Dear Members,

We have the honor to convoke you to the World Family Organization 34th General Assembly Electronic Ordinary Session, to be held by the Presidency Office, on May 29, 2020, from 14:00h to 17:00h Paris Time.

The World Family Organization 34th General Assembly Electronic Ordinary Session, will be open on May 22 to May 27, for Members wishing to participate by email. During these days the Support Documents and Voting Form will be sent, and the Members can participate by email or online. The Registration and VOTING FORM must be returned up to May 27th to the Presidency Office, or in the online form.
 

- Notice of Convocation - Doc. GA 34/01/20

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- Adoption of the Report of the 33rd Ordinary Session of the General Assembly held in Lisbon, Portugal on May 12th, 2019 – Doc. GA 34/03/20

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- Presentation and Approval of the Report of Activities 2019 – Doc. GA 34/04/20

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- Report on the World Family Summit 2019 – No Family Left Behind: Families and Local Authorities working together to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all – Lisbon – Portugal – Doc. GA 34/05/19

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- Presentation and Approval of the Executive Board Report on the Mid-Term Revision of the Strategic Framework for the 19th Constitutional Mandate 2018-2021 – Doc. GA 34/06/20

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- Calendar 2020 – 2021 – Doc. GA 34/07/20

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Dear Friends and Colleagues Members of the General Assembly, Red Iberoamericana de Trabajo con Familias

Please find attached the following documents regarding the 32nd General Assembly - Quadrennial Session to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, on December 4th, 2017, at the United Nations Office at Geneva:

- Convocation and Provisional Agenda – Doc. GA 32/01/17

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The Session will be held from 16h00 to 19h00.

Please accept my very best regards,

Dr. Deisi Kusztra

President
 

Dear Friends and Colleagues Members of the General Assembly,

Please find attached documents regarding the 32nd General Assembly - Quadrennial Session to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, on December 15th, 2017, at the United Nations Office at Geneva:
 

- Notice of Convocation - Doc. GA 32/02/17

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- List of Candidates - Doc. GA 32/21/17

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The Session will be held from 15h00 to 19h00.

Please accept my very best regards,

Dr. Deisi Kusztra

President
 

Dear Friends and Colleagues Members of the General Assembly,

Please find attached the following documents regarding the 31st General Assembly Ordinary Session to be held in São Paulo, Brazil, on December 4th, 2016, at the Sheraton São Paulo WTC Hotel:
 

- Convocation and Provisional Agenda - Doc. GA 31/01/16

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- 29th General Assembly Draft Report - Doc. GA 31/03/16

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- Nomination for Delegates Form - Doc. GA 31/10/16

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- Proxy Form - Doc. GA 31/11/16

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The Session will be held from 13h00 to 16h00.

The World Family Summit Official Opening Ceremony will happen in the evening of the same day. For more information, please visit http://www.worldfamilysummit.org.

Please accept my very best regards,

Dr. Deisi Kusztra

President
 

Dear Member,

According to the Article 20 of the Constitution, the 29th General Assembly - Ordinary Session will be held on December 9th, 2015, from 9h00 to 12h00 in Cairo, Egypt.

Please find enclosed the complete set of documents to be presented, discussed and voted during this session.

If you have any question or need any other information or document, please do not hesitate in contacting us.

Hoping to see you soon in Cairo, please accept our warmest regards,

Bruno

Dear Member,

According to the Article 20 of the Constitution, the 29th General Assembly - Ordinary Session will be held on December 9th, 2015, from 9h00 to 12h00 in Cairo, Egypt.
 

Please find enclosed the following documents:
 

- GA 29/01/15 - Notice of Convocation and Provisional Agenda

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- GA 29/03/15 - Draft Report - 28th General Assembly Session, held on Zhuhai, China

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- GA 29/12/15 - Nomination for Delegate

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If you have any question or need any other information or document, please do not hesitate in contacting us.
 

Hoping to see you soon in Cairo, please accept our warmest regards,

Desde la World Family Organization para la Red Iberoamericana de Trabajo con Familias - Regional Buenos Aires

BETTER WORLD

BETTER WORLD
I want to live in a world
where everyone has the right
to await Freedom.
I want to live in a world
where dreaming is dignity
and not a shame,
where there is no need to reconsider
one's importance in the human society,
but it's rather a birthright.
- By Walter William Safar

Merry/Happy Christmas

The greetings and farewells "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Christmas" are traditionally used in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australasia, starting a few weeks before Christmas (December 25) each year.

These phrases are often preferred when it is known that the person addressed is a Christian or celebrates Christmas. The nonreligious often use the greeting as well, however in this case its meaning focuses more on the secular aspects of Christmas, rather than the Nativity of Jesus.

Variations are:

"Merry Christmas", the traditionally used greeting for those from North America and the UK, composed of merry (jolly, happy) and Christmas (Old English: Cristes maesse, for Christ's Mass).

