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The Prime Minister and President agreed to keep in close touch on this and other important issues.

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Whether getting busy parents home sooner, building recreation centres for young people, or helping communities adapt to climate change, investments in local infrastructure create good, middle class jobs and make our cities and towns better places to live.

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today visited Edmonton, Alberta, to highlight a one-time Municipal Infrastructure Top-Up in Budget 2019. The Top-Up will double this year’s federal transfer to municipalities in support of local infrastructure priorities. In 2018, Edmonton received over $51 million in federal funding for local infrastructure priorities. With the Top-Up this year, this funding is expected to increase to over $102 million.

Edmonton is currently putting federal funding toward important projects, including building the Edmonton Downtown Community Arena and replacing its bus fleet with low emission vehicles. New funding from the Top-Up will allow the city to advance these and other key priorities, which could include expanding recreational facilities, upgrading transportation routes, and improving water and wastewater systems.

By working more closely with municipalities, the Government of Canada is providing communities across the country with the tools they need to complete important infrastructure projects and make everyday life easier and more affordable for the middle class and people working hard to join it.

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Annual Leadership Excursion Underway in Cyprus The annual AHEPA Family Leadership Excursion is underway as the delegation, led by Supreme President George E. Loucas, arrived in Cyprus on May 5. Among the series of events held in Cyprus included: meetings with President Nicos Anastasiades and U.S. Ambassador Judith Garber and a Charity Gala held in the Presidential Palace where Community Leader and Businessman Philip Christopher received the AHEPA-Socrates Award, the highest honor AHEPA can bestow.  Read News Release | Photo Gallery Today, the delegation departs for Athens, Greece, for three days of meetings and events.  From there, it will proceed to the Ecumenical Patriarchate and conclude in Thessaloniki. AHEPA has organized overseas excursions since 1928. Celebrating Greek Independence in Chicago   The AHEPA family of Districts 12 (Indiana) and 13 (Illinois and Wisconsin) celebrated the 198th anniversary of Greek Independence at the Greek American community of Chicago's annual parade, May 5.  Visit our updated photo gallery Statement | Resignation of Archbishop Demetrios Supreme President George E. Loucas issued a statement upon the announced resignation of His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Geron of America. "Since the moment of His Eminence's enthronement, he has walked side-by-side, hand-in-hand, with AHEPA family leaders at significant, even historical occasions for the community." Coverage: Ekathimerini | GreekNews Online Turkey's Stated Intention to Drill in Cyprus' Sovereign Waters Strongly Condemned "AHEPA strongly condemns Turkey's stated intention to drill for gas in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Cyprus and is deeply concerned about the situation," said Supreme President George E. Loucas in a statement issued May 6, 2019. Read entire statement Make Plans Today! | 2019 Supreme Convention Chicago will play host to the 97th AHEPA Family Supreme Convention, July 1 to 6, 2019. The Palmer House Hilton Hotel will be the venue.  Initial details, including hotel accommodations, can be found here. Secure the $159 plus tax per night room rate by making your reservation today!  Attention Chapters: Report your delegates/alternates early. Reporting Form (PDF) Don't forget to follow AHEPA on social media:                                  NEW!

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Η οργάνωση International Hellenic Association με κεντρικά διεύθυνση στο Claymont, Delaware19703, των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών Αμερικής, ενόψει της πρόσφατης νέας τουρκικής προκλητικότητας/εισβολής στην κυπριακή ΑΟΖ, έστειλε  στις 8 Μαΐου 2019 την πιο κάτω επιστολή στους κάτωθι:

Γενικό Γραμματέα του ΟΗΕ António Guterres

Υπουργό Εξωτερικών των ΗΠΑ Michael Richard  Pompeo

Υπουργό Εξωτερικών και Κοινοπολιτείας Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου Jeremy Hunt

Υπουργό Εξωτερικών Ρωσικής Ομοσπονδίας Sergey Lavrov

Υπουργό Εξωτερικών της Γαλλικής Δημοκρατίας Jean–Yves Le Drian

Υπουργό Εξωτερικών της Λαϊκής Δημοκρατίας της Κίνας Wang Yi,

Γενικό Γραμματέα του Συμβουλίου της Ευρώπης Thorbjørn Jagland

Αντιπρόεδρο της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής και Πρόεδρο Εξωτερικών Υποθέσεων και Πολιτικής Ασφάλειας της ΕΕ Federica Maria Mogherini

