Maurice Frederick Strong, PC, CC, OM, FRSC, FRAIC (April 29, 1929 – November 27, 2015) was a Canadian oil and mineral businessman and a diplomat who served...
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Jim MacNeill (section Relationship to Maurice Strong)
of fellow Canadian Maurice Strong, and that MacNeill's career in the United Nations benefited from that relationship. Maurice Strong was a close adviser...
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environmental issues within the United Nations system. It was established by Maurice Strong, its first director, after the United Nations Conference on the Human...
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of this spiritual development was catalyzed by the couple Hanne and Maurice Strong in the 1970s, who set out to make it an interfaith center. Crestone...
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Government of Sweden to host it, UN Secretary-General U Thant invited Maurice Strong to lead it as Secretary-General of the Conference, as the Canadian diplomat...
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Paul Martin was hired in the 1960s to work for Paul Desmarais Sr. by Maurice Strong. Martin became president of Canada Steamship Lines, a subsidiary of...
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Blix, along with Strong and his associates, a final draft was formed on the last day of the Conference. A debate held by Maurice Strong saw opposition and...
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decisive victory at the Battle of Fontenoy. Maurice was born at Goslar, an illegitimate son of Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania...
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summits before and after Rio 1992 (the first one in 1972) Global Map Maurice Strong Precautionary principle Regional Forum on Environment and Health in...
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Charles Rene Strong (born August 2, 1960) is an American football coach who was most recently the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at the...
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provided the momentum for the 1992 Earth Summit/UNCED, which was headed by Maurice Strong, who had been a prominent member of the commission. The Brundtland Commission...
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hostility of existing oil firms.[citation needed] Its first president was Maurice Strong. The Progressive Conservatives (PCs), then led by Albertan Joe Clark...
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Maurice Bernard Sendak (/ˈsɛndæk/; June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American author and illustrator of children's books. He became most widely known...
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Directors. CESO was founded by several noteworthy Canadians including Maurice Strong, Mitchell Sharp, Paul Martin Sr., Claude Hebert and Cy Peachey On December...
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executive assistant to Power Corporation Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Maurice Strong, was appointed to the CSL board of directors. In 1971, CSL minority...
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Conference on Environmental Development (UNCED), that was also headed by Maurice Strong, who had been a prominent member of the Brundtland Commission – and...
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Shaib (Nigeria) Vladimir Sokolov (USSR) Janez Stanovnik (Yugoslavia) Maurice Strong (Canada) Ex Officio Jim MacNeill (Canada) In May 1984, the commission...
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occur again, he appointed Maurice Strong, former CEO of Petro-Canada, to become CEO of Hydro and shake up the company. Strong asked Bill Farlinger, a laissez-faire...
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(1996) Community ownership Sam Berger Gordon Henderson William Teron Maurice Strong Don McLean David Loeb Allan Waters limited partnership of 27 businesses...
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conductor (d. 2014) 1929 – April Stevens, American singer (d. 2023) 1929 – Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (d. 2015) 1929 – Jeremy Thorpe, English...
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directors of American Water Development Inc, along with, among others, Maurice Strong, Samuel Belzberg, Alexander Crutchfield, and William Ruckelshaus.[citation...
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Maurice (Latin: Mauricius; Greek: Μαυρίκιος, translit. Maurikios; 539 – 27 November 602) was Byzantine emperor from 582 to 602 and the last member of...
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Earth Charter Initiative in cooperation with Mikhail Gorbachev and Maurice Strong. The Earth Charter document was launched in the Peace Palace in The...
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the engineering profession.) Maurice was particularly devoted to their mother; her Basque-Spanish heritage was a strong influence on his life and music...
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executive assistant to Power Corporation Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Maurice Strong, was appointed to the CSL board of directors. In 1971 CSL minority shareholders...
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September 1849 – 25 March 1905), known professionally by his stage name Maurice Barrymore, was an Indian-born British stage actor. He is the patriarch...
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Behr, Tanzanian-South African author and academic (b. 1963) 2015 – Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (b. 1929) 2015 – Garrett Swasey,...
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Maurice (also Moritz, Morris, or Mauritius; Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲙⲱⲣⲓⲥ) was an Egyptian military leader who headed the legendary Theban Legion of Rome in the...
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promote the Charter. The idea of the Earth Charter originated in 1987, by Maurice Strong and Mikhail Gorbachev as members of The Club of Rome, when the United...
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Maurice LaMarche (born March 30, 1958) is a Canadian voice actor and comedian. He has voiced The Brain in Animaniacs as well as its spin-off Pinky and...
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