Day: 24 January 2017

The annual celebrations of Sainte Devote, Monaco’s patron saint, on Thursday, January 26, will take place amid heightened security.

“Taking into account the current international context, security has been reinforced this year,” the government said.

From 5 pm through 9 pm, the area from Place Sainte Devote to No 9 Avenue du President
JF Kennedy will be closed. Filtering will be put in place allowing pedestrian access, with checkpoints and visual checks, as follows:

Persons entering Quai Kennedy, participants in the procession and residents, must present themselves at one of the two entry points, either at “Pattaya” or at Ubaldi, with access by underground passages.

Persons wishing to reach Place Sainte Devote, will have access by the uphill sidewalk of the Avenue d’Ostende and by pedestrian underpasses from rue Grimaldi (building “Panorama”), avenue d’Ostende (downhill sidewalk, sea side) and boulevard Albert 1er.

Those wishing to access Escaliers Sainte Devote will have to use the passage next to the entrance of the Galerie Sainte Devote. Access from or to the railway station by the Sainte Devote valley will be forbidden, while access will be possible by through the Sainte Devote pedestrian tunnel.

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A Monegasque delegation, led by HE Ms Carole Lanteri, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Principality to the UN in Geneva, is taking part in the 140th session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation from January 23 until February 1.

In his introductory remarks in Geneva, Dr Chan, Director General of the organisation, pointed out that, in a period of increasing inequality in wealth, international public health remained a unifying force for achieving equitable social outcomes within the framework of the Sustainable Development Program to 2030.

This session of the Executive Board will also be marked by a decisive step in the process of electing the new Director General of WHO, which will culminate at the World Health Assembly in May. Discussions on budgetary issues, financing and governance of the organisation will also play an important part.

The Executive Board is one of the governing bodies of WHO, composed of 34 elected members and meeting twice a year to facilitate the work of the World Health Assembly by implementing and making recommendations to the World Health Assembly.

As a member since 1948, Monaco contributes fully to the formulation of the policies of the WHO, taking positions on the strategic orientations of the organisation and supporting resolutions of particular importance to the Principality.

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The Charity Show, the 29th edition of the traditional Christmas Show entirely created by students and professors of the International Option of the Charles III College, took place at the Rainier III Auditorium on Friday, January 20.

This high-quality show, which tells the story of the “Lion King”, allowed the college students and the teaching staff to demonstrate, once again, a real talent in staging and interpretation, and all who took part demonstrated an attachment to the human values of solidarity and generosity.

This year nearly €13,000 were raised and the funds will be entirely dedicated to a major cause, that of the Preventorium, Foyer Rainier III of Madagascar. Nearly 70 children suffering from rickets and malformation are cared for at this institution. After surgery, these children are offered care and rehabilitation before returning to their families.

The Principality contributes financially to the functioning of the Home and the funds collected by the pupils of the College Charles III during the Charity Show constitute two thirds of the total grant awarded.

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Two young men from a rough part of Nice who attacked plainclothes police officers in Monaco have been sent to jail by the Criminal Court in the Principality.

The Court was told that the two young men from Ariane assaulted the officers on Saturday, January 14, near La Rascasse where they had come to celebrate a birthday.

One of the victims suffered multiple fractures, head injuries and facial trauma. The officer will need three months to recover before he can return to work, the court heard.

One of the two defendants was sentenced to one year in jail and the second to ten months. “Monaco is not a jungle,” they were told by the court president.

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