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In this abandoned slate mine, a liquid oxygen factory was installed in WW 2. In the immediate vicinity rocket engines were tested. The mine is now partially unstable. Some areas are today unaccessible.
The Mano River Union Secretariat (MRU) and the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) organized a high-level sub-regional meeting from 25 to 26 November 2019, in Freetown, Republic of Sierra Leone. The purpose of the meeting was to review the role of the Joint Border Security and Confidence Building Units (JBSCBUs) in order to draw lessons from the current status of these units and to analyze ways to improve and make them fully operational on a sustained basis, taking into account the socio-economic and political situation of its Member States in the sub-region; as well as to review the various existing MRU peace and security frameworks and make proposals for joint activities.
The meeting was attended by H.E. Amb. Medina A. Wesseh, Secretary General of the MRU; Mrs. Ruby Sandhu-Rojon, Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for West Africa and the Sahel; Prof. David J. Francis, Chief Minister; Mr. Francis Kaikai, Minister of Planning and Economic Development; Mr. Edward Soluku, Minister of Internal Affairs and other officials of Government from the Republic of Sierra Leone, members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps, Officials of Government and technical experts from the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, Republic of Liberia, Republic of Guinea, UN Resident Coordinators from MRU member states, UNDP Resident Representative and other development partners, Peace and Security Advisors from the UN system of the sub-region, presidents from the MRU JBSCBUs, representatives from the Civil Society including the Mano River Union Women’s Peace Network (MARWOPNET), representatives from the National Election Commissions of Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire.
The meeting noted with satisfaction the positive steps taken by the MRU Secretariat in reinforcing engagements with partners to promote regional stability through existing mechanisms within the sub-region. They called for the conduct of peaceful elections in Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire in 2020.
In this regard, and after full consideration of the issues under discussion, the meeting expressed gratitude with the level of partnership between the MRU and UNOWAS for the organization of the high-level meeting on peace and stability with focus on the JBSCBUs, and therefore resolved as follows:
Affirmation on consolidating democracy, peace and stability by identifying ways to prevent and reduce tensions related to pre and post electoral crises, and other governance issues in the sub-region;
Development of a strategic framework of cooperation between the UN system and the MRU that will identify joint initiatives within the peace, security and development nexus;
Consideration of upgrading the capacities of the JBSCBUs to function at an optimal level as an early warning and response mechanism, and create a framework for member States to take ownership of these mechanisms;
Expanding partnership engagements at multilateral and regional levels that will enable member states to address external threats and other cross-border crimes;
Creating a platform to increase advocacy on human rights issues, issues related to women and youth empowerment, as well as peace building with a particular focus on strengthening the capacity of MARWOPNET.
The participants expressed satisfaction with the convergence of views on all the issues and concerns raised, and expressed particular delight with the spirit of mutual understanding and cordiality that prevailed throughout their deliberations. They further reiterated the strong need to take all measures that would promote regional peace and stability, prevent and reduce tension in pre and post electoral context in Member States, enhance the capacity of the JBSCBUs to address cross border challenges and ensure socio-economic development and regional integration in the sub-region.
The participants expressed their appreciation to the Government of Sierra Leone, the MRU Secretariat, and UNOWAS for the well-organized meeting and efforts to making it successful.
Done on 26 November 2019, in Freetown, Republic of Sierra Leone
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Réunion sur la Paix et la Sécurité dans l’Union du Fleuve Mano
Le Secrétariat de l’Union du Fleuve Mano (UFM) et le Bureau des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et le Sahel (UNOWAS) ont organisé du 25 au 26 novembre 2019, une réunion sous-régionale de haut niveau, à Freetown, République de Sierra Leone. L’objectif de la réunion était d’examiner le rôle des Unités Conjointes de Sécurité des Frontières et de Restauration de la Confiance (UCSFRC) afin de tirer des leçons de leur état actuel et d’analyser les moyens de les améliorer et de les rendre pleinement opérationnelles de manière durable, en tenant compte de la situation socio-économique et politique de ses États membres de l’UFM. Les participants ont également passé en revue les différents cadres de gestion de la paix et de la sécurité et fait des propositions d’activités conjointes.
