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Minister of Transport Joe Maswanganyi accompanied by Deputy Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga and Director-General Mathabatha Mokonyama, outline his immediate programme of action on key Transport strategic areas at a media briefing held at Tshedimosetso House in Pretoria. (Photo: GCIS)
Chief Guest: Dr V P Balagangadharan (ISRO -Trivandrum)
Guest of Honor: Shri T. V Madhusudhan - Deputy Controller -Patent office - Chennai
Guest of Honor:Dr T Srinivasan - Patent Attorney - Chennai
Guest of Honor: Ms, Dipti - Principal Training Coordinator- PFC -TIFAC (Ministry of Science & Technology - New Delhi)
Inaugural address: Dr P Krishnakumar - CEO & Secretary - Nehru Group of Institutions
On 9th March 2018, ESCP Europe's London School and Campus hosted its 13th Annual Gala Dinner Dance.
Staged at The Landmark London five-star hotel, the event attracted record numbers for what is a highlight of the Campus' annual programme and calendar.
With 10 different degree programmes represented and over 350 guests, focus was placed on the School's achievements over the preceding 12 months and the success of its diverse student community.
A highlight of the evening was the award for London Student Society of the Year based on a student vote linked to four core values: Student Life, Community Building, Creativity and ESCP Europe Spirit. The award was shared by the Eventures Association-Regatta and UNITED, the London arm of the diplomatic society that organises the School's participation in the Model UN conference in New York. Both teams won a case of fine wine, generously donated by Tannin and Oak in West Hampstead.
In presenting the evening's awards, Prof. Mercado, Dean of the London Campus, also highlighted two other Societies for their activism and initiative throughout the year: Cheer Up, the society campaigning for patients with cancer; and the Women in Finance Society, who we celebrated on our Facebook page to coincide with International Women's Day on 8th March.
Guests unanimously agreed that the Gala was a huge success, with many already looking forward to next year's event.
'I flew from Paris to live the Gala experience organised by the London campus. I was very impressed by the location and I enjoyed very much the reception. During dinner I caught up with the friends I met in my first year of the Master in Management who are now studying in London, and this was definitely the best part. A memorable location with the best company!' – Alba, Master in Management student
'This event was absolutely amazing. I'm participated for the first time and I found it astonishing. I truly felt that I was taking part in something special, surrounded by incredible smart people and with a magic atmosphere. It was a pleasure to have the chance to network with students from other masters and to strengthen friendships. The Gala represents for me a sense of belonging to the ESCP Europe community. I will definitely participate again.' – Davide, MSc in Marketing and Creativity student
'Our journey at ESCP Europe has only just begun, but the London Campus Gala marked a milestone on our journey. It is easy to say that dressing up in an impressive location alongside your best friends regardless of the occasion is always a pleasure; however, what made this evening special was the atmosphere created by the range of guests, from students to academic staff.' Pascal, Bachelor in Management (BSc) student
Thank you to everyone who joined us at this very special event and dressed to impress!
4 March 2014. Tawilla: A child rests on her mother's back while she is working on the fabrication of fuel-efficient stoves in the Rwanda camp for internally displaced people (IDP) in Tawila, North Darfur.
More than 8,000 women from the camp are the beneficiaries of the Safe Access to Firewood and Alternative Energy (SAFE) project, run by the World Food Programme (WFP). Since 2011, displaced women receive training on how to make fuel-efficient stoves and fire briquettes from saw dust and dried leaves and household waste. WFP's SAFE project offers a safer, cheaper and greener way to cook food and also helps women to generate income through selling the stoves in the market.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran, UNAMID.
59th ABU General Assembly and Associated Meetings 2022
25 November - 30 November 2022
New Delhi, India
Copyright Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. Please credit accordingly.
Tucktonia The Best of Britain in Miniature (model village on a big scale/size). Tuckton, Christchurch, Dorset.
