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NEWSLETTER #13 MAY 2007
New Flag of the Order, now available News, Notes, and Events for Members and Friends of this Sovereign Order GRAND LIEUTENANT DECLARES STATEHOOD Our Grand Lieutenant, His Excellency Dr. Angueira, declared SMOKH an ecclesiastical state on July 13, 2007, after receiving the grant of one square mile form Prince Lazarus Long of the Republic of New Utopia. The announcement was made public at the Hospitaller Meeting in Ft. Lauderdale at the Hilton Hotel, before an audience of more than forty doctors and therapists. His Excellency the Grand Master, first gave a summary of the history of the Order, followed by Dr. Angueira's presentation on the steps necessary for accession to statehood. The lectures with accompanying powerpoint presentations can be viewed here: http://smokh.org/historylecture/histlecture.html As a result of these enormous accomplishments, a new website has been constructed to represent the government of the Order. http://smokh.org/ This is an important and uplifting message for all of humanity. http://blessedunrest.com/video.html Amazing people everywhere. check us out on wise earth INTERNATIONAL NEWS Surgery in Ecuador - No Fear Service Civilians in Iraq Denied Medical CareAnn Scott Tyson reports for The Washington Post: "Mike Helms, 31, a civilian counterintelligence expert with the Army's 902nd Military Intelligence Group, had been sent to Iraq in 2004 to help fill a critical intelligence gap in the area known as the Sunni Triangle. While in Iraq, he lived with soldiers and ate military rations, took fire from mortar rounds and small arms, and clocked hundreds of miles manning a machine gun on the back of a Humvee. Nevertheless, his status as an Army civilian would leave him stranded in the aftermath of the June 16, 2004 attack, when the bomb hit his Humvee so hard it blew his M-60 off its turret. In the months that followed, Helms recalled, he was denied vital care for his wounds." FIVE-YEAR CAMPAIGN TO END HUNGER LAUNCHED (2 jul 2007) A five-year campaign to end hunger, starting with a call to governments to deliver on their existing commitment to halve hunger by 2015, was launched today by an international NGO. Preparing for PermacultureKelpie Wilson of Truthout reports: "While in Australia for the International Agrichar Initiative conference in April, I got a chance to visit Djanbung Gardens, a farm and learning center founded by permaculture expert Robyn Francis in the alternative community of Nimbin, New South Wales. After a wonderful hour touring the garden with students from Canada, South Africa and France, I sat down with Robyn for a chat about permaculture and the future of Australia's and the world's agricultural systems." GORE SHOW IS SET TO BE BIGGEST ON EARTH(1 jul 2007) China will broadcast Live Earth, giving the climate change concerts an audience of 2 billion. Will that silence the sceptics? From: The ObserverDEATH OF THE AMAZON(30 jun 2007) In Brazil, environmental technocrats talk of saving the rainforest with satellite technology - but loggers, miners and farmers keep finding scams to evade the law, report Sue Branford and Jan Rocha.STOP THE AGROFUELS CRAZE, PLEADS GRAIN(30 jun 2007) The stampede into agrofuels is causing far greater environmental and social damage than had been realised, with ecosystems being destroyed and hundreds of thousands of indigenous and peasant communities thrown off their land - and there is worse to come, says an international agriculture NGO. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150829/7263/172662 POWER WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITY: THE MOZAMBIQUE EXAMPLE(29 jun 2007) As international donors meet in Maputo to discuss Mozambique's development, Elísio Macamo uses the country as an example of how aid can undermine sovereignty - and why former President Joaquim Chissano - a man admired for his diplomatic skills, composure and good manners - got angry.http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150818/7263/172662 CLIMATE MAY FORCE REMOVAL OF ENTIRE CITIES, OFFICIALS WARN(29 jun 2007) Entire cities may eventually have to be moved as Europe tackles global warming, according to a new European Commission report that sets out options for EU action in adapting to climate change across the continent. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150815/7263/172662 RED CROSS CONDEMNS MYANMAR(29 jun 2007) The International Red Cross has made a rare public denunciation of Myanmar's continued violations of international humanitarian law against civilians and detainees. The armed forces' use of detainees as porters is singled out.http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150810/7263/172662 LDCS MOST VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: UN(29 jun 2007) The High Representative for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Anwarul Chowdhury, said that the UN debate on climate change will lose credibility if the concerns of these countries are sidelined because they are most vulnerable to climate change impacts. