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Roosevelt held an arts assembly during their Rider time on Wednesday, May 1 to promote art clubs and activities available to students. Student performances ranged from show choir and Afro-Gala Girls dancing to debate speeches to a xylaphone solo. Principal Kevin Biggs urged students to become involved with an activity during their years at Roosevelt.
On Thursday 26 May 2016, Creative Edinburgh and Creative Dundee joined forces to run Mass Assembly, a one day forum, in West Ward Works during Dundee Design Festival, which brought together people who are part of hubs, collectives, networks and clusters to explore the future of collective working for creatives and the places they are based. #Mass16 - Photos thanks to Graham Black.
Lower, middle and upper school students participate in the Homecoming pep assembly on Friday, February 15, 2013. The assembly features cheers, a dance performance, faculty-seniors basketball game and tug-of-war competition among upper school classes.
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Photo by Todd Race
The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Mr. Kitack Lim, has urged Member States to seize the opportunity to set bold and set ambitious goals, when they adopt an initial strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping in 2018.
Speaking at the opening of the Organization’s 30th Assembly session, Secretary-General Lim told delegates the whole world would be watching IMO in 2018, looking for something of real substance.
“Next year really will be a time when the world will expect IMO Member States to deliver a clear vision as the first stage of the approved roadmap. I urge you, be bold; set ambitious goals that really will make a difference. You have a real opportunity here to do something of lasting significance. Make the most of it,” he told the packed plenary hall at IMO Headquarters in London. IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) is set to adopt an initial GHG strategy in April 2018.
More than 1,500 delegates from IMO Member States, international governmental and non-governmental organizations have registered to attend the 30th session of the IMO Assembly meets from 27 November to 6 December.
Mr. Lim outlined the key elements of the new “Strategic Plan for the Organization” for 2018 to 2023, which is expected to be adopted by the Assembly.
“The seven strategic directions point us now towards more effective rule-making and implementation processes by integrating new and advancing technology to respond to our challenges, among others, to increase ship safety, including addressing new emerging technologies such as autonomous vessels, our contribution to combat climate change, engagement in ocean governance, mitigation of cyber-crimes, and facilitation of international trade, whilst continuing to take due consideration on the human element factor,” Mr. Lim said.
He outlined his ambition to transform IMO into a “knowledge based Organization”, with appropriate analysis to support and improve the already effective rule making process and enhance implementation.
The rapidly increasing pace of change in every sphere raised a fundamental issue, since technology will move far quicker than the regulatory process, he said.
“Digital disruption will arrive in the shipping world very soon; and, when it does, IMO must be ready,” Mr. Lim said. “For me, this means the regulatory framework for shipping must be based firmly around goals and functions rather than prescriptive solutions. This is the only way to ensure that measures adopted by IMO are not rendered obsolete by the time-lag between adoption and entry-into-force. I know we have already made good steps in that direction but we must go further and faster in the coming years.”
The Organization as a whole needed to become more effective, more nimble and more adaptive, Mr. Lim said, drawing attention to his determination to push forward a "Knowledge based Organization" concept, embracing data in the Secretariat’s work and in the decision-making processes.
“We are in the era of digitalization and at the United Nations level we are already looking at frontier issues that include emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, and the benefits they could have in society as a whole, and to remain relevant,” Mr. Lim said.
“For IMO, we need to have more detailed and deeper analysis of statistics and data so that we can really understand underlying trends and causal factors behind shipping casualties; and we must make sure that additions and amendments to the regulatory framework are also based, wherever possible, on relevant statistics, studies and analysis. This would pave the way for better regulation, one that not only takes into account the work carried out to reduce administrative burdens, but to avoid disproportionate requirements, as well as addressing obsolete and unnecessary ones.”
IMO’s work to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the associated Sustainable Development Goals was also stressed. “Because most of the elements of the 2030 Agenda will only be realized with a sustainable transport sector supporting world trade and facilitating the global economy, aspects of IMO’s work can be linked to almost all of the individual SDGs,” Mr. Lim said.
Mr. Lim concluded by referring to the forthcoming anniversary in 2018, marking 70 years since the Convention establishing IMO was adopted in March 1948. “The theme we have selected for next year – “Our heritage – better shipping for a better future” – looks both at the past and into the next 70 years that lie ahead. It provides an opportunity to reflect and showcase how IMO has adapted over the years as a crucial player to the global supply chain,” he said.
The Rt Hon Mr. John Hayes CBE MP, Minister of State for Transport Legislation and Maritime of the United Kingdom Government, also welcomed delegates to the Assembly, as the representative of the Host State.
The outgoing President of the Assembly, Mr. Federico Trillo-Figueroa y Martínez-Conde, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to the United Kingdom and Permanent Representative of Spain to IMO, and the incoming President, His Excellency Mr. Rolando Drago Rodríguez, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of Chile to IMO, also addressed the Assembly.
