June 19, 2012 – Jerusalem, Israel – In an emotional ceremony, Israeli President Shimon Peres awarded fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger with Israel’s first Presidential Award of Distinction, for Kissinger’s lifetime of contribution to the Jewish State. The ceremony took place as part of the evening session which closed the opening day of Facing Tomorrow 2012.

Joining Peres and Kissinger in offering his perspective on The Compass that Navigates the Future, as the session was entitled, was former British prime minister, and current Quartet envoy Tony Blair. Also in attendance were the President of Albania, the President of Croatia and the President of the Ivory Coast, as well as Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman and many other dignitaries.

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Published: 18 June 2012

Henry Kissinger, Tony Blair, Russell Simmons, Google's Eric Schmidt, Cisco's John Chambers and Other Leaders in Industry, Government, Education, Science and Entertainment to Discuss Major Issues Facing Our World

JERUSALEM, Israel – June 18, 2012 – An All-Star list of speakers, including former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Cisco Systems Chairman John Chambers and Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, headlines Facing Tomorrow 2012, the fourth annual Conference under the auspices of the President of the State of Israel, Mr. Shimon Peres, which is scheduled to begin Tuesday, June 19.

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Published: 19 June 2012

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) begins in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) opened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, against a background of distressing data published by the UN, according to which the demand for food in the world is to double by 2030, and the demand for energy is to skyrocket by 45%, which would severely strain resources. World leaders and Heads of State will be preparing a document at the conference to establish guidelines for sustainable development of the planet and its resources in the future. The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, who opened the conference this week, called upon all the nations of the world to commit to reaching an accord on the pressing issues.

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Written by French Embassy Spokesmen Dept

Published: 18 June 2012

France is deeply concerned about the violence which has occurred in recent days in Gaza and Southen israel.

It strongly condemns the firing of rockets on israeli territory and the terrorist attack killing an Israeli citizen.

It is of the utmost importance that all parties show restraint and avoid escalation.

They must return to a state of calmness and a renewal of dialogue should be given first priority.