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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has been appointed head of the interim government of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh protests: An uncertain nation emerges from Sheikh Hasina's grip
The country is in unchartered waters, after student-led protests toppled its longest-serving leader.
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“We’re all rejoicing — the monster who is on top of us has left. Today we are free,” Yunus told The Post. “A new force has emerged: the young people.”
A New Day for Bangladesh - Protect Yunus
The Prime Minister has resigned, and an interim government is being formed. All of us associated with the Protect Yunus Campaign are grateful to everyone who worked for this positive and necessary outcome. The martyrs who gave their lives did not do so in vain. Much work remains to be done. We...
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Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus statement on Israel-Palestine conflict
Most Urgent Action Needed is to Create Palestine State Immediately. No More Delay. The conflict between Israel and Palestine is a very old problem which has become much more complicated now because of the treatment that the people of Palestine have been receiving from Israel. It has been brewing...
Most Urgent Action Needed is to Create Palestine State Immediately. No More Delay.
The conflict between Israel and Palestine is a very old problem which has become much more complicated now because of the treatment that the people of Palestine have been receiving from Israel. It has been brewing over time and suddenly recently it became very explosive and unacceptable against any civilised standard.
The solution right now is the creation of two states something which the United Nations has a resolution on but which remains unimplemented. There is no way to escape from this resolution if we want to bring peace to the region. The top-most priority right now is to implement the long ignored UN resolution on creating two states. Otherwise we don't know where this conflict will lead us to. It has the potential to set the whole region on fire and suck in a larger part of the world into that fire.
We must create the state of Palestine with extreme urgency. The key actor in bringing this to reality is the United States. If the US moves fast others will follow. The Biden administration must lead the world on this vital and urgent issue without delay.
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Yunus Meets Pope Francis: urges immediate action on Palestine and all conflicts across the world
Yunus Centre Press Release – May 15, 2024 Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus met with the Pope and discussed global challenges at the Vatican City on May 11, 2024. Professor Yunus was the co-chair of the Peace Round Table of the second World Meeting on Human Fraternity. Part of the...
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus met with the Pope and discussed global challenges at the Vatican City on May 11, 2024. Professor Yunus was the co-chair of the Peace Round Table of the second World Meeting on Human Fraternity.
Part of the official transcript of the declaration reads as follows:
"We reject war: Let diplomacy prevail over arms. We want Peace!
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An immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip must be declared to stop the killing and ensure safe and unrestricted access for humanitarian aid. We call on the international community to pursue with determination the two-state solution on Israel and one Palestinian, as well as an internationally guaranteed special status for the city of Jerusalem so that Israelis and Palestinians may finally live in peace and security.
The children of Gaza, nearly 14,000 killed by weapons of war and dying from hunger and disease, who cannot shelter in hospitals that are being bombed, can no longer wait. Humanitarian aid must be permitted in Gaza. Hostages and political prisoners must be immediately released. ...
Global Leaders and Nobel Laureates Call for Ending the Persecution of Muhammad Yunus - Protect Yunus
For the last 13 years, the government of Bangladesh under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been persecuting Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, as part of a much broader assault on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in Bangladesh. In March, 40 global leaders signed a...
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COVID-19 Vaccine Global Common Good: Appeal from 100 Influential Global Leaders
Yunus Centre Press Release (28 June, 2020) COVID-19 Vaccine Global Common Good: Appeal from 100 Influential Global Leaders Muhammad Yunus, Desmond Tutu, Mikhail Gorbachev, Malala Yousafzai, Bono, Richard Branson, Lech Walesa, Jody Williams, Mahathir Mohamad, Lula, George Clooney, Sharon Stone...
Muhammad Yunus, Desmond Tutu, Mikhail Gorbachev, Malala Yousafzai, Bono, Richard Branson, Lech Walesa, Jody Williams, Mahathir Mohamad, Lula, George Clooney, Sharon Stone, Forest Whitaker, Leymah Gbowee, Mary Robinson, Tawakkol Karman, Ratan Tata, Azim Premji, Shabana Azmi, Anne Hidalgo, Thomas Bach, Andrea Bocelli and other World Leaders Appeal To Declare Corona Vaccine A Global Common Good.
105 World Leaders including 18 Nobel Laureates, 32 former Chief of State and Governments, Political Leaders, Artistes, International NGOs and Institutions have signed a call initiated by Yunus Centre to declare COVID-19 Vaccines as a global common good.
