Belgium Culture
11/28/00: White Conference on Culture and Diplomacy
Rapporteur: William R. Ferris is the Chairman of National Endowment for the Humanities. As an author, folklorist, filmmaker and academic administrator, William R. Ferris has compiled a distinguished record of achievement and leadership in the humanities. Before becoming chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities in November 1997, Dr. Ferris served for 18 years as founding director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. Dr. Ferris's publications cover the fields of folklore, American literature, music and photography and include the best-selling Encyclopedia of Southern Culture (1989). Dr. Ferris also has taught at Yale University and at Jackson State University in Mississippi. His honors include the presidential Charles Frankel Prize in the Humanities, the American Library Association's Dartmouth Medal, the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award, and France's Chevalier and Officer in the Order ... [Read More]
11/28/00: White Conference on Culture and Diplomacy
Mr. Francis Hodsoll, Hodsoll & Associates, Board Member, Center for Arts and Culture ... H.E. Mia Amor Motley, M.P., Minister of Education, Youth Affairs and Culture, Barbados ... Ms. Allison Bernstein, Vice President of Education/Media/Arts & Culture Programs, Ford Foundation ... [Read More]
Iraq Update - US Department of State
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US Department Of State Post Report
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Belgium: A Truly Neat Place
Belgium is truly a neat place to live. It is located North of France and south of the Netherlands. Also bordering Belgium is Luxembourg. To the right of Belgium is Germany. People from all over the world live in Belgium, due to its strategic place on the map and its connections with the rest of the world. With all of these people from different cultures intermixing in Belgium, it truly makes the Belgian culture richer. I have learned so much about cultures from all over the world. For example, the custom of greeting people in Belgium is with three kisses to the cheek. The American custom is usually to shake hands, but to the Belgians this is considered almost impersonal. ... [Read More]
Rice Will Travel to Middle East, to Iraq Conference in Belgium - US Department of State
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V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G
Guinea is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor. Guinean girls are trafficked internally for forced labor as domestic servants and boys for shoe shining and street vending. Some children are also trafficked for forced labor in agriculture and diamond mining camps. Women and girls are trafficked to Cote d’Ivoire, Benin, Senegal, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, and Greece for sexual exploitation. On a smaller scale, men are trafficked for forced labor in agriculture. Guinea is a destination country for forced child labor from Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, and Senegal. The Government of Guinea does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. Guinea is placed on Tier 2 Watch List for its fail ... [Read More]
Secretary Rice's Trip to the Middle East and Europe - US Department of State
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Belgium (06/05)
Geographically and culturally, Belgium is at a crossroads of Europe, and during the past 2,000 years has witnessed a constant ebb and flow of different races and cultures. Consequently, Belgium is one of Europe's true melting pots with Celtic, Roman, Germanic, French, Dutch, Spanish, and Austrian cultures having made an imprint. ... Belgium’s unemployment rate was 8.0% in 2004. A total of 4.4 million people make up Belgium’s labor force. The majority of these people (73%) work in the service sector. Belgian industry claims 25% of the labor force and agriculture only 2%. As in other industrialized nations, pension and other social security programs have become a major concern as the "baby boom" generation approaches retirement. ... [Read More]
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