Official closing event of the UN-NYG Mentoring Programme, held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 8 March 2019
Speech by Mentors and Mentees
Ms Patricia Gody-Kain - Mentor
Mr Christophe Xerri - Mentor
Ms Johanna Slaets - Mentee
Mr Joseph Hiess - Mentee
Ms Melissa Buerbaumer - Mentor
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
UN NYG OFFICERS:
Chirayu Batra - President
Denis Subbotnitskiy - Vice President
Kirsten Virginia Glenn - Communications and Liaison Officer
Marianne Nari Fisher – Treasurer
Babatunde Adigun – Programme Manager
Amelia Lee Zhi Yi - Mentoring Coordinator
Rong Liu - Intern Coordinator
The UN-NYG Mentoring Programme is a project initiated by the UN-NYG and led by Ms Amelia Lee Zhi Yi, the UN-NYG Mentoring Coordinator. The programme is implemented with support from the IAEA Office of the Deputy Director General, Ms Mary Alice Hayward, Head of the Department of Management.
The key vision of the mentoring programme is to act as a platform for IAEA staff to strengthen their professional skills at the workplace and improve networking capacity through the cultivation of cross departmental and generational relationships.
The goals of the Mentoring Programme are to:
1. Strengthen staff resources through mutual learning experiences for mentors and mentees, to nurture high performance leaders with the capacity to “give back” at the workplace
2.Develop self-sustaining professional relationships between mentors and mentees that narrow the gap between different departments and age groups at the IAEA
Shamsunnahar is a graduate of the ultra poor programme and lives in a village in Rangpur of northern Bangladesh. She is now an entrepreneur with her own poultry business, and the president of her village agriculture development committee. She is also a member of the village school management committee, having rallied village authorities and organised free after-school coaching classes for all children.
為第七屆立法會候任議員舉行的簡介會
为第七届立法会候任议员举行的简介会
Orientation programme for Members-elect of the Seventh Legislative Council (29.12.2021)
NEWS RELEASE
BIG GLOBAL LOYALTY PROGRAMME LAUNCHED IN THAILAND
It will be Asia’s largest loyalty card, says Fernandes
BANGKOK, 22 February 2012 – Following its successful rollout in Malaysia and Indonesia in end 2011, the global loyalty programme BIG was today officially launched in Thailand.
A collaboration between the world’s best low-cost airline, AirAsia, and Tune Money, the financial services arm of the Tune Group of companies, BIG is an innovative global loyalty programme that allows members to earn points when travelling and shopping with its partners worldwide in order to redeem the accumulated points for exciting rewards including AirAsia and AirAsia X seats.
In conjunction with the BIG launch in Thailand, new BIG members, also known as BIG Shots, who apply online today until 31 March 2012 will receive 250 free BIG Points. The offer is exclusively for applicants from Thailand. On top of that, BIG Shots can also earn double points at participating stores with this limited time offer. More information is available from www.tune2big.com.
As a global loyalty programme, BIG membership is borderless and open to anyone aged 2 and above anywhere in the world. Each member, nicknamed ‘BIG Shot’, is issued with a BIG card carrying the cardholder’s name and membership identification number, or BIG Shot ID. BIG enables members to earn loyalty points called ‘BIG Points’ when travelling and shopping with programme partners.
Tune Group Co-Founder and Group CEO of AirAsia, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes says, “I’m very excited that the BIG Card is now in Thailand so you’ll be able to fly AirAsia and shop with our partners to get BIG Points and redeem them for free flights on AirAsia and other rewards. I also encourage all merchants to join this programme. This is very important to us and like AirAsia, from our humble beginnings of flying just 200,000 people to now 32 million guests a year, I believe the BIG Card is going to be the largest loyalty card in Asia. Join us now and let the people of Thailand enjoy more free flights.”
Commenting on the BIG launch, Tassapon Bijleveld, CEO of Thai AirAsia says, “As an airline committed to ensuring that “Now Everyone Can Fly”, we have come a long way since we started off 8 years ago. The launch of the BIG card marks another milestone for us as we continue to offer more value and convenience as a token of appreciation and gratitude to our loyal passengers. Now every time someone purchases a plane ticket or add-on service including pre-booked meals or travel insurance with AirAsia Insure, points can be earned and redeemed for a free AirAsia plane ticket.”
Tune Money CEO, Peter Miller says, “BIG is targeted to the ‘young at heart’ who would like to fly for free. Essentially, BIG is a a card for the majority of consumers who are comfortable transacting online such as booking AirAsia and AirAsia X flights and would like the opportunity to earn free flights and more from their online transactions.”
