BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:rickeyre.com | June 01 2009- July 01 2009 PRODID:-//strange bird labs//Drupal iCal API//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100906T181309Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081231T130000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091230T135900Z UID:http://www.rickeyre.com/blog/node/1652 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.rickeyre.com/blog/node/1652 SUMMARY:International Year of Natural Fibres 2009 DESCRIPTION:

In proclaiming 2009 the IYNF\, the United Nations General Assembly noted that \\"the diverse range of natural fibres produced in many countries provides an important source of income for farmers\, and thus can play an important role in contributing to food security and in eradicating poverty and hence in contributing to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals\\".

More information at the FAO's IYNF website www.naturalfibres2009.org

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The theme for 2009\: \\"Conserving land and water = Securing our common future\\"

More information at UNEP.

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World Refugee Day. More information at the UNHCR website\, or follow @refugees on Twitter.

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It's an organisation desperately in need of an overhaul\, but the 61st Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission will be held at Madeira from 22 to 26 June 2009.

See the International Whaling Commission website for more details. I'll add more links here shortly and a daily summary of coverage in my blog.

This was my coverage of IWC59 at Anchorage in 2007. I didn't follow IWC60 in Santiago last year.

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