SAF News

News Malé, The Maldives - 12th October 2009

Attended the SAF advisory board meeting of Maldives Chapter

Chaired by Mr. Ibrahim Hussein Zaki, the main agenda of the meeting was to formulate the proposal to establish a SAF Institute of Institute of the Environment and Global Warming for the approval of President Nasheed.

News Malé, The Maldives - 12th October 2009

Called on Chief Justice Abdullah Saeed

Called on Chief Justice Abdullah Saeed, of the Maldives Supreme Court and discuss the procedure of selection of lawyers and law teachers to be trained at the South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies (SAILS), Dhaka,Bangladesh, set up by SAF and guided by Dr Kamal Hossain.

In the media Syeda Hameed, The Hindu - 11th October 2009
News Malé, The Maldives - 11th October 2009

Visit to the Maldives

Founder of South Asia Foundation and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Madanjeet Singh, accompanied by Mme France Marquet, a SAF Trustee, visited the Maldives, Sri Lanka and India from 11 to 24 October 2009. In India, Madanjeet Singh inaugurated the SAF Peace Festival at Preet Nagar.

News 11th October 2009
News Preet Nagar, Amritsar, Panjab - 10th October 2009

Inauguration Ceremony of South Asia Foundation Peace Festival held during 10-23 October, 2009

Inauguration ceremony of South Asia Foundation Peace festival held in Preet Nagar and Amritsar, Punjab at Gurbaksh Singh Nanak Singh Auditorium from 10-23 October, 2009

News 2nd October 2009

SAF Afghanistan Annual Report for 2009

Madanjeet Singh Cultural Heritage Training Institute held its 2nd three month course starting from 5th of May 2009 and continued to the 6th of August 2009. The subjects taught in the 2nd session were: Fundamentals of Archeology, History of Afghanistan, History of Civilization, Making inventory list for the historical relics, Description of the international conventions, History of Art, History of religions and Description of cultural heritage preservation law.

News Paris, France - 1st October 2009

UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence Jury Meeting

The meeting will take place in Room XIV on minus 2 floor at the UNESCO Bonvin building -1, rue Miollis, 75015 Paris.

In the media The Kathmandu Post - 30th September 2009

Guarantee health

I am neither a political commentator nor a human rights activist; but as a lifelong advocate of health for all, I am seriously concerned to read The Kathmandu Post’s report of Sept. 9 on the preliminary draft submitted by the Fundamental Rights Committee of the Constituent Assembly (CA).

In the media Daily news, Sri Lanka's National news paper since 1918 - 23rd September 2009

The economic dimension of national security

The suggestions made by two former Foreign Secretaries, Shyam Saran and Shiv Shankar Menon, that India should initiate a discussion on a collective security arrangement between the major powers whose bulk of energy and trade flows through the Indian Ocean, is laudable.