Providing further details on how the BIG loyalty programme works, BIG CEO, Johan Aris Ibrahim says, “Earning points or BIG Points is simple. Just present your BIG card or quote your BIG Shot ID when you shop online and BIG Points will automatically be loaded into your account. For a limited period until 31 March 2012, new BIG applicants will be receiving 250 free BIG Points so apply now at www.tune2big.com.”
Since it was first launched in Malaysia in November 2011, and followed by Indonesia a month later, BIG has received more than 120,000 applications globally, comprising 125 nationalities. Apart from Malaysia and Indonesia, its members are from various other countries like Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, Hong Kong and even Australia, the UK and other European countries.
Apart from AirAsia and its related businesses like AirAsiaGo, AirAsiaRedTix, AirAsia Courier and AirAsia Megastore, BIG global partners include Tune Hotels that currently has 17 hotels globally, car rentals services Avis, Budget and Hertz, and Hilton’s loyalty programme Hilton HHonors.
In Thailand, local participating stores and businesses include Dtac, The One Card, Black Canyon, SSP (Restaurants at Suvarnabhumi Airport), KPI, Garmin and Vertec. Local banks including the Bangkok Bank, Kasikorn Bank, Siam Commercial Bank, TMB, Thanachart, KTC as well as Citibank and Diner’s have also become partners of BIG in Thailand. So are magazines and publications in the MEI group.
BIG Shots can collect points from these participating stores in addition to 2,000 more ShopBIG online stores. Redemption for AirAsia flight seats starts from 500 BIG Points with the cash top-up option for those without sufficient points.
For more information on BIG and to sign up as a BIG Shot, visit www.tune2big.com. To stay tuned with BIG’s latest promotions and updates, follow BIG on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BIGShotsThailand or via Twitter @myBIGShots.
-ENDS-
About AirAsia and AirAsia X
AirAsia, the leading and largest low-cost carrier in Asia, services the most extensive network with approximately 165 routes. Within 10 years of operations, AirAsia has carried over 100 million guests and grown its fleet from just 2 aircraft to 107. The airline today is proud to be a truly ASEAN airline with established operations in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines, servicing a network stretching across all ASEAN countries, China, India, Sri Lanka and Australia. This is further complemented by AirAsia X, its low-cost long-haul affiliate carrier that currently flies to destinations in China, Australia, Taiwan, Iran, India, Korea, UK, Japan, France and New Zealand. AirAsia has been names the World’s Best Low-Cost Airline in the annual World Airline Survey by Skytrax for three consecutive years, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
About Tune Money and BIG
Tune Money is a universal financial services company offering affordable prepaid cards as well as life and general insurance products. Tune Money has been operating in Malaysia since 2007 and together with its sister companies Tune Talk and Tune Hotels, are creating a digital and lifestyle community. Tune Money and AirAsia, who share the same shareholders in Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and Dato’ Kamarudin Meranun, have recently established a 50:50 joint venture, Think Big Digital Sdn. Bhd, to manage BIG loyalty programme.
Photo captions
Photo 1 – Thai AirAsia CEO Tassapon Bijleveld (centre), Tune Money CEO Peter Miller (2nd left) and CEO of BIG, Johan Aris Ibrahim (2nd right) at the official launch of BIG Global Loyalty Programme in Bangkok, Wednesday 22 Feb 2012.
Photo 2 - Thai AirAsia CEO Tassapon Bijleveld, Tune Money CEO Peter Miller and CEO of BIG, Johan Aris Ibrahim with BIG partners and merchants during the official launch of BIG Global Loyalty Programme in Bangkok, Wednesday 22 Feb 2012.
More photos can be downloaded from www.flickr.com/tune2big
Media Contact:
Hamdan Mohamad
Mobile: +6010-5001111
Email: hamdan@tunegroup.com
Official closing event of the UN-NYG Mentoring Programme, held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 8 March 2019
Speech by Mentors and Mentees
Ms Patricia Gody-Kain - Mentor
Mr Christophe Xerri - Mentor
Ms Johanna Slaets - Mentee
Mr Joseph Hiess - Mentee
Ms Melissa Buerbaumer - Mentor
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
UN NYG OFFICERS:
Chirayu Batra - President
Denis Subbotnitskiy - Vice President
Kirsten Virginia Glenn - Communications and Liaison Officer
Marianne Nari Fisher – Treasurer
Babatunde Adigun – Programme Manager
Amelia Lee Zhi Yi - Mentoring Coordinator
Rong Liu - Intern Coordinator
The UN-NYG Mentoring Programme is a project initiated by the UN-NYG and led by Ms Amelia Lee Zhi Yi, the UN-NYG Mentoring Coordinator. The programme is implemented with support from the IAEA Office of the Deputy Director General, Ms Mary Alice Hayward, Head of the Department of Management.
