United Nations Association-Brazil
United Nations Association – Brazil is a grass root institution liked to the UN that aims to educate, inspire and mobilize the Brazilian civil society regarding the principles and values inscribed in the Charter of the United Nations.
UNA-Brazil is also engaged with disseminating the institutional importance of the work developed by the UN through the implementation of projects, activities and partnerships in the local, national and international spheres.
Fórum das Américas
Fórum das Américas is an independent institution dedicated to the discussion of the main hemispheric issues, from human rights to democracy, from environment to free trade areas.
Founded in 1978, Fórum das Américas has already organized a number of events with highlights to “The United Nations and Society in the Threshold of a New Millennium”, in 1998, that counted with the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as the main speaker and gathered the most important leaders of the Brazilian society. UNA-Brazil was established in this same occasion.
SDF 2008 - Venue and Date
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May 2nd, 2008 |
One year past the SDF 2007, during the Brazilian extended hollyday, from 8:00am until 2:30pm. |
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Cosmopolitan center that allows attendance of greater amount of international personalities and enables a better repercussion of the event. |
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Reference in New York, Cipriani Wall Street offers the necessary venue to accomodate our guests comfortably with VIP treatment. |
SDF 2008 Goals
Create and strengthen the perception, especially from the business community, that no profit will be sustainable in the medium to long run if the economic activity it is based on is not environmentally sustainable;
Mobilize political, academic and business leaders and promote international dialogue on sustainable development;
Use a business language to present the various concepts, providing scientific analyses and realistic goals;
Generate networking opportunity between part of the global business elite, furnishing them the knowledge to start businesses and partnerships that take the limitations of our planet into consideration;
Achieve great international repercussion of this crucial subject and stimulate action by governments, enterprises and individuals;
Fund-raise for future projects of the United Nations Association - Brazil.
Partners and Invited Press
Partners SDF 2007: Council of the Americas, FALA!, FENADVB, Novel Holdings Limited, Quintessentially, Brazil-Texas Chamber of Commerce, World Business Council for Sustainable Development and World Federation of United Nations Associations.
Press to be invited: Azteca TV, Correio Popular, Dinheiro, El País, O Estado de São Paulo, Financial Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Herald Tribune, Jornal do Brasil, Jovem Pan, Le Monde, Newsweek, Rede Record, Revista Forbes, The Economist, Times of London, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, etc.
Confirmed Honorary Speaker
Al Gore
Vice President of the United States of America (1992-2000);
2007 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
“The Inconvenient Truth and the Global Alliance for Sustainability”
Other Invited Speakers:
Bill Clinton, President of the United States of America (1992-2000)
Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007)
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State of the United States of America
Celso Amorim, Brazil’s Minister of Foreign Relation
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Benefits for Sponsors
Participation at event with very distinguished invitees, including presidents and CEOs of important companies from many different sectors, state authorities, royalties, personalities and academics from Brazil and the world;
Expose and present its logo and products to a very wealthy international clientele with great promotion and repercussion capacity;
Associate its image to themes of the large public interest as sustainable development and global warming;
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