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Itis apublic organization, and
one of the leading NGOs
connected to the United
Nations in the Russian
Federation. We are closely
associated w'th the United
Nations. Since 1994 we have
been associate members of
the Department of Public
Information, and since 1995
we have had consultative sta-
tus w'th ECOSOC.

We do much research, andwe
contribute to the '[JN infor-
mation centre in Moscow by
producing reports and
documentation in Russian.
These activities have not gone
unnoticed, and an
intemational foundation,
namely the Edward Rhein
foundation in Germany, gave
us its merit award for all these
efforts in 2002.

This is an opportunity for
The main emphasis of the
people who want to fulfill
Academy is the promotion
their personal projects for the
and dissemination of
sake of and out of interest in
information and exposing
the general public. So, the
more and more people to
Academy offers them a space
important aspects of
to do so. Thus, this is a
globalization.
platform for those who want
to do it.
We also talk about culture and
we organize conferences on
Q: What would you like
this particular subject.
to achieve?
Everything is connected to
important UN issues such as
You see, the point is that life
the dialogue among
itself dictates to us what we
civilizations, which is the
need to do in each and every
must of the world, culture of
moment. Right now we are
heritages, and many other
concentrating our efforts on
subjects.
global wammg because this
is what we consider very
important in Europe, focusing
on everything that was
discussed in Bali as a general
guide. So we want to contn-
bute, to this parl'culg issue.
For further information about
the work of the Intemational
Informatization Acadetny,
please consult their website
WWW.na.nl

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