Ont participé à cette réunion, S.E. l’Ambassadeur Medina A. Wesseh, Secrétaire générale de l'UFM, Mme Ruby Sandhu-Rojon, Représentante spéciale adjointe du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest et le Sahel, le Professeur David J. Francis, Ministre d’Etat, M. Francis Kaikai, Ministre du Plan et du Développement Economique, M. Edward Soluku, Ministre de l’Intérieur et d'autres autorités du Gouvernement de la République de Sierra Leone, des membres du corps diplomatique et consulaire, des responsables gouvernementaux et experts techniques de la République de Côte d'Ivoire, du Libéria, de la République de Guinée, les Coordonnateurs Résidents des Nations Unies auprès des États membres de l'UFM, le Représentant Résident du PNUD en Sierra Leone et autres partenaires au développement, les Conseillers en paix et développement du système des Nations Unies de la sous-région, les présidents des UCSFRC de l’UFM, des représentants de la société civile dont le Réseau des Femmes de l'Union du Fleuve Mano pour la Paix (REFMAP), et des représentants des Commissions Nationales Electorales de Guinée et de Côte d'Ivoire.
La réunion a noté avec satisfaction les mesures positives prises par le secrétariat de l'UFM pour renforcer les engagements avec les partenaires afin de promouvoir la stabilité régionale par le biais des mécanismes existants dans la sous-région. Ils ont appelé à la tenue d’élections pacifiques en Guinée et en Côte d’Ivoire en 2020.
A cet égard, et après un examen approfondi des questions discutées, la réunion a exprimé sa gratitude envers le partenariat établi entre le Secrétariat de l'UFM et UNOWAS pour l'organisation de cette rencontre de haut niveau sur la paix et la stabilité axée sur les UCSFRC, et a donc arrêté ce qui suit :
Consolider la démocratie, la paix et la stabilité en identifiant les moyens de prévenir et de réduire les tensions liées aux crises avant et après élection, ainsi que d'autres problèmes de gouvernance dans la sous-région ;
Mettre en place un cadre stratégique de coopération entre le système des Nations Unies et l’UFM qui identifiera des projets et programmes communs dans le domaine de la paix et de la sécurité ;
Renforcer les capacités des UCSFRC pour qu'elles fonctionnent à un niveau optimal en tant que mécanisme d'alerte précoce et de réponse et créer un cadre permettant aux États membres de s'approprier ces mécanismes ;
Elargir les partenariats aux niveaux multilatéral et régional afin de permettre aux États Membres de faire face aux menaces extérieures et autres crimes transfrontaliers ;
Créer une plateforme pour renforcer le plaidoyer sur les questions de droits de l'homme, les questions liées à l'autonomisation des femmes et des jeunes, ainsi que la consolidation de la paix, tout en mettant un accent particulier sur le renforcement des capacités du REFMAP.
Les participants ont exprimé leur satisfaction pour la convergence des points de vue sur toutes les questions et préoccupations soulevées et ont été particulièrement ravis de l'esprit de compréhension mutuelle et de cordialité qui a prévalu tout au long de leurs délibérations. Ils ont également réitéré la nécessité impérieuse de prendre toutes les mesures pour promouvoir la paix et la stabilité au niveau régional, prévenir et réduire les tensions avant et après les périodes électorales dans les États membres, renforcer la capacité des UCSFRC à faire face aux défis transfrontaliers et assurer le développement socio-économique et l'intégration régionale dans la sous-région.
Les participants ont exprimé leurs remerciements au gouvernement de la Sierra Leone, au Secrétariat de l’UFM et à UNOWAS pour la réunion bien organisée et les efforts déployés pour en faire un succès.
Fait à Freetown, République de Sierra Leone, le 26 novembre 2019
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KUWAIT + THE NETHERLANDS Film Swap Project with PUDDLE PARADE
LOMO L-CA + LOMO DIANA MINI on CROSS PROCESSED
Try out deckplans.com/. It's a pretty kickass site that lets you design a deck and it'll spit out your materials list for you with diagrams of how it should all be laid out.
I wanted the deck to sit low to the ground, so I dug out small 5" deep trenches to put the blocks in, then leveled them to each other, then between rows. This seemed to take the longest time and I spent about 6 hours doing the frame work.
Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a Buddhist pagoda located in southern Xi'an and it has seven levels
Level Three:
There is a Bronze statue of the Buddha coated in gold. This is one of the most valuable items in the Pagoda. Every visitor must bow at the Buddha. On the walls, apart from the picture of the Buddha, there are calligraphies and poems mainly by famous scholars from Tang Dynasty.
The bubble or spirit level was invented in 1661 and was first used on telescopes and surveying instruments. The bubble level became a carpenter’s tool in the mid-19th century when they began to be produced in factories.
This beautiful example of a level is constructed of hardwood and brass. It was made by the H.M. Pool Company in Easton, Massachusetts. The company was originally started by brothers John and Horace Pool in 1828 but became the H.M. Pool Company in 1841 when Horace bought out John.
