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Endorsements
Extracts Of Some Letters Of Support Received For The Newspaper

United Nations Agencies

• John Horekens, Director, Communication and Information division, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva, wrote on 31 January 2001

I ….commend you and your colleagues on this good publication. UNHCR is encouraged by your initiative to promote a better understanding of international development……..

• William Ryan, Information, Executive Board and Resource Mobilisation Division, United Nations Population Fund, New York, wrote on 26 February 2001

We are pleased to learn about EuropaWorld. This is an impressive and well organised web site and your identification of major humanitarian and development stories is a very useful service. The selection of UNFPA-related stories that you sent shows that you cover our issues thoroughly.

• Mieko Ikegame, Chief of the Unit for Co-operation with the Private Sector, UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, Rome, wrote on 19 February 2001

Your coverage of the work of FAO and other UN agencies is highly appreciated

World Bank

• Jean Francois Rischard, Vice President for Europe for the World Bank, Paris, wrote on 15 February 2001

We are delighted to see the work you are doing. It is vital that as many communication vehicles as possible raise awareness among European audiences of the importance and urgency of development issues.

European Institutions

• Michael Curtis, Spokesman for Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Aid (Commissioner Poul Nielson), Press and Communication Service, European Commission, Brussels, called the project

"A Mine of Information"

• Hubbe Mudde, Co-ordinator of Euforic, the European Forum on Development Co-operation, wrote from Maastricht, 31 October 2000

We believe that the information offered by EuropaWorld has a value added to
the information already offered by the current membership of Euforic. I must
admit that we were positively surprised about the quality of your information.
We hope that you will be able to continue with the same quality and
frequency the work you recently started.

European Parliament

• Glenys Kinnock MEP, wrote on 19 December 2000

I would like to add my support to the EuropaWorld project. This excellent initiative will provide a valuable new global service, offering easy access to a weekly internet based newspaper. I wholeheartedly support this venture.

House of Lords

• Baroness Williams of Crosby wrote on 6 December 2000

I strongly commend this excellent project

Others that have supported the EuropaWorld project include Eluned Morgan MEP, Sir John Gray, KBE, CMG, President, Welsh Centre for International Affairs, Lyndall Sachs, UNHCR, Ian MacFarlane UNDP, Toby Middleton, Communications Co-ordinator, UNED, Tore J. Brevik, Communications Director UNEP, Justin Powell-Tuck, Director of the European Movement, Mrs Margaret Daly, former MEP and former joint chair of the European Parliament - ACP Parliamentary Committee. We have also received encouragement and advice from Hugh Dent - Agence France Press, Clive Lindley, Chairman of World Audit, Richard Bray, Financial Times