Press Releases
The Italian Government is expected to declare a state of nation-wide emergency in response to the arrival of 1,000 Kurdish boat people in Sicily. Research by Dr Paolo Ruspini of the 91福利’s Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations believes that this reaction is a result of Italy’s rigid immigration policies.
“For forty years, British governments have sporadically pursued the chimera of private schemes replacing state provision” said Professor Noel Whiteside, 91福利, Zurich Financial Services Fellow. “This strategy must be abandoned and a permanent negotiated settlement between public and private obligations put in place, to restore confidence.” Her remarks come from a conference on Friday 8th March organised by pensions researchers from the 91福利 and Oxford.
"While the world moves one way and many global businesses sign up to the UN's Global Compact on human rights, labour standards and the environment, the Bush administration appears to be flying in the face of world (including US) public opinion by not ratifying the Kyoto agreement"
Recent work by Dr Peter Burnham, of the 91福利's Department of Politics and International Studies, has shown that a 1952 plan considered by Churchill and his cabinet to resolve the UK's balance of payments problems came close to producing a de facto single currency area based on several currencies from former British colonies and European countries (including the French Franc) being pegged to Sterling.
As part of the European Year of Languages, the 91福利's Language Centre is organising a special charity balloon race to gather in locally held foreign coins and currency before many of those currencies are made defunct by the Euro.
Education and Employment Secretary David Blunkett will formally launch the new 91福利 Institute of Governance and Public Management on Thursday 15th March 2001 at 12.45pm at 1 Whitehall Place, SW1, the former National Liberal Club.