Election of Officers
The Assembly elected the following officers:
Assembly President
His Excellency Mr. Rolando Drago Rodríguez, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of Chile to IMO.
Vice-Presidents
1st Vice-President: His Excellency Mr. Euripides L. Evriviades, High Commissioner and Permanent Representative of Cyprus to IMO; and
2nd Vice-President: Her Excellency Ms. Tamar Beruchashvili, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of Georgia to IMO.
IMO Assembly
The 30th Assembly of IMO is meeting in London at IMO Headquarters from 27 November to 6 December 2017. More than 1,500 delegates from IMO Member States, international governmental and non-governmental organizations have registered to attend the Assembly, IMO’s highest governing body.
All 172 Member States and three Associate Members are entitled to attend, as are the intergovernmental organizations with which agreements of co-operation have been concluded, and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with IMO.
The Assembly normally meets once every two years in regular session. It is responsible for approving the work programme, voting the budget and determining the financial arrangements of the Organization. It also elects the Council.
Planning meeting of LWF communication staff at the beginning of the 20-27 July 2010 Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Eleventh Assembly in Stuttgart, Germany. © LWF/Ratna Leak
A little how-to illustration I created to show how the packaging is put together in a few easy steps.
Assembly Hall is an arena, which is part of the University of Illinois, and is used for basketball and other sports events, and for performances. It has 16,000 permanent seats, and can hold up to 17,200 spectators as a theater in the round. It was opened in 1963.
Assembly Hall was the site of the final round in the Illinois state high school basketball tournament, when I lived in Peoria in the 1970s. Class A (small) schools played one weekend, and class AA (large) schools the following weekend. My wife Eileen and I went to the class A tournament several times. I preferred that, because it was more like basketball when I was in high school.
We drove to Champaign (about two hours), and watched the two semifinal games in the afternoon. (You could always buy tickets for the class A games.) We ate dinner, usually at a restaurant named Jolly Roger. Then we drove back to Peoria, listening to the consolation game on the radio on the way. When we returned home, we watched the final on television.
During the 72nd United Nations General Assembly in New York the European Union and the United Nations launched a Spotlight Initiative to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls.
The initiative was launched by the EU High Representative/Vice-President of the Commission Federica Mogherini and Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica, together with the UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.
Speakers also included: UNDP Global Ambassador Nikolaj Coster-Waldau; UN Messenger of Peace and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Malala Yousafzai; Ziauddin Yousafzai; UN Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka; President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet; Chairman of the ACP Committee of Ambassadors, Amadou Diop; UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Ashley Judd; Berta Zuniga Caceres; Madeleine Tolno, Dina Smailova; Gloria Steinem; UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra; Kathryn Relang; Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth Jayathma Wickramanayake; Inna Modja
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2017/9/press-release-eu-a...
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Diocesan Pre-Synodal Assembly 18 June 2022 at St. Ignatius Church, Petaling Jaya.
Mandarin Speaking Discussion Group
ASSEMBLY HOUSE THEATRE STREET
The undercroft is made of brick and consists of two bays with diagonal ribs with subsidiary ridge and cross ribs. The minor ribs are hollow chamfered. There are wall arches and wall piers and a very long pointed barrel vault to the north with a blocked low side-chamber on the east side with a blocked opening above. It is not normally open to the public but can be visited on Heritage Open Days on bookable tours (in early September). It is not in use but there are plans to restore it and open it more frequently in the future. It is well worth visiting.
Our letterpress calendars go on sale this weekend at the Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair. Proceeds benefit the art center. Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, Md.
The final quality control checks are carried out before taxi and flight testing begin
Mamiya C220 + Agfatronic CSI 352 flash
Fujicolour Pro 220 400asa film expired 2006.
This picture set shows how to glue together a foam turtledeck on a ProCub. After gluing, cover with fabric. You may need to use spacers on the top joint by the cabin for best fit. Add tabs and pins after assembly to join/remove from airplane.
More information on the National Assembly’s Petitions system: www.assemblywales.org/gethome/e-petitions.htm
Am fwy o wybodaeth ar system deisebau Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru: www.assemblywales.org/cy/gethome/e-petitions.htm
Assembly by Peter Burke. At Woolwich Arsenal.
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GX1
LUMIX G 20mm / F1.7 ASPH
1/800, f/8, ISO 160
6/19/2013 - NEW YORK CITY - Texas Governor Rick Perry visits with entrepreneurs at General Assembly NYC before touring the offices
UNDP Administrator Helen Clark speaks with Kyrgyzstan Development Partners, 27 September 2012.
Photo: Dylan lowthian/UNDP
The Fiftieth Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO took place in Geneva, Switzerland from October 1-9, 2012.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.