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Nepalese activist collects award |
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Monday, 14 March 2011 |
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Wns prize for contribution to the protection of human rights in Nepal
John Won, Seoul, Korea
March 11, 2011 Leading Nepalese social activist and this year’s Tji Hak-soon Justice and Peace Award-winner, Arjun Karki accepted his prize yesterday at a special presentation ceremony in Seoul, Korea. Karki, who is chairman of Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN), received a medal and a US$10,000 cash prize from Tji Hak-soon Justice and Peace Foundation chairman, Monsignor Philip Kim Byeong-sang. The foundation said Karki won the prize for his contribution to the protection of human rights and the development of impoverished and marginalized communities in Nepal. |
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Looking to a World Without LDCs |
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Friday, 25 February 2011 |
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Rousbeh Legatis interviews DR. ARJUN K. KARKI, International Coordinator of LDC Watch UNITED NATIONS, Feb 5, 2011 (IPS) - Maximising time, energy and resources toward improving living conditions for millions of people in the poorest countries of the world - the so-called Least Developed Countries (LDCs) - means that the "business-as-usual" approach must yield to a holistic strategy, says Arjun Karki, a longtime expert on grassroots, democratic peace-building and development. With an eye on the upcoming Fourth U.N. Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC IV) in May, Karki underscores that unless there is a decisive shift, the world is heading toward "another unproductive decade" in terms of LDC policy- making. |
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14th Justice and Peace Award 2011 to Dr. Arjun Karki |
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Wednesday, 15 December 2010 |
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14 December 2010, Kathmandu. Dr. Arjun Karki, President of Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN) and International Coordinator of LDC Watch has been awarded the '14th Justice and Peace Award 2011' by the Bishop Tji Hak-Soon Justice and Peace Foundation based in S. Korea for his exceptional contribution for the protection of the human rights and the development of impoverished and marginalized communities in Nepal and in other LDCs. |
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