"Merry Xmas", with the "X" replacing "Christ" (see Xmas), dating back to the early days of Christianity, with the Greek letter "χ" being the first letter in Christ (Χριστος).

"Happy Christmas", an equivalent that is also often used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

As of 2005, "Merry Christmas" remains popular in countries with large Christian populations, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Colombia, Mexico, Philippines, and parts of Western Europe not affiliated with the Eastern Orthodox rites.

It also remains popular in the largely non-Christian nations of China and Japan, where Christmas is celebrated primarily due to Western cultural influences. Though it has somewhat decreased in popularity in the United States and Canada over the past decades, polls from 2005 indicate that it remains more popular than "Happy Holidays" or other alternatives.

History of the phrase

"Merry", derived from the Old English myrige, originally meant merely "pleasant, agreeable" rather than joyous or jolly (as in the phrase "merry month of May").

Though Christmas has been celebrated since the 4th century AD, the first known usage of any Christmas greeting dates was in 1565, when it appeared in The Hereford Municipal Manuscript: "And thus I comytt you to God, who send you a mery Christmas." "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" (thus incorporating two greetings) was in an informal letter written by an English admiral in 1699. The same phrase is contained in the 16th century secular English carol "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," and the first commercial Christmas card, produced in England in 1843.

Also in 1843, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol was published, during the mid Victorian revival of the holiday. The word Merry was then beginning to take on its current meaning of "jovial, cheerful, jolly and outgoing". "Merry Christmas" in this new context figured prominently in A Christmas Carol. The cynical Ebenezer Scrooge rudely deflects the friendly greeting: "If I could work my will.. every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding." After the visit from the Ghosts of Christmas effects his transformation, Scrooge exclaims; "I am as merry as a school-boy. A merry Christmas to everybody!" and heartily exchanges the wish to all he meets. The instant popularity of A Christmas Carol, the Victorian era Christmas traditions it typifies, and the term's new meaning appearing in the book popularized the phrase "Merry Christmas".

The alternative "Happy Christmas" gained usage in the late 19th century, and is still common in the UK and Ireland alongside "Merry Christmas". One reason may be the Methodist Victorian middle-class influence in attempting to separate wholesome celebration of the Christmas season from common lower-class public insobriety and associated asocial behaviour, at a time when merry also meant "tipsy" or "drunk". Queen Elizabeth II is said to prefer "Happy Christmas" for this reason. In the American poet Clement Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (1823), the final line, originally written as "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night", has been changed in many later editions to "Merry Christmas to all", perhaps indicating the relative popularity of the phrases in the USA.

Dear Mr. Juan Antonio Ciliento,
Red IberoAmericana De Trabajo Con Las Familias - Oficina Regional Buenos Aires

Please find attached the Convocation and Provisional Agenda for the 26th General Assembly to be held on December 6th and the Invitation for the World Family Summit +8 to be held from December 6th to 9th, 2012 at the Bourbon Cataratas Convention & Resort in Foz do Iguazu - Brazil.
If you need any more information, please do not hesitate in contacting us.

Please accept my very best regards,
Dr. Deisi Kusztra
President

More Information Here

Dear WFO Members,

Please find attached the following documents regarding to the 26th General Assembly to the bely in Foz do Iguazu, Brazil on December 6th, 2012:

- Final Agenda - Doc. GA 26/02/12
- Report of the 25th General Assembly held in Abu Dhabi, UAE on December 4th, 2011 - Doc. GA 26/03/12
- Calendar 2013 - Doc. 26/15/12

The other documents referred in the Final Agenda will be sent tomorrow.
Best regards.

25 Th General Assembly 2011 - Clic Here

26 Th Ordinary Session of the General Assembly - Clic Here

Calendar 2013 - Clic Here

WORLD FAMILY ORGANIZATION

Dear Juan António Ciliento,

The World Family Organization is very pleased to inform you that following the 183 Executive Board Session that took place October in Curitiba/Brasil, your request for affiliation was analysed and accepted.

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you as member of WFO Family and it is our belief that the participation of such a significant and respected organization will enrich our work and activities, both current and new. Our membership is growing and we are expecting on you as a member to be a pillar of our intervention. Families worldwide are counting on our action and together we shall strive to make it stronger and deeper.

For your reference, attached please find important documents such as the WFO Constitution and Membership Rules.

In order to complete your affiliation request, and to make you a full rights organization in WFO, you will be contacted by our Vice-President for Financial Affairs as it will be required that you proceed with payment of the Membership Fee.

Looking forward to embracing our collaboration on behalf of the families of the world, please accept my best regards,
 

Isidro de Brito
Vice-President for Legal and Administrative Affairs
World Family Organization
Headquarters
28 Place Saint-Georges
F75009 Paris - France
Fax: +55 41 3254 5678
www.worldfamilyorganization.org

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