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UK Shale Gas Environmental Summit 2014

The 2014 Shale Gas Environmental Summit was held from the 27th October to 28th October 2014 in London, United Kingdom.
==Speakers==
*Marieke Beckmann, Research Lead, Centre for Carbon Measurement, National Physical Laboratory
*Ken Cronin, CEO, UK Onshore Oil and Gas
*Paul Crossley, Leader of the Council and Liberal Democrat Group Leader, Bath and North East Somerset Council - spoke on 'Drilling for shale gas: its potential impact on the hot springs of Bath
*Kerstin Duhme, Managing Director FTI Consulting, which was the secretariat of the Shale Gas Europe lobbying group from 2012
*Mark Ellis-Jones, Onshore Oil & Gas Programme Executive Environment Agency
*Michael Holgate, Independent Energy Consultant, Plexus Energy
*Philip Mansfield, Building Control Manager, Bath and North East Somerset Council, will speak about 'Drilling for shale gas: its potential impact on the hot springs of Bath
*Jim Marshall, Policy and Business Adviser, Water UK
*Julian O'Halloran, Reporter, BBC
*John Ord, Business Director – Thermal Power & Energy Networks MWH
*Alan Riley, Professor, City University London
*Elizabeth Shepherd, Partner Eversheds
*Kostadin Sirleshtov, Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
*Paul Stevens, Distinguished Fellow, Energy, Environment and Resources, Chatham House
==Notes==
Category:Fracking
UK Special Forces

The United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF) is a UK Ministry of Defence Directorate which also has the capability to provide a Joint Special Operations Task Force Headquarters. UKSF is commanded by Director Special Forces (DSF), a Major General.British Special Forces, United Kingdom Special Forces, HM Forces, Accessed 04-May-2010
==Formation==
UKSF was formed in 1987British Special Forces, United Kingdom Special Forces, HM Forces, Accessed 04-May-2010 to draw together the Army's Special Air Service (SAS) and the Special Boat Squadron, Royal Marines (SBS), which was renamed the Special Boat Service at the same time, into a unified command, based around the former Director SAS who was given the additional title of Director Special Forces. The Directorate has been expanded by the creation of the Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing, the Special Reconnaissance Regiment and the Special Forces Support GroupBritish Special Forces, United Kingdom Special Forces, HM Forces, Accessed 04-May-2010.
==Tasks==
* Counter Terrorism
* Covert Reconnaissance
* Special reconnaissance 
* Direct Action
* Close Protection 
* Counter Revolutionary Warfare 
* Reconnaissance of the deep battlespace 
* Offensive operations in the deep battlespace 
* Battlespace preparation in Transition To War 
* Infrastructure disruption 
* Capture of subjects of interest 
* Human intelligence (HUMINT) collection 
* Defence Diplomacy 
* Training of other nations' armed forcesEcho Squadron, About UKSF, Echo Squadron, Accessed 04-May-2010
==See also==
Intelligence Corps | Joint Support Group | 14th Intelligence Company | 4 Field Survey Troop
==Notes==
Category:Counterinsurgency
Category:British Military
Category:SAS
UK Toremet Limited

==Funding==
*Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | Stanley and Zea Lewis Family Foundation | Jack Livingstone Charitable Trust | The Kasner Charitable Trust
==Resources==
*https://twitter.com/h_lovatt/status/1494226071981637632
*https://benwhite.org.uk/2015/09/25/revealed-the-uk-charity-facilitating-donations-to-israeli-settlements/
*https://www.palestinechronicle.com/grants-to-israeli-settlements-could-breach-uk-law-charity-commission-warns/
*https://group194.net/english/article/54306
==Notes==
UN Action to Counter Terrorism

:"The passing of the resolution on the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy with its annexed Plan of Action by 192 Member States represents a common testament that we, the United Nations, will face terrorism head on and that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, committed by whomever, wherever and for whatever purposes, must be condemned and shall not be tolerated.” Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa, President of the 61st session of the General Assembly Launching the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy on 19 September 2006UN Action to Counter Terrorism homepage, accessed 31 May 2008
According to several sources the UN Terrorism Prevention Branch maintains a UN Roster of Experts on Terrorism. There appears to be no list of the members of the roster on the UN website but the counter terrorism strategy passed in late 2006 mention that 'We also encourage the Secretary-General to update the roster of experts and laboratories,'http://www.un.org/terrorism/strategy-counter-terrorism.shtml 
==Notes==
Category:Terrorism Industry
UN Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation

