Welcome to the Homepage of the German Embassy Lusaka
Dear Visitor,
Welcome - Mwaiseni mukwai - Takupoke lelani to the homepage of the German Embassy in Lusaka! The staff of the German Embassy would like to introduce you to German-Zambian relations and to give you some useful information on the activities of the Embassy. We would also like to provide you with lots of useful information on Germany.
We would now like to invite you to browse through this Website!
Climate change, biodiversity, energy efficiency, world food supplies and population growth: The Year of Science 2012 is fully focused on sustainable development. The aim is to stimulate public awareness about sustainability research under the motto “Future Project Earth” by making current scientific developments accessible to a broader public. In the coming months numerous events are planned throughout Germany.
Stimulating awareness for sustainability
Smart solutions developed in Germany are providing innovative answers to global challenges of energy demand, climate change, and a global population in transformation.
The 20th anniversary of German reunification in October 2010 provided an ideal window of opportunity for Germany Trade & Invest to communicate this important marketing message to a global audience with the official launch of its “GERMANY. SMART SOLUTIONS. SMARTER BUSINESS.” international media campaign.
Germany. Smart Solutions. Smarter Business.
It combines the symbols of a hand and a bird: “Free as a man” is the title of the blue logo which was created by Predrag Štakić from Serbia and became the universally recognized symbol of the international movement for human rights at the end of September 2011. The graphic designer’s work won convincingly in a worldwide competition for a human rights logo which Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle launched in Berlin in May 2011.
December 10: Human Rights Day
On December 5, 2011, ten years after the first Afghanistan Conference at the Petersberg near Bonn, leading representatives of the international community will again be meeting to discuss the future of the country in the Hindu Kush. At the conference, which is being headed by the Afghan government under the motto “From Transition to Transformation”, Germany will be hosting around 90 international delegations.
Future perspectives for Afghanistan
Will the international community be able to make concrete steps towards global climate protection? This will be the decisive question when representatives from around 200 states meet from November 28 to December 9, 2011 in Durban, South Africa, at the 17th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Cop 17) to negotiate an agreement for the years following 2012. That is when the Kyoto Protocol expires, so far the most important instrument in international climate change policy.
Climate protection
Attractive football, a fast game, plenty of variety, full stadiums and a colourful fan culture – that’s what makes the Bundesliga so fascinating. Just a few years ago, it was considered too static, comparatively backward and no match for Europe’s best. Now it has joined the ranks of the world’s strongest leagues.
Fascinating Bundesliga
The new human rights logo looks almost like a hand about to take flight on a breeze – as light and delicate as a feather. Predrag Stakić, the creator has now been honoured in New York as the winner of the global competition to find a human rights logo.
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