Την Γενική Γραμματέα της Κοινοπολιτείας Βαρόνη Scotland of Asthal QC και τον

Γενικό Γραμματέα της Νοτιο-ατλαντικής Συμμαχίας (ΝΑΤΟ) Jens Stoltenberg

Αγαπητοί,

Θέμα: « Η τουρκική προκλητική επίθεση στην Αποκλειστική Οικονομική Ζώνη της Κύπρου: Η νέα εισβολή της Τουρκίας» 

Η International Hellenic Association εκφράζει την αγανάκτησή της για την νέα γυμνή επιθετικότητα της Τουρκίας να εισβάλει στην Αποκλειστική Οικονομική Ζώνη (ΑΟΖ) της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας και να στείλει τα σκάφη της να λεηλατήσουν τα αποθέματα  υδρογονανθράκων της Κύπρου. 

Προσυπογράφουμε την ανακοίνωση του Λόμπυ για την Κύπρο της 7ης Μαΐου 2019 «Η τουρκική προκλητική επίθεση στην Αποκλειστική Οικονομική Ζώνη της Κύπρου: Η νέα εισβολή της Τουρκίας» ( θα την βρείτε εδώ:  https://lobbyforcyprus.wordpress.com/2019/05/07/cyprus-eez-incursion/ και σε αντίγραφο πιο κάτω ως παράρτημα στην επιστολή αυτή.)

Καθώς καλωσορίζουμε τις διάφορες δηλώσεις από την διεθνή κοινότητα, όπως αυτές προβάλλονται στην ανακοίνωση του Λόμπυ, συμφωνούμε με τον κ . Χρήστου ότι «τα λόγια δεν αρκούν». Η τουρκική επιθετικότητα πρέπει να αντιμετωπιστεί με συγκεκριμένες ενέργειες και μέτρα επιβολής κυρώσεων.

Η Τουρκία εδώ και δεκαετίες συμπεριφέρεται κακώς δίχως να πληρώνει κανένα τίμημα για τα εγκλήματά της και άλλες παράνομες δραστηριότητες. Ως αποτέλεσμα, αφέθη να μετατραπεί σε μια απολυταρχία και ο νταής (bully) της Ανατολικής Μεσογείου.  Είναι ακατανόητο γιατί τα Ηνωμένα Έθνη, το ΝΑΤΟ, η ΕΕ, το Συμβούλιο της Ευρώπης,  η Κοινοπολιτεία και άλλοι διεθνείς οργανισμοί, ακόμα παρουσιάζονται διστακτικοί να πάρουν αποφασιστική δράση για να διασφαλίσουν τους δικούς των Χάρτες, Συμβάσεις και αξίες. Εκτός από το να ανέχονται ουσιαστικά την συνεχιζόμενη κατοχή σημαντικού μέρους της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας, ως επακόλουθο των δύο εισβολών της τον Ιούλιο και Αύγουστο του 1974, η κάθε μία από αυτές τις οργανώσεις δεν έκανε τίποτα το ουσιαστικό να τερματίζει την συνεχιζόμενη τουρκική κατοχή και να σταματήσει την συνεχιζόμενη παραβίαση των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων χιλιάδων ξεριζωμένων Χριστιανών Ελλήνων πολιτών της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας. Για δεκαετίες, αυθαίρετα απαγορεύεται στους ανθρώπους αυτούς να επιστρέψουν στα σπίτια και περιουσίες τους στην υπό τουρκική κατοχή περιοχή  (της ΚΔ).

Είναι καιρός όλοι εσείς, ως ηγέτες ισχυρών χωρών και ιδρυμάτων υποστηρίξετε τις αρχές και αξίες πολιτισμένων κοινωνιών.  Πρέπει να σταματήσετε το ελεύθερο χέρι της Τουρκίας να επιδίδεται σε επιθετικότητα.  Σας παρακαλούμε, επομένως, να μας εξηγήσετε ποία μέτρα θα πάρετε ξεχωριστά ή συλλογικά: να εμποδίσετε την Τουρκία από περαιτέρω παραβιάζεις της κυριαρχίας και ΑΟΖ της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας και, δεύτερο, να λογοδοτήσει η Τουρκία για την συνεχιζόμενη κατοχή του βόρειου μέρος της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας, για τις αλλεπάλληλες παραβιάζεις ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων και για την κατάφορη παραβίαση του διεθνούς δικαίου. 