The key vision of the mentoring programme is to act as a platform for IAEA staff to strengthen their professional skills at the workplace and improve networking capacity through the cultivation of cross departmental and generational relationships.
The goals of the Mentoring Programme are to:
1. Strengthen staff resources through mutual learning experiences for mentors and mentees, to nurture high performance leaders with the capacity to “give back” at the workplace
2.Develop self-sustaining professional relationships between mentors and mentees that narrow the gap between different departments and age groups at the IAEA
59 - Ted Ogden
61 - Les Archer
62 - Brian Stonebridge
64 - Bob Ray
66 - Jack Stocker
68 - Phil Nex
So sixty nine riders in a mass start for just the one ten lap race. Course length is given as 3 miles, and the event was won by Brian Stonebridge in a time of 1 hr 19 min 21 2/5 sec. So - an average speed of 22.68 mph. No wonder there was an argument about 'proper' mud and rocks [ - course plan shows a quarry ] scrambles in the north, and 'path racing' in the south.
Other awards -
Fastest Lancashire or Yorkshire rider [ The 'Ashes' Casket ] - Geoff Broadbent
500cc - Les Archer
350cc - David Tye
250cc - Bill Barugh
Manufacturer's Team - BSA [ Fred Rist, David Tye and John Avery ]
Club Team - South Reading MCC [ Jack Stocker, Geoff Ward and Les Archer ]
Deputy PM Nick Clegg meets students at Number 10 who are part of the Government's Arrival Education programme and all of whom received their GCSE results this morning. 24 August 2010, Crown copyright
The Doctoral Degree Programme Agreement between Shanghai Maritime University, from China and ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, took place at Sala de atos with the Rector of ISCTE-IUL, Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues, on the 6th of december 2019.
Fotografia de Hugo Alexandre Cruz.
Official closing event of the UN-NYG Mentoring Programme, held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 8 March 2019
Speech by Mentors and Mentees
Ms Patricia Gody-Kain - Mentor
Mr Christophe Xerri - Mentor
Ms Johanna Slaets - Mentee
Mr Joseph Hiess - Mentee
Ms Melissa Buerbaumer - Mentor
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
UN NYG OFFICERS:
Chirayu Batra - President
Denis Subbotnitskiy - Vice President
Kirsten Virginia Glenn - Communications and Liaison Officer
Marianne Nari Fisher – Treasurer
Babatunde Adigun – Programme Manager
Amelia Lee Zhi Yi - Mentoring Coordinator
Rong Liu - Intern Coordinator
The UN-NYG Mentoring Programme is a project initiated by the UN-NYG and led by Ms Amelia Lee Zhi Yi, the UN-NYG Mentoring Coordinator. The programme is implemented with support from the IAEA Office of the Deputy Director General, Ms Mary Alice Hayward, Head of the Department of Management.
The key vision of the mentoring programme is to act as a platform for IAEA staff to strengthen their professional skills at the workplace and improve networking capacity through the cultivation of cross departmental and generational relationships.
The goals of the Mentoring Programme are to:
1. Strengthen staff resources through mutual learning experiences for mentors and mentees, to nurture high performance leaders with the capacity to “give back” at the workplace
2.Develop self-sustaining professional relationships between mentors and mentees that narrow the gap between different departments and age groups at the IAEA
Chief Guest: Dr V P Balagangadharan (ISRO -Trivandrum)
Guest of Honor: Shri T. V Madhusudhan - Deputy Controller -Patent office - Chennai
Guest of Honor:Dr T Srinivasan - Patent Attorney - Chennai
Guest of Honor: Ms, Dipti - Principal Training Coordinator- PFC -TIFAC (Ministry of Science & Technology - New Delhi)
Inaugural address: Dr P Krishnakumar - CEO & Secretary - Nehru Group of Institutions
Programme from the Damned's two "10th Birthday Tea Parties" in Finsbury Park, London, July 1986. Pretty badly organised and laid out, but fun to be at. Highlight was when Sensible was invited on as a guest on the second night, and foul-mouthed chaos once again reigned supreme!