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150792/7263/172662 News from OneWorld South Asia PAKISTAN LAUNCHES LARGEST-EVER ANTI-MEASLES CAMPAIGN(2 jul 2007) Pakistan is launching the largest-ever measles vaccination campaign to bring down disease-related deaths by 90 per cent by the year 2010. The partners in the initiative include the American Red Cross, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UN Foundation, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). UN ENVOY URGES MEDIA TO SPEAK FOR POOR COUNTRIES(30 jun 2007) The High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, locked Developing Countries and the Small Island Developing States, Anwarul K. Chowdhury, who is stepping down, urged the world media to step up its attention on the needs of "voiceless" developing countries when dealing with cyclones, floods, prolonged droughts and other environmental effects of climate change. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150824/1893/172 662 URBAN AREAS TO RIDE POPULATION BOOM: UNFPA(29 jun 2007) A UN Population Fund (UNFPA) report indicates that more than half the global population, projected at 3.3 billion, will be living in towns and cities by 2008. In Asia the urban population will increase from 1.36 billion to 2.64 billion while Africa's urban population will go up from 294 million to 742 million, and that of Latin America and the Caribbean from 394 million to 609 million. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150798/1893/172662 SPEAK OUT TO SAVE INDIAN VILLAGES(29 jun 2007) Dozens of villages have been flooded; houses, fields and trees have disappeared under water and people have became landless, since the government of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh closed the gates of the Omkareshwar dam in the Narmada valley. Support the demands of the people in the Narmada Valley by sending the letter to the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh for adequate compensation and rehabilitation for the people. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150797/1893/172 662 ITU COLLABORATES FOR FASTER RESPONSE TO DISASTERS(28 jun 2007) The International Telecommunication Union ( ITU) has reached an agreement with ICO Global Communications and the Commonwealth Business Council to utilize satellite communications for improved global response in the face of natural disasters.SMOKH AFFILIATES WITH THE SCHOOL INEPE, QUITOIn the spirit of cooperation, and fostering medical care in the highlands of Quito, SMOKH officially affiliated with INEPE and made a donation to the school. Many Knights in attendance also made donations to the school both monetary and clothing for the attendants as well as assisting in medical care in the school's primary care clinic.  At the INEPE School, a 3 day course on rural primary care was held, outlining the Hospitaller template for future clinics. More than 30 doctors were in attendance including physicians from Ecuador's Social Security Hospital where a presentation was planned for the hospital's staff in October.  Three medical doctors from the Public Health Dept. of Medical Social Security attended the program, and Prof. Charles was invited for a hospital presentation of Primary Care and Office Efficiency for October 2007. Listen to the Opening Lecture on Rural Primary Care user is: medical password is: order click here to open the accompanying powerpoint LINKS: updated july 4, 2007check us out on wise earthhttp://wiserearth.org/organization/view/4217cfd236e9fa7f2544ee01891d 2457Our link submission has been approved for the UNITIED NATIONS / DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION web siteLink title: Sovereign Medical Order of the Knights Hospitaller http://ww3.undpi.org/index.php?name=Web_Links&req=viewlink&c id=4 Primary Health Care25 Years of the Alma-Ata DeclarationHealth for All by the Year 2000" was an ambitious and worthy goal. But even those who formulated it back in 1978 did not fully grasp its meaning. No wonder that 25 years later we have yet to realize all its dreams... http://www.paho.org/english/dd/pin/almaata25.htm http://www.paho.org/english/dd/pin/alma_ata_eng.asx KNIGHTS INFORMATIVE LECTURE FOR PROSPECTIVE NEW MEMBERSWe have posted a short public lecture on the history of the knights. I continue to receive comments or queries if we have "masonic" or "illuminati" ties or background. I think this lecture should help dispel those notions. http://smokh.org/historylecture.html http://smokh.org/ International Humanitarian Law - Treaties & Documentshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Humanitarian_Law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospitallers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John_Ambulance http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/295?OpenDocument http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/300?OpenDocument UNITED NATIONS WEB SITESName: ORDRES DES CHEVALIERS HOSPITALIERS DE SAINT JEAN DE JERUSALEMhttp://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/asp/form.asp?RegID=--&CnID=all &AcID=0&kw=ORDRES%20DES%20CHEVALIERS%20HOSPITALIERS&NGOID=1114 Sovereign Medical Order of the Knights Hospitallerhttp://www2.prestel.co.uk/church/oosj/osj.htm Extractos del Registro Oficial de Jueves 19 de Abril de 2007 Acuerdo Ministerial - 74 Publicación: Registro Oficial - 67 Fecha: Jueves, 19/Abril/ 2007 Descripción: Ordena la inscripción del Estatuto de la Orden Soberana de San Juan de Jerusalén Caballeros Hospitalarios, con domicilio en la ciudad de Quito, provincia de Pichincha |
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