Αναμένουμε να λάβουμε τις ανταποκρίσεις από όλους/όλες  σας στην επιστολή μας αυτή. 

Με Εκτίμηση, 

International Hellenic Association 

From : https://professors-phds.com/iha/

INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC ASSOCIATION (USA)
Claymont, Delaware 19703
U.S.A

Please use this email for contact/replies : 

To IHA President Capt. Evangelos Rigos 

ihahellas@gmail.com

8 May 2019 

Addressed to: 

His Excellency António Guterres,Secretary General of the United Nations

His Excellency Michael Richard  Pompeo, Secretary of State of the United States

Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP, Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary of the United Kingdom

His Excellency Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

His Excellency Jean-Yves Le Drian,Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of France 

His Excellency Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China

His Excellency Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe

Her Excellency  Federica Maria Mogherini, Vice-President of the European Commission, President of the Foreign Affairs Council and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy 

Rt. Hon. Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth

His Excellency Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) 

Dear all, 

Re: “Incursion in to Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone: Turkey’s latest invasion” 

The International Hellenic Association is appalled by the new naked aggression of Turkey to invade the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus and illegally send its vessels to plunder Cyprus’ hydrocarbon resources. 

We second Lobby for Cyprus’ press release of 7 May 2019 entitled “Incursion in to Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone: Turkey’s latest invasion” (at https://lobbyforcyprus.wordpress.com/2019/05/07/cyprus-eez-incursion/ and copied into the Appendix of this letter.)  We fully support its content. 

Whilst we welcome the various statements from the international community, as mentioned in the press release, we agree with Mr Christou that “words are not enough”. Turkish aggression must be faced with concrete action and punitive measures.

Turkey has been misbehaving for decades without paying any price for her crimes and other illegal activities. In consequence, she has been allowed to become an autocracy and the bully of the Eastern Mediterranean. It is incomprehensible why the United Nations, NATO, the EU, the Council of Europe, the Commonwealth and other international organisations still appear reluctant to take decisive action to safeguard their own Charters, Conventions and values.  Besides effectively condoning Turkey’s continued occupation of a substantial part of the Republic of Cyprus, following its two invasions in July and August 1974, each of these organisations has done nothing of any substance to reverse the ongoing Turkish occupation and to prevent the ongoing violation of the human rights of the thousands of uprooted Christian Greek citizens of the Republic of Cyprus.  For decades, they have been arbitrarily prohibited from returning to their homes and properties in the Turkish-occupied area.

It is high time that you, as leaders of powerful countries or institutions stand by the principles and values of civilized societies.  You must put a stop to Turkey’s free hand to engage in aggression.  Please, therefore, explain which action will be taken by each of you individually and by all of you collectively: firstly, to prevent Turkey from further violating the sovereignty and EEZ of the Republic of Cyprus and, secondly, to hold Turkey to account for its ongoing occupation of the north of the Republic of Cyprus, for its multiple violations of human rights and for its flagrant disregard for international law.

We look forward to receiving from each of you a response to this letter.

Yours sincerely

International Hellenic Association

The International Hellenic Association-IHA www.professors-PhDs.com is a non profit, non partisan association  headquartered in the State of Delaware  in the  USA.  Its membership exceeds 4,000, mainly derived from  the academic community  in Greece and worldwide.  

Apart from  the academic sector,  the IHA  includes in its membership former ambassadors, military officers,  and organizations  as well as prominent luminaries  in Greek society.    Its President is Capt. Evangelos Rigos and its Vice President  is Nina Gatzoulis, coordinator of the Global Pan-Macedonian Associations 

Appendix

Incursion into Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone: Turkey’s latest invasion

https://lobbyforcyprus.wordpress.com/2019/05/07/cyprus-eez-incursion/  7.5.2019

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019lobbyforcyprus

Exclusive Economic Zone exploration blocks of the Republic of Cyprus. Turkey has illegally sent its vessels to plunder Cyprus’ hydrocarbon resources

“Turkey’s latest unlawful incursion into the territorial waters of the Republic of Cyprus is tantamount to another invasion” said Lobby for Cyprus spokesperson VangelisChristou. 

