{"id":757,"date":"2007-05-13T10:57:48","date_gmt":"2007-05-13T08:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.world-citizenship.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-archive\/757"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:05:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:05:32","slug":"kofi-annan-launches-the-world-humanitarian-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/?p=757","title":{"rendered":"Kofi Annan launches the World Humanitarian Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tdg.ch\/layout\/set\/print\/(contenu)\/55431\">Tribune de Gen\u00e8ve, April 16, 2007<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kofi Annan, former secretary general of the United Nations, is spearheading a project to create an international humanitarian forum in Geneva, according to media reports. Annan has already chosen to \u201cretire\u201d to the canton but it appears he will remain busy in his retirement. The forum, to be launched in September, would be similar to the World Economic Forum in Davos, only it would be devoted to advancing humanitarian causes, promoting peace and reducing poverty.<\/p>\n<p>Annan has already expressed his interest in these issues, while head of the UN. The idea of a humanitarian forum has received the strong support of the Swiss federal government. And it is believed to be backed by Swiss president <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Micheline_Calmy-Rey\">Micheline Calmy-Rey<\/a> &#8211; (see also <a href=\"http:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Micheline_Calmy-Rey\">in the german wikipedia<\/a>) &#8211; who has made the promotion of an international Geneva one of her priorities.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe federal department of foreign affairs is in contact with various partners \u2013 institutions and individuals \u2013 concerning this project for a new foundation in Geneva,\u201d said Jean-Philippe Jeanerat, spokesman for the department. Kofi Annan \u201cwill play a central role\u201d in the new institution, he said. In the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weforum.org\/en\/index.htm\">style of the WEF<\/a>, the humanitarian forum will invite world decision-makers to speak about humanitarian issues. Annan, a \u201cmaster\u201d in the art of diplomacy and communication, has an address book that would be the envy even of Klaus Schwaab, the head of the WEF, a report in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tdg.ch\/\">La Tribune de Gen\u00e8ve<\/a> indicated.<\/p>\n<p>The anticipated new home of a secretariat for the humanitarian forum is the Rigot villa, a building owned by the canton of Geneva, near the Place des Nations. The building would be made available to the forum at no cost. In addition, the canton and the federal government have promised financial support although the amount has not been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The planned institution, to be based in Geneva, would hold annual conferences to advance humanitarian causes, promote peace and reduce poverty. It has already received strong support from both federal and cantonal governments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published on the Tribune de Gen\u00e8ve, April 16, 2007. Kofi Annan, former secretary general of the United Nations, is spearheading a project to create an international humanitarian forum in Geneva, according to media reports. Annan has already chosen to \u201cretire\u201d to the canton but it appears he will remain busy in his retirement. The forum, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/?p=757\" class=\"more-link\">Continuer la lecture<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> de &laquo;&nbsp;Kofi Annan launches the World Humanitarian Forum&nbsp;&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-verifier","category-ngos-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15118,"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757\/revisions\/15118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}