In 2004 Kofi Annan established the UN Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation. The intended mandate of the board is to “galvanize global action on water and sanitation issues…” with missions to “give advice to UN Secretary General; give input in global dialogue process; raise global awareness through mass-media, etc.; influence and work on global, regional, national institutions at highest level; and take its own actions towards MDGs”UN Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB) (United Nations), About UNSGAB, accessed 27 October 2008..
Though the board states that it is an “independent body”, critics of the board are concerned with several board members support of private sector participation in the water services sector as well and their promotion of cost-recovery approaches to water delivery. Perhaps even more disconcerting, however, is the fact that several prominent neoliberal figures sit on the board, including, former managing director of the IMF Michael Camdessus, Egypt’s Irrigation and Water Minister and founder and member of the board of governors of the World Water Council (WWC) Mahmoud Abou Zeid, former chair off the Global Water Partnership (GWP) Margaret Catley-Carlson, Secretary General of the OECD Angel Gurría, and former senior executive-vice-president of Suez and former chairperson and CEO of Ondeo Gerard Payen. It’s no wonder why the recently appointed senior adviser on water to the UN, Maude Barlow, in her 2007 book entitled ‘The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water’ suggests that the neo-liberal agenda of the Washington Consensus has become the “guiding mantra for the elite running the global institutions involved in water development, including the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and even the United Nations” Maude Barlow (2007) ‘The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle For the Right To Water’, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., p.37.. 
Board Members
Prince Willem-Alexander (Chairperson)
Uschi Eid (Vice-Chair)
Mahmoud Abu-Zeid
David Boys
Michael Camdessus
Juanita Castano
Margaret Catley-Carlson
Jocelyn Dow
Giorgio Giacomelli
Angel Gurría
Han Seung-soo Kbe
Omar Kabbaj
Olivia La O’Castillo
Antonio Miranda
Maria Mutagamba
Poul Nielson
Hideaki Oda
Eric Odada
Gerard Payen
Judith Rees
Richard (Roy) Torkelson
Yordan Uzunov
Shucheng Wang
==References==
Category:Water: Governing Institutions
Category: Water
UN Terrorism Prevention Branch

A note on the Anti Defamation League website states:
UN Office on Drugs and Crime/Terrorism Prevention Branch
:The Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB), an arm of the Vienna based UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), works with the CTC top provide legislative, legal and technical assistance to UN member states in the counterterrorism arena. Created in 1999, the TPB researches terrorism trends and assists countries in upgrading their capacities to investigate and prevent terrorist acts. In October 2002, the TPB launched The Global Programme Against Terrorism as the framework for UNODC's operational activities. The Programme:
:* reviews domestic legislation and provides advice on drafting enabling laws;
:* facilitates and provides training to national administrations with regard to new legislation;
:* provides in-depth assistance on the implementation of the new legislation against terrorism;
:* maintains a roster of experts to supplement specific expertise where required;
:* maintains model laws and examples of relevant legislation;
:* provides guidance for legislating and implementing the international instruments pertaining to terrorism.ADL Multilateral Responses to Terrorism: The United Nations Posted: October, 2004
==Notes==
UN Watch email to Spinwatch on 'Inaccuracies'

Dear David,
 
Thank you for your response.
 
The description of our NGO on your website is not very accurate.
 
First of all, UN Watch is an independent Swiss NGO that is affiliated with the AJC. However, we are not "funded/staffed/organized organization" by them. We do our own funding/staffing/organizing and we have complete independence from the AJC.
 
The three bullets also in our description do not do justice to our organization. We primarily speak against gross human rights violations all around the world, including Darfur, Zimbabwe, Russia etc. You can get any idea by browsing our website. In parallel, part of our work is to combat anti-Israel bias within the UN system, which we believe hampers its ability to effectively respond to urgent human rights situations around the world.
 
The other 2 bullets are totally wrong and should be removed.
 
Thank you for your consideration.
 