“In blatant disregard for international law, the Turkish vessel Fatih and its support ships entered the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the free areas of Cyprus on or about Saturday 4 May. Turkey intends to drill for hydrocarbon resources to which Turkey has no legal or moral claim”, explained Christou.

He went on to say that “Turkey, having already broken the law by invading, occupying and ethno-religiously cleansing 36 percent of the territory and 57 percent of the coastline of Cyprus in 1974, has now sent its drilling ship and support vessels to break the law again by engaging in theft, plunder and pillage.”

Turkey has no right to appropriate for itself hydrocarbons lawfully belonging to Cyprus. Indeed, bearing in mind that Turkey has been the occupying power in the northern area of Cyprus since 1974, any arbitrary extraction of Cypriot natural gas by Turkey would not only violate the United Nations Charter of 1945 and the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention of 1982, the latter of which Turkey has never signed. It would also constitute a war crime.

Article 6(b) of the Nuremberg Charter of 1945 brands plunder as a war crime. Article 8.2(b)(v) of the Rome Statute on the International Criminal Court of 1998 brands pillage as a war crime.

“It is no surprise that Turkey is not a signatory or a party to a host of international treaties, including the United Nations International Convention of Law of the Sea of 1982 and the Rome Statute on the International Criminal Court of 1998. After all, successive Turkish governments have resorted to operating outside of the law and the norms of civilised behaviour, particularly in regard to Cyprus. The Turkish government continues to behave as a regional bully and as if it were a colonial power that can steal land, property and resources of other countries”, said Christou.

Lobby for Cyprus welcomes the statement by Federica Mogherini (EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice President of the EU Commission) on 4 May 2019. She expressed “grave concern over Turkey’s announced intention to carry out drilling activities within the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus”. Ms Mogherini urgently called on Turkey “to show restraint, respect the sovereign rights of Cyprus in its exclusive economic zone and refrain from any such illegal action to which the European Union will respond appropriately and in full solidarity with Cyprus.” (Source: https://europa.eu/!Du38hq)

A spokesperson of the UK High Commission in Cyprus reportedly commented that “the UK agrees with the High Representative’s position on the issue” while on 5 May 2019 the US State Department issued a statement disclosing the following:

“The United States is deeply concerned by Turkey’s announced intentions to begin offshore drilling operations in an area claimed by the Republic of Cyprus as its Exclusive Economic Zone. This step is highly provocative and risks raising tensions in the region. We urge Turkish authorities to halt these operations and encourage all parties to act with restraint.” (Source: www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2019/05/291497.htm#)

Christou reacted to these statements by commenting that “words are not enough”. He added: “Concrete action must now be taken to censure Turkey for its latest violations in the EEZ and continental shelf of the Republic of Cyprus. Ankara must be punished for acting as a sustained source of instability and conflict in the region”, said Christou.

“The UN, the EU, the Commonwealth and other international organisations must take robust action. Nothing short of international sanctions and other restrictive measures will remind Ankara of its obligation to behave in a civilised manner and to desist from terrorising Cyprus in such a brazen manner.

“The citizens of Cyprus, particularly its forcibly displaced citizens, have long paid the price of the international community’s tolerance of Turkey’s continuing violations in Cyprus. It is time that this tolerance ended and sanctions must be imposed forthwith on Turkey. This bully and its autocratic President must be held to account”, concluded Christou.

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Lobby for Cyprus is a non-party-political human rights organisation that campaigns for a Cyprus free from Turkish occupation and a unitary Cypriot state without segregation along ethnic and religious lines.

Incursion into Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone: Turkey’s latest invasion

Lobby for Cyprus is a London based organisation.  

Η ανακοίνωση του Λόμπυ για την Κύπρο σε μετάφραση στα ελληνικά από το Κυπριακό Πρακτορείο Ειδήσεων (ΚΥΠΕ) αναρτημένη εδώ :

Η τουρκική προκλητικότητα στην ΑΟΖ ισοδύναμη με δεύτερη εισβολή, τονίζει το Lobby for Cyprus

MAY 7, 2019

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Πηγή.: international Hellenic Association

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Capt. E.N.Rigos HEC Director www.greece.org