groupes en action

Linked with Harry B. Coonce – USA, and with Family Tree for Mathematic Scholars.
The goal of the Mathematics Genealogy Project is to compile information about all of the mathematicians in the world and make the information available online. Nearly 97,000 mathematicians’ names are currently included in a searchable database … Also included for each entry are the mathematician’s dissertation title and advisor (« parent »), doctorate-granting institution, and the names of the mathematician’s own graduate students (« descendants »). (full text).

Extrema (top 50 advisors);
Links (math websites);
FAQs;
Posters;
Address: Mathematics Genealogy Project, North Dakota State University, P. O. Box 5075, Fargo, North Dakota 58105-5075;
Data Submission by our website;
To send data to the Mathematics Genealogy Project in paper form, please use the following address: Harry B. Coonce, The Mathematics Genealogy Project, P. O. Box 457, Vernon Center, MN 56090;
Contact.

About/Mission: The intent of this project is to compile information about ALL the mathematicians of the world. We earnestly solicit information from all schools who participate in the development of research level mathematics and from all individuals who may know desired information.

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Dialogue with the Islamic World (also in german, turc, arabic)

The Arabic word « qantara » means « bridge ». The Internet portal Qantara.de represents the concerted effort of the (german) Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Center for Political Education), Deutsche Welle, the Goethe Institut and the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations) to promote dialogue with the Islamic world. The project is funded by the German Foreign Office.

Homepage in english (with Newsletter on right column down);
Politics;
Society;
Culture;
Dialogues;
Slide Shows;
Links;
Contact-Address: Redaktion Qantara.de, c/o Deutsche Welle Online, Kurt-Schumacher-Straße 3, D-53113 Bonn, Germany, E-Mail.

About – The Associates:
1) The Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Center for Political Education);
2) Deutsche Welle DW (your lik to Germany);
3) The Goethe-Institut;
4) The Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa – Institute for Foreign Relations):

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Asian Human Rights Commission (in many languages)

Linked with Human Rights in Sri Lanka.

Communication and Information: AHRC publishes a monthly magazine, Human Rights SOLIDARITY, which reaches over 3,000 individuals and organizations mainly in Asia but also in other parts of the world. Carrying informative as well as reflective and analytical articles on various forms of human rights violations, the magazine strives to create solidarity and strengthen resolve among human rights advocates. AHRC also utilises technological advances and maintains several web-sites to enhance its information and education aims. These are: … (full text).

Homepage AHCR;
Campaigns;
sign petition;
AHRC annual reports;
Rule of Law Sri Lanka;
Sri Lanka Human Rights;
Asian Legal Resource Centre;
Address: Asian Human Rights Commission AHRC, 19/F, Go-Up Commercial Building, 998 Canton Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Tel: +(852) – 2698-6339 Fax: +(852) – 2698-6367,
Contact AHRC: via website, via email.

About:
Principles Guiding AHRC Programmes:

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The Travelling Exhibit: « Americans Who Tell the Truth » is a non-partisan series of portraits by Brooksville (Maine) artist Rob Shetterly. His portraits of past and current Americans form a travelling exhibit(s) that is hosted by schools, universities, churches, and various community groups around the country.

With this remarkable collection of portraits, Rob intends to remind people of the dignity, courage and importance of some of America’s truth tellers and, whether or not you agree with a particular subject’s point of view, to create dialogue that will help each of us figure out which truths we value most as citizens in a democracy. Rob is available to give talks separately or in conjunction with exhibits … // … « Americans Who Tell the Truth » currently includes more than 68 portraits. Images of most of these can be found on the Portraits section of the website … (full text).

Homepage;
The portaits;
reviews and articles;
subscribe to our Newsletter;
contact.

The Travelling Exhibit: « Americans Who Tell the Truth » is a non-partisan series of portraits by Brooksville (Maine) artist Rob Shetterly. His portraits of past and current Americans form a travelling exhibit(s) that is hosted by schools, universities, churches, and various community groups around the country. With this remarkable collection of portraits, Rob intends to remind people of the dignity, courage and importance of some of America’s truth tellers and, whether or not you agree with a particular subject’s point of view, to create dialogue that will help each of us figure out which truths we value most as citizens in a democracy. Rob is available to give talks separately or in conjunction with exhibits … (full text).

SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION, WSIS CIVIL SOCIETY WORKING GROUP (available in the six UN-languages)

Linked with Francis F. Muguet – France.

All pages are reached by the same URL, click on the internal links on the left column.

Introduction: This is the WWW site of the thematic Working Group (WG) dealing with Scientific Information, within the framework of the Civil Society contribution to the World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS) organized by the United Nations. Some practical explanations are given. The WSIS process is not easy to grasp unless you have been at the PrepComs of Phase I, or you are a seasoned UN diplomat. The various Civil Society WGs are presented as well as this specific SI WG … // … It is not always easy to find information in the WSIS sites. Therefore some links are provided for documentation purpose. A list of links to a few advocacy groups is also provided. This does not imply that those advocacy groups are represented at WSIS, and that we endorse their views. Some related news are also listed;

About Groups … ;
Phase I, Phase II, Implementation, Action Lines;
follow-up: (with) ECOSOC, IGF, ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD, Global Alliance, OECD, EUROPE, National Levels;
links: WSIS-UN, … ;
Open Access: the facts, … ;

About the WSIS: The World Summit On the Information Society WSIS is a summit of the United Nations.

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