2006

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Amman) - When you merge the dedication and commitment of the private sector with the heart and will of public school students, you create a recipe for success. This was most evident on Wednesday morning when INJAZ launched the new School Adoption Program, a national program initiated by INJAZ along with the Ministry of Education and the private sector.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Dead Sea) - Innovation and creativity are the new buzz words of the 21st century classroom, and with those buzz words comes a new way of doing things.

Long gone are the days of traditional ribbon cutting ceremonies—on Wednesday, with the click of a mouse, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah cut a virtual ribbon to launch the new Innovative Teachers’ Network (ITN) in Jordan. Her Majesty lauded the pioneering effort at the ITN launch in the Dead Sea which, she said, leads to people connecting all over the world.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Amman) - Highlighting the central role of teachers in introducing creativity and 21st century learning skills into the classroom, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, on Sunday, attended an award ceremony held by Intel Corporation, in recognition of the three millionth teacher, Jordanian Bothayna ElHabahba, to have completed the "Intel Teach to the Future" training program worldwide.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – New Delhi) - Access to quality education and child immunization were the focus of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah's two-day trip to the Indian subcontinent, which began on Friday, to draw attention to the plight of children and reiterate the need for increased efforts in the global struggle against preventable diseases.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Davos) - As the Jordan Education Initiative (JEI) transforms into a global model for innovation in education following groundbreaking success, Queen Rania underscored Jordan’s commitment to remain at the “cutting edge of the cutting edge” in education.
 

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Davos) - The Muslim world is at a “critical crossroad of self examination and self definition” as it faces headlines of misconception and misunderstanding around the world, propagated by an extremist minority.  That was Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah's main message to over 200 delegates attending a panel discussion during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday. Queen Rania, asserted however, that tapping into the energy and talent of youth is a priority solution to the region's most pressing challenges.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Madaba) - Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah visited the village of Al Shgeig, near Madaba, today, where citizens voiced their concerns and highlighted the need to improve the infrastructure and living conditions in their community. 

The village is in a remote area near the district of Theeban, and some of the problems the citizens face include a lack of access to transportation, clean water and electricity. 

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department- Dead Sea) - Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah hosted, on Monday morning, the second joint annual meeting of the World Links Arab Region (WLAR) Advisory Council and Board of Directors at the Dead Sea, Jordan where they discussed the regional progress of World Links.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department – London) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan joined Chancellor Gordon Brown, representatives from GAVI and six European governments as well as global organizations in the field of child providers, Tuesday, in launching the International Finance Facility for Immunization (IFFIm). IFFIm is an institution for development which is working to support the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) by bringing $4 billion to the alliance over the next 10 years.

(Royal Hashemite Court, Communication & Information Division - The Hague) His Majesty King Abdullah reiterated that there cannot be lasting peace until injustice against Palestinians is corrected.

"This is the basis for the landmark Arab Peace Initiative. Articulated at the 2002 meeting of all Arab states, it offered a comprehensive settlement… guaranteeing Israel's security to live in peace with its neighbors… and providing, at long last, a sovereign, viable and independent Palestine," the King told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on Tuesday.