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"Works on Paper by Yasuko Hagiwara & Mariko Suzuki",
For two weeks the work of Yasuko and Mariko were showcased at Eye Level and Victor Osborne window displays. A work distinct for parting from an analysis and creation of equally strong atmospheres.
Printmaking and Mixed Media artist; Yasuko Hagiwara, known for her intricate Viscosity technique, manages to make a study of microscopic worlds blown out to read nature under a supreme gradient of colors with transparent qualities. On an equidistant level, Suzuki presents a bright and colorful contrast with her large scale drawings and small and detailed sketches that host episodes of diverse battles, where the organisms partially slide on the visual frame she decides to show us. In these drawings, objects and creatures from nature can be found on a massive pile that interacts with characters under an environment dipped on narrative qualities, where the stories that she creates are influenced by the most recent changes on our global stage.
People are worried but listen to the messages that could save their lives. Guinea, 2014.
©Africom / Idrissa Soumaré for IFRC
This box was at the time believed to be the oldest signalbox in the Manchester area dating from 1866. It was built by Saxby & Farmer for the Lancashire & Yorkshire railway.
Praktica LTL-3 with 50mm lens.
a level 5 alert fire is the highest level a fire can be gauged. a level 5 requires the assistance of all available firefighters to help control the situation. yesterday i came across this fire incident which was given this status as the conditions, high level winds, water shortage and very dry weather, induced the flames even further. this large fire razed through this community of urban informal settlers in metro manila scorching hundreds of houses that left hundreds of families homeless. firefighters were able to control the fire after 12 hours
On the Jinpeng section of the Jitong Railway the climb for westbound trains after passing Reshui comprised a series of big curves looping the line back and forward as it gained height. This train has already passed along the tracks in the background and will soon pass through a curving tunnel and reappear behind me going in the opposite direction on level 3. I have recently read that rail traffic is so great that there are plans to replace this entire section with a deviation incorporating much tunnelling.
2021-04-31: Ayodeji Bologun , CEO of AFEX, Nigeria; Mr. Peter A, Malnak, Acting Assistant Administrator, Bureau For Africa, USAID; Ms Tumi Makgabo, Presenter; Amadou Hott, Vice President for Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth, African Development Bank; Ms. Victoria Prentis, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State DEFRA, United Kingdom attend the High-Level Dialogue on Feeding Africa: Ministerial Panels.
Middle Level Outfall sluice. 1877 THIS SLUICE WAS OPENED BY EDWARD FELLOWES ESQ MP (CHAIRMAN OF THE MIDDLE LEVEL COMMISSIONERS ) ON THE 28TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1877
Sir John Hawkshaw, Engineer William WEBSTER Contractor. Robert Dawbarn Junr ,clerk to the commissioners.
William Webster was responsible for the underground parts of Abbey Mills pumping station in Stratford, East London.
William Webster was also contractor for the famous Crossness Engines in South East London.
Edward Fellowes 1809-1887 was MP for Huntingdonshire for over 40 years between 1837 and 1880.
in 1881, Robert Dawbarn, [d. 1915] a widowed solicitor then aged 56 was living at Eastwood House, March, subseuqently occupied by March Grammar school, later Neale Wade Community College and demolished to facilitate expansion of the site in 2010 ,hence the historical record of the fine circa 1840 villa.
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By 1915, he was living at Oakleigh, Queens Road, Wisbech St Peter.
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Robert Dawbarn senior of Wisbech died in 1888 aged 89 at Walton Lewes [West Walton] in Norfolk., estate £52,104 18s 7d.
In This Album: Here are the screenshots of the games released on the Nintendo eShop service in North America on January 28, 2016.
In This Album: Here are the screenshots of the games released on the Nintendo eShop service in North America on January 28, 2016.
7 May 2014 MCM 2014: MEETING OF THE OECD COUNCIL AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL 2014: High-Level Ministerial Council Meeting: Tour de Table: Partnerships for global resilience and development as empowerment. OECD Headquarters, Paris, France.
For more information, visit: www.oecd.org/MCM 2014: MEETING OF THE OECD COUNCIL AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL
Photo: OECD/Andrew Wheeler
London Midland Turbostar no. 172331 runs empty through Tamworth en route from Derby back to Tyseley after having its interior fitted out.
2nd December 2011
Wilton Road, south of Odessa, Ontario, Canada. A snowplow negotiates the railway tracks that lead to Toronto.
Dublin to Galway (MGWR) Railway Line - MP Broadstone 56 3/4.
Kiernan's Level Crossing (XG064) in Ballyhandy, Westmeath 25th May 2013.
Small TT scale (1:120) diorama style layout of an industrial area in the Chicago region.
For more information on this layout, see www.joernpachl.de/model_rr_us.htm