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The Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations and the Japan Foundation presented the Great East Japan Earthquake Commemoration Concert in the General Assembly Hall on 5 March 2012 at 7:00 pm. It was Global Solidarity for People Affected by Disasters and conflicts. The theme was: Overcoming the Disaster: Gratitude from japan to the World. Here is the program: Prayer: Wakamizu Kagura Prayer - Ondekoza and Musicians Taiko - Ondekoza: Kagura is an ancient traditional Japanese art form composed of music and dance. Wakumizu Kagura is performed by a regional farming comunity in Iwate prefecture in the Tohoku region in the northeastern part of japan. Finale - Ondekoza dn Musicians: One of Japan's most prominent taiko groups, ondekaza, was formed in 1969 in Sado, Niigata prefecture. Ondekoza is widely recognized as one of groups to have elevated taiko to a performance art.

This info is from UNEP/TEEB NEWS RELEASE The Natural Capital at Risk: the Top 100 Externalities for Business Report at http://www.teebforbusiness.org New Study Shows Multi-Trillion Dollar Natural Capital Risk Underlining Urgency of Green Economy Transition LONDON / NEW DELHI, 15 April 2013 – A new report by the TEEB for Business Coalition estimates the global top 100 environmental externalities are costing the economy world-wide around US$4.7 trillion a year in terms of the economic costs of greenhouse gas emissions, loss of natural resources, loss of nature-based services such as carbon storage by forests, climate change and air pollution-related health costs. The report, “Natural Capital at Risk – The Top 100 Externalities of Business”, was released today during the Business for the Environment summit in New Delhi. Planetary boundaries are being approached at a reckless pace, and some argue that global biodiversity, nitrogen and climate thresholds have already been breached....

A quick reference to United Nations Peacekeeping Missions: UN field mission websites maintained locally by respective mission: http://www.unmissions.org/ - The list is supplementary to more comprehensive UN Headquarters websites reflecting on the UN activities in the areas of peacekeeping, peacemaking, conflict prevention and peacebuilding. For comprehensive information on the United Nations Peacekeeping please check out http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/

NEW UN SURVEY ‘MY WORLD’ LETS CITIZENS VOTE ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES New York, Mar 12 2013 3:00PM Citizens from all over the world can help shape the future global development agenda through their participation in the United Nations survey ‘My World’, which allows them to vote on issues they believe are priorities and should be addressed by world leaders. Launched this week, the http://www.myworld2015.org/ survey seeks to build on the momentum generated by the anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and tackle challenges that go beyond their 2015 deadline.

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The Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly 66th session, 2011-2012 is finalized and it is available in the ITP iSeek page: Index to proceedings of the Economic and Social Council, Available on the intranet of the United Nations at http://iseek.un.org/LibraryDocuments/1430-201211130806462920681.pdf

The International Budget Partnership has released the 2012 Open Budget Index along with an interactive data browser to see how a country’s scores and ranking have changed over time. Click here for the full interactive feature: http://bit.ly/X4akFS Interested in learning more about budget transparency? Replay a great event on "Increasing the Pace of Budget Transparency": http://bit.ly/WTW2I2