Session 5: Beyond the Horizon: Paving the way to the Future, of the International Conference on the IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme: Sixty Years and Beyond - Contributing to Development. Vienna, Austria 1 June 2017.
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
Some of the advertisements from the programme for Wagner’s opera Siegfried for the 1916~1917 season at the Coliseum of the Ona B. Talbot Fine Arts Association of Indiana. The cast included Schumann-Heink and Frida Hempel with the conductor Artur Bodanzky over the augmented Metropolitan Opera House Orch.
Edison 'new' invention -
According to the 1920 Edison catalogue he spent over $3million perfecting his ‘re-creation’ process – Edison refused to speak of his records as anything else.
He then did public tests where artists stood beside a player and sang so the public could compare the recording with the live voice. Edison claimed that it was impossible to tell the difference.
He actually hired places like Carnegie Hall in New York and Symphony Hall in Boston and claimed that upwards of 3,000,000 music lovers and critics attended these comparisons throughout the U.S.A.
It is of note that over 90% of the programme was taken up with ads and also note the long surgery hours of the ‘Boston Painless Dentist’ – 12 hours a day but only 4 on Sundays!
Just a few Portsmouth Football Club Programmes from mid 1960s until 2012. I gave hundreds of them to one of my nephews years ago. Portsmouth have been champions of England twice and FA Cup winners twice. They Held the FA Cup from 1939 until 1945 due to WW2. We will be back. Play Up Pompey.
The Civil Society Programme took place on Wednesday 11 May and Thursday 12 May and provided an opportunity for dialogue between civil society and EBRD staff, senior management, the President and Board Directors. It was an occasion for civil society stakeholders to learn more about the Bank and discuss issues of interest and concern regarding the EBRD’s policies and investment projects.
The Programme also featured multi-stakeholder roundtable sessions on key strategic themes related to the role of civil society as an important actor in transition and development processes. Special features of the Civil Society Programme 2016 were discussions on:
•25 years of Transition - The Role of Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
•Engaging civil society to promote transparent procurement
•EBRD’s Strategy for the Promotion of Gender Equality (2016-2020): the role of civil society
•Inclusion through skills and innovatiom
In addition, a panel organised by the youth organisation AIESEC looked at the role of youth in shaping the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
25 years of Transition: The Role of Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
A fire-side chat with Sergei Guriev, Professor of Economics, Sciences Po (incoming EBRD Chief Economist)
Civil society, operating in the space between public and private sectors, has played an important role in socio-political and economic transition processes around the world, including the EBRD’s traditional countries of operations. In 25 years since the establishment of the EBRD, civil society’s contribution to transition has varied across the post-communist transition region. In some countries, the work of civil society organisations (CSOs) has contributed to more democratic political systems and more open market based economies as a ‘reputational actor’ performing a ‘watchdog’ function and as a generator of ‘social capital’ necessary to sustain the change process through the difficult early years. In other countries, the focus of CSOs has been on providing a variety of social services particularly to disadvantaged and vulnerable people negatively affected by the transition process. Many civil society actors have been operating in restrictive regulatory environments, and have relied heavily on international donor funding.
What has been civil society’s input into promoting good governance, sustainable development and economic inclusion in EBRD’s traditional region over the past few decades? What are the key lessons learned, from both its successes and failures that can be applied to other countries embarking on a transition process? What steps could be taken to increase the role of civil society in promoting positive changes in societies and economies?
The discussion looked back at the key achievements and setbacks of the civil society sector in contributing to transition since the Bank’s establishment. It also reflected upon the challenges ahead for civil society in building well-governed, sustainable and inclusive economies and societies.
From the Official Programme
THE NATIONAL COMMEMORATION OF THE CENTENARY OF THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN AND ANZAC DAY AT THE CENOTAPH, WHITEHALL, LONDON
HOSTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HIGH COMMISSIONS OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND IN LONDON
On 25 April 1915 Allied soldiers landed on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey in one of the most ambitious amphibious assaults in history.