Leon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: David Miller 
To: lsaltiel@unwatch.org 
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 1:24 PM
Subject: [Fwd: inaccuracies]
Leon,
please let us know what the inaccuracies are and we will have a look.
Thanks
David Miller
---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
>Subject: inaccuracies
>From: "Leon Saltiel" <lsaltiel@unwatch.org>
>Date: Wed, June 28, 2006 10:49 pm
>To: editor@nuclearspin.org
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>
>Hi there.
>
>I noticed some inaccuracies on your site, while mentioning the NGO I work
>for. The link is http://www.nuclearspin.org/index.php/UN_Watch.
>
>How can I correct the information?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Leon
> 
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Category:Israel Lobby
UN Water

Established in 2003, UN-Water is a UN inter-agency mechanism for the oversight and facilitation of water and sanitation related targets and goals declared at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development and those included in Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)UN Water, About, accessed 21 October 2008.. This UN mechanism is made up of UN agencies and non-UN partners who work together in coherence with UN system actions to support UN member states in their efforts to achieve global water goals – particularly those related to the MDGs. Though UN Water “is not a mechanism for direct implementation” at the country level (i.e. UN Water does not have legislative power), many of the UN agencies that form UN Water do have influential “operational activities” overseeing and facilitating strategic policy goals as they pertain to legislative directives UN Water, About, accessed 21 October 2008.. 
In the facilitation of a global water dialogue and agenda UN Water has encouraged increased participation and involvement of private entities and individuals. UN Water calls for “coordinated action – beginning with the UN system but also progressively including other concerned ‘non-traditional’ partners and stakeholders, including among them organisations from public and private sectors, civil society and labour – towards a global comprehensive effort”UN Water, About, accessed 21 October 2008.. What is implied here, however, is critical to understanding UN’s indirect role of facilitating the expansion of new markets for capital accumulation – in this case a water market. UN Water’s support of the Dublin Statement – where water is deemed an economic good - presupposes their support of private sector involvement in the delivery of water-related services. This is more broadly characteristic of UN’s general and explicit support for corporate-driven economic development. 
In fact, water corporations have played an important role in UN Water policy formation. For example, when the former Director General Kofi Annan initiated the UN Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation he appointed several prominent water privatization advocates to direct the board’s policy directives, namely: Mahmoud Abou Zeid – Egypt’s Irrigation and Water Minister and a member of the board of governors and founder of the World Water Council (WWC), Michel Camdessus – the former managing director of the IMF, Peter Woicke – executive vice-president of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Gérard Payen – senior executive vice-president of Suez ”Ann-Christin Sjolander Holland (2005) 'The Water Business: Corporations Versus People', Black Point: Fernwood Publishing, p.118-119.. 
Some of the more prominent UN Water members and partners are influential pro-privatisation agencies, including the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the World Bank, the Global Water Partnership (GWP), the World Water Council (WWC), the International Water Association (IWA) and the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD)UN Water Annual Report 2007, , (p.18-19), accessed 21 October 2008.. 
==References==
Category:Water: Governing Institutions
Category: Water
USAF Institute for National Security Studies

The USAF Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), according to the Airpower Journalhttp://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/ed-larsn.html Special Edition 1996, is "an independent research center located at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado." (Not to be confused with the Israeli think tanks the Institute for National Security Studies). Its dual mission is 'to promote national security research within the military academic community for the Department of Defense and to support the Air Force national security education program. [Then] in its fourth year of operation, INSS is sponsored by the National Security Negotiations Division, Plans Directorate, Headquarters US Air Force (AF/XOXI); Air Force Intelligence (AF/IN); the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA); and--new since [1995]--the Office of the Secretary of Defense's Office of Net Assessment and the US Army Environmental Policy Institute (AEPI). XOXI provides the bulk of our research topics and funding, and we are grateful for its continued recognition of the value of our research to support the Air Staff mission.'http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/ed-larsn.html Special Edition 1996
==People==
Brig. Gen. Dana H. Born Dean of Faculty | Colonel John M. Andrew Vice Dean of the Faculty | Basic Sciences Division Col Rex R. Kiziah DFP, Division Chair | Engineering Division Col Douglas N. Barlow, DFAN, Div Chair | Social Sciences Division Col Paul E. Pirog, DFL, Division Chair | Humanities Division Col Mark K. Wells, DFH, Division ChairUSAF INSS Dean of Faculty, accessed 3 March 2009
==Contact details==
USAFA, CO 80840
Phone: (719) 333-1110
DSN: 333-1110
Web: http://www.usafa.af.mil/df/inss
==Notes==
Category:Terrorism IndustryCategory:US Military
USINAPAC

