Mr. Yehudah Paz

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  "When the stage of the immediate disaster relief is over, the media, the celebrities and even most of the donors are gone," Dr. Yehudah Paz, chairman of the Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development (NISPD), said last week.
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  "There is an entire world of disaster relief, and whenever an international catastrophe occurs there is an important stage of rescuing, feeding and sheltering, to which the international community recruits itself," Paz told The Jerusalem Post.
  
  "After the emergency period, the international community and the volunteers tend to disappear.Then, the residents must start a rebuilding and reconstruction phase, economically and physically, and we ... try to help with this vital but less 'sexy' part of the job," Paz said.

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  In 1998, Dr. Yehuda Paz, a New York-born educator, decided to address the problem through private initiatives and founded the Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development (NISPED).

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  Israelis have much to contribute to international development efforts, according to Dr. Yehuda Paz, president of the Negev Institute for Peace and Development, who has worked with the International Labor Organization for over two decades."It's not just in technology," he told the audience, "but [Israelis'] ability to link institutions from government or communities to work together.Israeli research and development is reflected in economic activity faster than anywhere else in the world."
  
  Paz also cited the Israeli ability to bring many languages, derived from the various new immigrant communities, to the table, and the country's renowned expertise in agriculture, education and other fields crucial for development.

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  Dr. Yehudah Paz, ICA board member and Chairperson of the Negev Institute for Strategies for Peace and Development in Israel, observed that it was no accident the ICA was invited to the launch."The promotion of peace has been at the heart of international cooperation since its beginning in the 1890s.

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  Mr. Yehudah Paz Chairman, ICA Human Resource Development Committee

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  In 2006, judges awarded the prize to Dr. Yehudah Paz, Chairman of the Negev Institute and to Hazem Kawazmi, Vice President of the Young Entrepreneurs of Palestine, for their contribution to promoting peace in the world.

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  Yehudah Paz
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  Yehudah Paz (Israel), Chairperson Mr Paz has served the ICA as chairperson of the Human Resource Development Committee since 1995, as a member of the Board for the period 1993-2005 and as a member of the Standing Committee of the Asia-Pacific region.He is Chairperson of the Department of International Relations of the Central Union of Co-operative Societies in Israel and academic Director of the Co-operative College.Dr Paz is also a member of Kibbutz Kissufim (since 1951), of the secretariat of the United Kibbutz Movement and of the Presidium of the Israeli Co-operative Council.Dr Paz is chairperson of the Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development (NISPED) - Negev College and senior consultant to the Peres Peace Center.He was jointly awarded the ICA's 2005 Rochdale Poineers Award at the Cartagena General Assembly.

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  Published on: 5/27/2006    Last Visited: 6/2/2006  

  Yehuda Paz, chairman of the Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development, said the AJCommittee should work closely with the Israeli government, which has been helping African countries since 1955, when it formed a partnership with Ghana.
  
  Calling such efforts "tikkun olam" -- a Jewish concept that means, roughly, repairing the world - he added, "The issue of development is the cardinal issue facing the world in the 21st century, a world in which one out of every six people live on less than $1 a day, a world in which 46,000 children die every day of diseases related to bad water and bad food.

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  Yehuda Paz, chairman of the Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development, said the AJC should work closely with the Israeli government, which has been helping Africa since 1955, when it formed a partnership with Ghana.
  
  "Tikun olam, repair of the world, is not only a central element of Judaism but also a matter of significance for Israel and its evolution," he said.

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  Other panelists include Ebrahim Rasool, premier of the Western Cape Province in South Africa; Ambassador George Obiozor, Nigeria's ambassador to the U.S. and former envoy to Israel; Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; and Yehuda Paz, chairman of the Negev Institute for Strategic Peace and Development and a veteran of Israel's technical cooperation programs in Africa.

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