More than 550,000 soldiers from Britain, Ireland, France, Australia, New Zealand, the Indian sub-continent, Canada and Sri Lanka waged this historic campaign, including 400,000 from Britain alone. 58,000 Allied servicemen and 87,000 from Turkey died in this campaign.
ANZAC Day was established by Australia and New Zealand as an annual day of commemoration to remember their servicemen who died in Gallipoli. The first ANZAC Day march in London took place on 25 April 1916. ANZAC Day has been commemorated in London on 25 April every year since then.
ORDER OF SERVICE
11:00 Big Ben strikes the hour
Two minutes’ silence
The Last Post Sounded by buglers from the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines
Reading by Michael Toohey, age 22, descendant of Private Thomas Toohey, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, killed in action at V beach on 25 April 1915, aged 22.
The Fallen by Laurence Binyon, 4th verse, published in The Times on 21 September 1914
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.
All: We will remember them.
Laying of Wreaths
After Her Majesty The Queen has laid a wreath the Massed Bands will play Elegy (1915) – in memoriam Rupert Brooke – by F S Kelly (1881–1916) and Largo by G F Handel (1685–1759).
Her Majesty The Queen lays the first wreath followed by:
The Right Honourable David Cameron, Prime Minister Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Senator the Honourable George Brandis QC, Attorney General, Commonwealth of Australia
The Right Honourable David Carter MP, 29th Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
A representative of the Republic of Turkey
The Right Honourable Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The Right Honourable Michael Fallon, Secretary of State for Defence
The Right Honourable Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Right Honourable Hugo Swire, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Helen Grant, Minister for the First World War Centenary
Dr Andrew Murrison, Prime Minister’s Special Representative for the First World War Centenary
The Right Honourable Ed Miliband, Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition
Keith Brown MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities, Scottish Government
The Right Honourable Carwyn Jones, First Minister, Welsh Government
A representative of the Northern Ireland Executive
Lieutenant General Sir Gerry Berragan KBE CB, Adjutant General
Air Marshal Dick Garwood CB CBE DFC, Director General Defence Safety Authority
Vice Admiral Sir Philip Jones KCB, Fleet Commander and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
Lieutenant General John Caligari AO DSC, Chief Capability Development Group, Australian Defence Force
Brigadier Antony Hayward ONZ, Head New Zealand Defence Staff, New Zealand High Commission
Colonel Ömer Özkan, Air Attaché, Embassy of Turkey
A representative of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Steven Vandeput, Minister of Defence of Belgium
His Excellency Gordon Campbell, High Commissioner for Canada
A representative of the Republic of France
A representative of the Federal Republic of Germany
His Excellency Dr Ranjan Mathai, High Commissioner for the Republic of India
His Excellency Daniel Mulhall, Ambassador of Ireland to the United Kingdom
His Excellency The Honourable Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of the Republic of Malta
A representative of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
His Excellency Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
His Excellency The Honourable Peter O’Neill CMG MP, Prime Minister of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea
His Excellency Mr Obed Mlaba, High Commissioner for the Republic of South Africa
A representative of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Sonata Tupou, Acting High Commissioner for the Kingdom of Tonga
The Honourable Bronwyn Bishop MP, Speaker to the Australian House of Representatives
Bill Muirhead AM, Agent-General for South Australia
Ken Smith, Trade Commissioner for Europe and Agent General for UK at Trade & Investment Queensland
Kevin Skipworth CVO, Agent-General for Western Australia
Ian Matterson, Representative of the Premier of Tasmania
Mathew Erbs, on behalf of the Agent-General for Victoria
Gary Dunn, Deputy Commonwealth Secretary General
General The Lord Richards of Herstmonceux GCB CBE DSO, Deputy Grand President, British Commonwealth Ex-Servicemen’s League
Vice Admiral Peter Wilkinson CB CVO, National President, the Royal British Legion
Right Honourable The Viscount Slim OBE DL, Returned and Services League of Australia
Colonel Andrew Martin ONZM, Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association
Lindsay Birrell, CEO, London Legacy
Captain Christopher Fagan DL, Chairman, The Gallipoli Association
The Honourable Mrs Ros Kelly AO, Commissioner, Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Sue Pillar, Director of Volunteer Support, Soldiers’ And Sailors’ Families Association (SSAFA)
Captain Jim Conybeare, Master, The Honourable Company of Master Mariners
Lyn Hopkins, Director General, The Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship
Sir Anthony Figgis KCVO CMG, Chairman, Royal Overseas League
Reveille sounded by buglers from the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines
THE PRAYERS
Prayer by The Venerable Ian Wheatley QHC, Royal Navy Chaplain of the Fleet
God our Father, we come together today to honour all those who gave themselves with great courage in service and sacrifice for their country in the Gallipoli Campaign. We pray that their example may continue to inspire us to strive for the common good, that we may build up the harmony and freedom for which they fought and died.