The US Indian American Political Action Committee. According to Vijay Prashad:
:Shortly after 9/11, a group of non-resident Indians (NRI) in the United States formed the Indian American Political Action Committee (INAPAC, shortly to be renamed USINAPAC). USINAPAC held two related briefs: to ensure that Indian Americans enjoy the same amount of political power it feels is held by the Jewish American community, and to deploy that power in the service of India, so that India may have something akin to the U.S.-Israeli "special relationship".
:Formed in stealth and without any adequate claim to being a representative of the Indian American community, USINAPAC did however make common cause with various Jewish American lobby groups as the mainstream NRI group. On July 16, 2003, the American Jewish Committee (AJC), the American Israel Political Action Committee (AIPAC) and the USINAPAC held their first joint briefing.
 
==Notes==
# Vijay Prashad,The myth of the `Jewish lobby', Frontline, September 27, 2003
US Fuel Cell Council

The organisation describes itself as:
:"dedicated to fostering the commercialisation of fuel cells in the USA. The council aims to provide technical advice, collect information and issue reports on the industry, raise public awareness of fuel cells and their potential, conduct fuel cell education programs, provide networking opportunities for developers, suppliers and potential customers and establish links to comparable activities in the U.S. and worldwide. An extensive range of technical, educational and outreach activities are initiated by the council in support of the fuel cell industry."fuelcelltoday.com, US Fuel Cell Council, accessed 11 Feb 2010
In a subcommittee hearing to The House Ways and Means Committee, Robert R. Rose, Executive Director, stated, 
:"The US Fuel Cell Council is a trade association of more than 105 members spanning all segments of our industry. We support commercialization of fuel cells of all types and for all applications.
:Fuel cells are a family of technologies that generate power electrochemically. Since there is no combustion, fuel cells are highly efficient with ultra low emissions. Fuel cells can utilize a wide variety of fuels, with unexcelled environmental performance. Overall, fuel cells deliver an exceptional combination of benefits to society. 
:Fuel cells can power an extraordinary range of applications, from battery replacements in consumer electronics, to backup and remote power generation, auxiliary power units, combined heat and power systems and high efficiency base load electrical generation. They are also being developed for mobile power systems, specialty vehicles like forklifts and airport equipment, and for any vehicle that carries people, including transit buses and the family car.
:[...] This committee has shown commendable leadership in approving a variety of tax incentives to encourage the deployment and early adoption of fuel cells and related infrastructure. The value of that leadership to our industry cannot be overstated, and we thank you.
:Building on that beginning, a long-term extension of the Sec. 48 fuel cell investment tax credit (ITC) is our highest priority before this Committee. HR 550, introduced by Congressmen McNulty and Camp with strong, bipartisan support, captures the spirit of this need. A long-term extension will provide support now for early adopters in the private sector, and also accommodate the reality of our industry - that fuel cells are a family of technologies, with divergent commercialization pathways and time tables and an expanding product mix."US Fed News, FUEL CELL COUNCIL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ROSE TESTIFIES ON ENERGY AND TAX POLICY BEFORE HOUSE PANEL, 19 April 2007, accessed 12 feb 2010
==People==
*Robert R. Rose - Founder and Executive Director
*Ruth Cox - Executive DirectorVerticalNews, Ruth Cox to Head U.S. Fuel Cell Council, 17 Feb 2010, accessed 18 Feb 2010. Nexis Screengrab here
==Affiliations==
Robert R. Rose is also Senior Consultant at Turquoise Engineering Consulting.turquoiseassociates.com, Team, accessed 11 Feb 2010
==Notes==
US Japan Leadership Programme

