Green Economy seen as on track
Environment groups and charities working on
poverty issues believe the agreement is far too weak. The Rio+20
gathering comes 20 years after the Earth Summit, also held in the
Brazilian city. The text has yet to be signed off by heads of
government and ministers, but it seems that no changes will be made.
“We have reached the best possible equilibrium at this point; I
think we have a very good outcome,” said Brazilian Foreign Minister
Antonio Patriota.
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Socio - economic scene
Fixing the world
‘Small is beautiful’, Ernst Friedrich
Schumacher’s seminal collection of essays published in 1973, was
subtitled ‘a study of economics as if people mattered’. The author,
who was profoundly influenced by Theravada Buddhism, was concerned
that the modern world was putting economic growth before human
development, greed before compassion.
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‘UNESCO’s future and the challenge for the South’
Full statement of Ambassador Dayan Jayatilleka
at UNESCO Headquarters Paris, June 14, 2012 Looking at it from the
point of view of the South, I see that UNESCO has the strength to
regain the initiative. This is demonstrated with the vote on
Palestine. We did something that almost nobody else has done for
quite some time. Let us never forget that potentiality. Let us never
be trapped in negativism and fatalism. Recognizing that
potentiality, however, does not preclude us from also recognizing
the crisis of UNESCO and the crisis the South faces within UNESCO.
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Puttur Sri Somaskantha College - 80 years of excellence in
national education
Jaffna, Puttur Sri Somaskantha College which was
established in 1931 by the great philanthropist and patriot
Malavarayar Kandiah is completing over 80 years in the sphere of
education. Sri Somaskantha College has served the Hindu community
splendidly offering a wholesome education which has been defined as
the first and the fairest thing that the best of men and women can
ever have. The educational achievements combined with meritorious
feats achieved by Somaskanda College in co-curricular and
extra-curricular activities are excellent.
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