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An Introduction to the Diplomatic Council

H.E. Fares Ghattas, Global CEO of The Luxury Network (TLN) and Head of Mission Middle East of the Diplomatic Council has the pleasure to invite to the very first introduction to the Diplomatic Council in Lebanon on September 19.

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Health for Peace - Geneva Peace Week

For the second time the Dipomatic Council will be carrying out an official side event at the Geneva Peace Week (GPW) on November 7th in Geneva. This year´s event is a premiere and will be organized in cooperation with the World Federation for Mental Health and World Health Organization (WHO) of the United Nations. The three Organisations will cover the following topics: 

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Founding Dinner Singapore

Dinner with the Diplomatic Council Founding President Ambassador Buddhi Athauda on August 29 in Singapore - MEMBERS ONLY

Ambassador Buddhi is co-founder of the Diplomatic Council, Sri Lanka Ambassador to France, Monaco, Spain, Andorra, Portugal & UNESCO -  www.diplomatic-council.org/leadership/ambassador-buddhi-athauda

Special Guests: Master Lu and Ambassador Andrew Toh, Singapore Ambassador to UNESCO.

Dinner is hosted by Diplomatic Council Founding President Ambassador Buddhi Athauda.

Thought Leadership

A case for meta-politics

When you want to engage in politics you first need to make decisions, where to position yourself. Are you more inclined to the libertarian side or the authoritarian? Do your principles and preferences better fit to the left or to the right, or even far left or far right? Do you consider any change as inevitable anyway or are you more of a conservative or even a retro-enthusiast? Do you envision religious belief as a driving political force? Or would you better like to keep religion and politics apart?

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Sustainable Development Summit – The Agenda 2030

Transforming Our World for People and Planet

Sustainable Development Agenda, Leaving No One Behind

More than 150 world leaders attend the UN Sustainable Development Summit UN Headquarters in New York to formally adopt an ambitious new sustainable development agenda. This momentous agenda will serve as the launch pad for action by the international community and by national governments to promote shared prosperity and well-being for all over the next 15 years.

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A call for global Digital Privacy

The Diplomatic Council, a United Nations registered global Think Tank, takes the appointment of the first Special Rapporteur on data protection of the United Nations, Joseph Cannataci, as an opportunity of to take a general position on “privacy vs. Orwellian surveillance state in the age of universal digitization”. Joseph Cannataci had been appointed as the first “Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy” of the United Nations. He had prevailed over a total of 29 other candidates.

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Customs Duties Provide a Great Potential for Cost Reduction

Millions are wasted on the world market due to lack of customs optimization    

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Public-Private-Partnerships: A Key to solving the global Challenges

We find an ever-increasing need for infrastructure on a global level. Population growth and decline (in developed countries), rudimentary design of ageing infrastructure in all fields and increasing urbanisation have pushed governments and administrations to the limits of their financial endurance.

At the same time, it is found that basic needs of people in many countries (developing and emerging countries) are not met:

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Chemistry makes the World go Around!

by Dr. Holger Bengs is Diploma Chemist and Entrepreneur. He is the Founder and Managing Director of BCNP Consultants, Initiator of the European Chemistry Partnering (ECP) to promote business exchange between investors and decision makers in and around Chemistry and the Chemical industries and Diplomatic Council Member since 2014.

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UN accepts Diplomatic Council`s Statement on QualityLearning

The United Nations has approved the Diplomatic Council´s written statement about QualityLearning for the 2018 Commission for Social Development. The statement was given by DC Corporate Member QualityMinds and is online available in the UN Official Documentation System: https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N17/411/27/pdf/N1741127.pdf?OpenElement.