The US Japan Leadership Programme is, according to Nick Butler 'an exact clone' of the British American Project, both of which were initatied by Butler. The Programme was started in 2000.
Website: http://www.usjlp.org/conference.htm
*Andy Beckett 'Friends in high places' The Guardian, Saturday November 6, 2004. This article names the Programme as a project, but this is presumably a mistake.
Udi Dekel

200px|thumb|right|Udi Dekel of the INSS in a photo from the INSS [http://www.inss.org.il/experts.php?cat=0&incat=&staff_id=95 website]. Accessed 9 November 2012.
Udi Dekel is a former Brig. Gen. of the Israel Defense Forces and a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies (Israel).
==Education==
==Career History==
*2012 - present: Joined the Institute for National Security Studies (Israel) as a senior research fellow.Udi Dekel - Senior Research Fellow, INSS website
*2008 - 2009: Head of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s negotiation team with the Palestinians.Dan Diker (ed.), 'Israel's Critical Security Needs for a Viable Peace', Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, p.103, 2010.
*2007: Head of the Israel Defense Forces Strategic Planning Division.Yaakov Katz, 'PM left without military secretary as Shamni takes over Central Command', Jerusalem Post, 6 April 2007.
*2006: Served on a commission to update Israel's security concept and coordinated the formulation of IDF strategy.
*Pre-2006: Dekel has served as head of the foreign relations section at the General Staff. He was also head of the Research Division in Lahak, for the Israel Air Force Intelligence unit. Following the Second Lebanon War he was made head of the Israel-UN-Lebanon committee whilst also heading military committees with Egypt and Jordan. He was also head of a strategic-operative cooperation working group with the United Stated on the development of a response to the surface-to-surface missile threat and international military cooperation.
==Current Activities==
Dekel is currently a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies (Israel).
==Affiliations==
*Institute for National Security Studies
*Israel Defense Forces
==Notes==
Dekel, UdiDekel, UdiDekel, Udi
Ulrike Kohl

Ulrike Kohl is a Senior Adviser at European Savings Banks Group / World Savings Banks Institute.LinkedIn, Ulrike Kohl, accessed 13 March 2010.
==Background==
She joined public affairs firm Hill & Knowlton's Brussels office in 2007, where she stayed for only 6 months (January 2007 - June 2007). In the company, she brought experience in financial services regulation.
In her previous position she worked in the European Parliament as an assistant to Wolf Klinz MEP, the Liberal political groups coordinator in the economic and monetary affairs committee. On taking her position she said, "After almost 5 years in the European Parliament it is a great new challenge to see the EU from outside the European institutions while still keeping in close contact with them."Public Affairs News, February 2007, p.9.
==Affiliations==
*European Parliament, Assistant to Wolf Klinz MEP (February 2002 - December 2006)
*Hill & Knowlton, Account Manager (January 2007 - June 2007)
*European Savings Banks Group / World Savings Banks Institute, Capital Markets Adviser (July 2007 - January 2010)
*European Savings Banks Group / World Savings Banks Institute, Senior Adviser Capital Markets (January 2010 - )
==Resources==
*Public Affairs News, February 2007, p.9.
*LinkedIn, Ulrike Kohl, accessed 13 March 2010.
==Notes==
Kohl, Ulrike
Ulster Unionist Party

Ulster Unionist Party is a conservative, eurosceptic political party active in Northern Ireland.
:Website:
:http://www.uup.org/
==People==
===Leaders===
*Colonel E.J. Saunderson 1905–1906
*Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long 1906–1910
*Sir Edward Carson 1910–1921
*James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon 1921–1940
*John Miller Andrews 1940–1946
*Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough 1946–1963
*Captain Terence O'Neill 1963–1969
*Major James Chichester-Clark 1969–1971
*Brian Faulkner 1971–1974
*Harry West 1974–1979
*James Molyneaux 1979–1995
*David Trimble 1995–2005
*Sir Reg Empey 2005–2010
*Tom Elliott 2010–2012
*Mike Nesbitt 2012–present
===MPs===
John Laird | 
==Resources==
*DUP and UUP discussed merger, 12 march 2013.
*Elliott: I didn’t sanction Unionist merger talks, Belfast Newsletter, 13 March 2013.
==Notes==
Category: Political Party in UK
Category: European Political Party
Category:Ulster Unionist Party