The Appeal says:
A pandemic clearly exposes the strength and weaknesses of healthcare systems in every country and highlights the obstacles and inequities in gaining access to healthcare. The effectiveness of the upcoming vaccination campaign will depend on its universality.
We appeal to governments, foundations, philanthropists and social businesses to come forward to produce and/or distribute the vaccines all over the world for free. We invite all social, political, and health entities to re-affirm our collective responsibility for the protection of ALL vulnerable persons without any discrimination whatsoever.
We are pleading to all world leaders including the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Director General of the World Health Organization, religious leaders, social and moral leaders, leaders of research laboratories and pharmaceutical companies and the media to join hands and ensure that in the case of a COVID-19 vaccine, we have a global consensus that it must be deployed as a global common good.
We invite everyone to join the pledge at VACCINECOMMONGOOD.ORG .
I hope your esteemed institution will do its best to spread this message and join our pledge.
Established Grameen Bank, Bangladesh, which began in mid-70s with personal loans of small amounts of money to destitute basket weavers. Has worked to spread and implement the idea of social business, a concept for businesses striving to solve social problems that is financially self-sustainable and enables them to pay back only their original investment and reinvest profits in innovations or further growth to advance their social goals. Recipient of awards: World Food Prize (1994); Sydney Peace Prize (1998); Seoul Peace Prize and Nobel Peace Prize (2006); Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Obama (2009); Congressional Gold Medal, US (2013).
BRICS Urban Future Forum
BRICS Urban Future Forum – a new progressive platform about digital development of megacities. Moscow, September 18– 19, 2024
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BRICS Urban Future Forum is a leading global platform defining the development agenda of BRICS cities and beyond.
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Honorary Chairman of the Forum
Dr. Raekwon Chung
Nobel Peace Prize laureate (with IPCC).
One of the key contributors to global climate change negotiations and to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (2015) as principal climate change advisor to UN Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-Moon.
Author of the “Green Growth” concept and the unilateral “Clean Development Mechanism”.
Last Dubai COP28 concluded that the current Paris Climate regime is failing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. New climate regime has to be based on a bottom up approach not top down. The innovative transformation from Free Market towards Sustainable Market and New Climate Economics is crucial for our Future.
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Headliners 2023
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Muhammad Yunus
Winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, Bangladesh
Форум БРИКС «Облачный город» в Москве открыл нобелевский лауреат Мухаммад Юнус
Ведущие международные эксперты обсудили перспективные технологии.
August 28, 2023
On the first day of the BRICS Cloud City International Innovation Forum, leading international experts discussed promising technologies designed to make the everyday life of a modern city dweller more comfortable and safe. This topic was discussed in detail by the participants of the plenary session "Cloud Man. Technology as a New Superpower?" — speakers from India and the Philippines, as well as leading Russian experts in the field of VR, AR, and neural networks. In total, guests from 30 countries took part in the forum.
The central topic of the discussion within the framework of the session was increasing the availability of modern benefits of civilization for all mankind. The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, banker, professor of economics from Bangladesh (India) Muhammad Yunus is confident that artificial intelligence can provide significant assistance to humanity in the fight against poverty.
"When we talk about the future of technology, we pay attention to poverty. Many of you know that I initially tried to make financial services accessible to as wide a range of people as possible. But now banks are deciding whether they can issue loans to people or not. We need to design the financial system so that all people can get the services they need," he said.
The scientist added that at the same time, we should not forget: technology is only a tool, it does not have its own mind. Therefore, they cannot change the world for the better by themselves. The correct use of innovative achievements is precisely the task of a person.
"The world we live in now is aimed at self-destruction. We must create a new world where technology is carbon neutral and zero waste," Muhammad Yunus emphasized.
However, the processes of globalization in the modern economy have made it impossible for individual innovative development in any field. For the successful development and implementation of modern technologies, international cooperation, exchange of experience and competencies are necessary. One of the most promising associations in this regard is the BRICS countries.
Yunus Appointed as the Chair of the International Advisory Board of Moscow's Financial University
Yunus Centre Press Release – 27 November 2023 On 23rd of November 2023, Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Yunus joined in a high level strategic meeting with Professor Stanislav Prokofiev, the Rector of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation and his high ranking...
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“We’re all rejoicing — the monster who is on top of us has left. Today we are free,” Yunus told The Post. “A new force has emerged: the young people.”
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