Help us O Lord, to lift our eyes above the torment of this broken world, and strengthen our resolve to work for peace and justice, and for the relief of want and suffering. As we honour the past, may we put our faith in your future; for you are the source of life and hope, now and forever. Amen.
Hymn led by the Choirs of Chelmsford Cathedral and accompanied by the Massed Bands
I Vow To Thee My Country
All:
I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above,
Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love;
The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test,
That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best;
The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,
The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice.
I heard my country calling, away across the sea,
Across the waste of waters, she calls and calls to me.
Her sword is girded at her side, her helmet on her head,
And around her feet are lying the dying and the dead;
I hear the noise of battle, the thunder of her guns;
I haste to thee, my mother, a son among thy sons.
And there’s another country, I’ve heard of long ago,
Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know;
We may not count her armies, we may not see her King;
Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering;
And soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase,
And her ways are ways of gentleness, and all her paths are peace.
Prayer read by Grace van Gageldonk (14 years old) from Australia
God of compassion and mercy, we remember with thanksgiving and sorrow, those whose lives in world wars and conflicts past and present, have been
given and taken away.
Enfold in your love, all who in bereavement, disability and pain, continue to suffer the consequences of fighting and terror; and guide and protect all those who support and sustain them. Amen.
National anthem Advance Australia Fair
Led by the Choirs of Chelmsford Cathedral and accompanied by the Massed Bands
Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are young and free;
We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil,
Our home is girt by sea;
Our land abounds in nature’s gifts
Of beauty rich and rare;
In history’s page, let every stage
Advance Australia Fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing,
‘Advance Australia Fair’.
Prayer read by Kathryn Cooper (11 years old) from New Zealand
God of hope, the source of peace and the refuge of all in distress, we remember those you have gathered from the storm of war into the everlasting peace of your presence; may that same peace calm our fears, bring reconciliation and justice to all peoples, and establish lasting harmony among the nations.
We pray for all members of the armed forces who strive for peace and fight for justice today; bless and keep their families and friends at home awaiting their return. Help us, who today remember the cost of war, to work for a better tomorrow, and bring us all, in the end, to the peace of your presence; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
National anthem God Defend New Zealand
Led by the Choirs of Chelmsford Cathedral and accompanied by the Massed Bands
E Ihowā _Atua,
O ngā _iwi mātou rā
Āta whakarangona;
Me aroha noa
Kia hua ko te pai;
Kia tau tō _atawhai;
Manaakitia mai
Aotearoa
God of Nations at Thy feet,
in the bonds of love we meet,
hear our voices, we entreat,
God defend our free land.
Guard Pacific’s triple star
from the shafts of strife and war,
make her praises heard afar,
God defend New Zealand.
Reading Atatürk’s message to bereaved pilgrims, 1934, read by Ecenur Bilgiç (14 years old) from Turkey
Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives…
You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.
There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours…
You, the mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace, after having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
National anthem İstiklal Marşı (The Independence March)
Led by Burak Gülşen from Turkey, accompanied by the Massed Bands
Korkma, sönmez bu şafaklarda yüzen al sancak;
Sönmeden yurdumun üstünde tüten en son ocak.
O benim milletimin yıldızıdır, parlayacak;
O benimdir, o benim milletimindir ancak.
Çatma, kurban olayım, çehreni ey nazlı hilal!
Kahraman ırkıma bir gül! Ne bu şiddet, bu celal?
Sana olmaz dökülen kanlarımız sonra helal…
Hakkıdır, Hakk’a tapan, milletimin istiklal!
Fear not! For the crimson flag that flies at this dawn, shall not fade,
As long as the last fiery hearth that is ablaze in my country endures.
