CELEBRATION UNITED NATIONS DAY 2019
Address by His Excellency, Mr. Eugene Rhuggenaath, Prime Minister of Curaçao
With all protocol observed…
It is with somewhat of a mixed feeling that I address you today. On the one hand we are all saddened by the fact that Mr. Karel Frielink is stepping down as Dean of the Consular Corps of Curaçao after doing a splendid job these last three terms, in a way that only Karel can; he not only united the Consular Corps but actively encouraged the involvement of the Consular Corps with our population in general and our youth in particular.
This speech contest is …
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UNITED NATIONS DAY 2018
Speech by Mr. Karel Frielink – Dean of the Consular Corps of Curaçao
United Nations Day – 24 October 2018
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Your Excellency, the Governor of Curaçao, Mrs. Lucille George-Wout
The vice Prime Minister of Curaçao and Minister of Health, Environment and Nature, Mrs. Suzy Camelia-Römer
The President of Parliament, Mr. William Millerson
The Minister of Social Development, Mr. Hensley Koeiman
The Commander of the Armed Forces on Curaçao, Brigadier General De Vin
The representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Curaçao, Mr. Raynel Martis
The Secretary General of the National Commission to UNESCO, Mrs. Marva Browne
The …
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UNITED NATIONS DAY 2017
Speech by Mr. Karel Frielink – Dean of the Consular Corps of Curaçao
United Nations Day – 24 October 2017
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Your Excellency, the Acting Governor of Curaçao, Mrs. Nolda Römer-Kenepa
The Prime Minister of Curaçao, Mr. Eugene Rhuggenaath
The Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Curaçao, Mrs. Marilyn Alcalá-Wallé
The Minister of Social Development, Mr. Hensley Koeiman
The Deputy President of our Parliament, Mrs. Giselle Mc William
The Secretary General to UNESCO, Mrs. Marva Browne
Commander of the Armed Forces on Curacao, Brigadier General De Vin, and the Commanders of the MNCCC
Fellow members of the Consular …
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WILL 2012 BE A BETTER YEAR?
It depends on us!
What do you and I have in common? That we probably, just like all other people on earth, are descended from a people that lived in Africa in a far past. Thus considered we are all brothers and sisters. One big family, one big community, but not as closely and not as strongly connected as many of us would like it to be.
In the course of history differences have increased. Differences, for example, in appearance, in color, in language, in religion, in culture, in education, in prosperity etc. And with these differences, contradictions arose: between …
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UNITED NATIONS BASIC PRINCIPLES ON THE ROLE OF LAWYERS
The Basic Principles are considered to be a “soft-law” instrument
The Basic Priciples on the role of lawyers were adopted by the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Havana, Cuba, 27 August to 7 September 1990.
According to the preambule professional associations of lawyers have a vital role to play in upholding professional standards and ethics, protecting their members from persecution and improper restrictions and infringements, providing legal services to all in need of them, and cooperating with governmental and other institutions in furthering the ends of justice and public interest, The …
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