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His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje Attends the 2013 International World Water Day Forum and Celebrations. (VIDEOS)

waOn March 22, 2013, His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje, in his  capacity as Chairman of the Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation of the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UNSGAB), participated in the opening of the 2013 International World Water Day held at the Water Forum in Den Haag.

According to RVD, the theme of this year’s event is International Water Cooperation, and during the opening the future king of the Netherlands gave an important speech about — you guessed it — the importance of water and water sanitation.

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Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands Visits Rome, Italy.

pssmaxima2011On March 21, 2013, Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, in her capacity as Special Advocate of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the field of Inclusive Finance for Development, arrived in Rome, Italy for a two-day visit.

According to RVD, the purpose of Princess Maxima’s visit is to:

“…talk with senior officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Program (WFP).  

On Thursday, Princess Maxima gave an opening speech at an interactive meeting with the organizations and permanent representatives of the FAO, IFAD and WFP. The theme of the meeting was: ‘Inclusive Finance, Challenges and Opportunities for the Rome-based food organizations.’ The princess’s speech [focused on] the importance of good access to financial services for agricultural development and poverty reduction in rural areas…”

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News Regarding Their Royal Highnesses Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands.

MWAOn March 20, 2013, Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, in her capacity as Special Advocate of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the Field of Inclusive Finance for Development, held an audience with the President of Liberia, Ms.Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, at Eikenhorst.

According to RVD, discussions focused on “…the importance of universal access to financial services and the new Post-2015 Development Agenda of the United Nations.”

Meanwhile, His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje visited the Science Park Amsterdam. And, he had fun.  The end.   🙂

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TRHs Princess Margriet and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands Attend an Award Ceremony in Brussels.

Princess MargrietOn March 19, 2013, Their Royal Highnesses Princess Margriet and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, along with Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium, attended the 2013 European Culture Foundation Award Ceremony held at The Egg in Brussels.

Per RVD:

“This award of the European Cultural Foundation (ECF), in collaboration with the Ministries of Education, Culture and Science and Foreign Affairs, has been awarded to artists Dan and Lia Perjovschi and conductor Yoel Gamzou. During the ceremony Princess Laurentien, President of the ECF, gave a speech and Princess Margriet presented the awards.” 

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