For that is the star of my nation, which will forever shine;
It is mine; and solely that of my valiant nation.
Frown not, I beseech you, oh thou coy crescent!
Come smile upon my heroic race! Why this rage, this fury?
The blood we shed for you shall not be blessed otherwise;
For independence is the absolute right of my God-worshipping nation.
Remembering Gallipoli a commemoration created by Michael McDermott
Music composed by Michael McDermott
Reading by James McDermott (17 years old) from the United Kingdom
The Attack at Dawn (May, 1915) by Leon Maxwell Gellert (1892–1977)
‘At every cost,’ they said, ‘it must be done.’
They told us in the early afternoon.
We sit and wait the coming of the sun
We sit in groups, — grey groups that watch the moon.
We stretch our legs and murmur half in sleep
And touch the tips of bayonets and yarn.
Our hands are cold. They strangely grope and creep,
Tugging at ends of straps. We wait the dawn!
Some men come stumbling past in single file.
And scrape the trench’s side and scatter sand.
They trip and curse and go. Perhaps we smile.
We wait the dawn! … The dawn is close at hand!
A gentle rustling runs along the line.
‘At every cost,’ they said, ‘it must be done.’
A hundred eyes are staring for the sign.
It’s coming! Look! … Our God’s own laughing sun!
Closing prayers by The Venerable Ian Wheatley QHC, Royal Navy Chaplain of the Fleet
Eternal God,
from whom all thoughts of truth and peace proceed;
Kindle, we pray, in the hearts of all, the true love of peace
and guide with your pure and peaceable wisdom
those who take counsel for the nations of the world,
that in tranquillity your kingdom may go forward,
and all people may spend their days in security, freedom and peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Merciful God
we offer to you the fears in us
that have not yet been cast out by love:
may we accept the hope you have
placed in the hearts of all people,
and live lives of justice, courage and mercy;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
All:
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come, thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give is this day our daily bread.
And forgive is our trespasses,
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those that trespass against us.
And lead is not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
fro ver and ever. Amen.
The Blessing
God grant to the living grace, to the departed rest,
to the Church, the Queen, the Commonwealth and all people,
unity, peace and concord,
and to us and all God’s servants, life everlasting;
and the blessing of God almighty,
the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,
be among you and remain with you always. Amen.
National anthem God Save the Queen
Led by the Choirs of Chelmsford Cathedral and accompanied by the Massed Bands
God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen.
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us;
God save the Queen!
They Are At Rest by Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934), sung by the Choirs of Chelmsford Cathedral (unaccompanied)
THE MARCH PAST
Contingents from:
The Royal Navy
HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH
The Fleet Air Arm
The Submarine Service
Hybrid (HMS OCEAN, HMS ALBION,
Britannia Royal Naval College)
The Royal Marines
Maritime Reserves (Royal Navy
and Royal Marines Reserves)
Representatives from the Armed Forces of other countries who fought at Gallipoli
invited to join the March Past:
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Turkey
India
Germany
Ireland
France
Bangladesh
Pakistan
South Africa
Papua New Guinea
Tonga
The Gallipoli Association
Naval Services Associations
The Royal Naval Association
The Royal Marines Association
Army Units and their Associations
The Royal Regiment of Artillery
The Royal Corps of Engineers
The Royal Regiment of Scotland
The Princess of Wales’ Royal Regiment
The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
The Royal Anglian Regiment
The Yorkshire Regiment
The Mercian Regiment
The Royal Welsh
The Royal Irish Regiment
The Royal Gurkha Rifles
The Rifles
The Royal Logistics Corps
The Royal Army Medical Corps
The Royal Army Veterinary Corps
The Royal Yeomanry
The Royal Wessex Yeomanry
The Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry
The London Regiment
Court & City Yeomanry Association
In-Pensioners of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
The Turkish Air Force Band plays Marche Mustafa Kemal Atatürk by Fazıl Çağlayan
Followed by: Descendants of those whose ancestors were involved in the Gallipoli campaign and others who march past the Cenotaph every year to commemorate Anzac Day.
Through a programme funded by the Department for International Development, hairdressers – like those at the Eagle Salon in Chitungwiza near Harare, Zimbabwe - are trained to give advice on safe sex and the benefits of using female condoms.
Photo credit: Chris Morgan / Department for International Development
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