May 2018

Today Queen Letizia was in Geneva, Switzerland to visit the headquarters of the “Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)” as Honorary President of the Spanish Association against Cancer (AECC).

Accompanied by the ambassador-permanent representative of Spain before the United Nations, upon arrival the Queen was received by the president of the UICC, Princess Dina Mired of Jordan. The visit was aimed to learn about work and global impact of UICC and AECC, and to explore how Spain can be more active in the international fight against cancer.

The International Union Against Cancer (UICC) leads initiatives to exchange experience and good practices, training and advocacy. The organization unites the community dedicated to the fight against cancer to reduce the global burden that this disease represents, promote equality and integrate cancer control into the global agenda for development and health.

Founded in 1933 and based in Geneva, Switzerland, the UICC is the largest and oldest international organization against cancer. With more than 1,000 member organizations from 162 countries and 56 partners, the UICC brings together the most important entities in the fight against cancer, ministries of health, research and treatment centres, patient associations and industry leaders.

Over the years, the UICC has become a reputable, objective and independent institution dedicated to promoting cancer control. It urges governments to take action on the issue and ensures that this disease is included as a priority issue in the agendas of the most influential organizations, such as the World Health Organization and the World Economic Forum. Since the UICC has obtained the status of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), it collaborates closely with key United Nations agencies, such as the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the United Nations Office against Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The UICC and its partners, coming from very diverse sectors, have committed themselves, together, to create real impact and to promote sustainable and quality programs to reduce the scourge posed by cancer and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) worldwide. The UICC is also one of the founding members of NCD Alliance, an international network of civil society organizations representing more than 2,000 entities from 170 countries.

The UICC promotes the formation of partnerships through which it operates and exerts its influence. It works in partnership with different entities, with the aim of promoting changes that transform society and progress in the fight against cancer. Its portfolio of partners includes cancer organizations, foundations and private sector companies with which they have developed a long-term commitment based on common objectives. Together, they aim to save millions of lives by focusing on three priority areas: exchange of good practices, training and advocacy initiatives.

Today Letizia held a meeting with the representative of UICC and other organizations. One of the topics discussed was an innovative initiative, “C / Can 2025: The Challenge of Cities Against Cancer”, which supports cities with more than 1 million inhabitants in the development of solutions for cancer control and how Spain could play an important role.

After the working meeting the presentation of the initiative “C / Can 2025: The Challenge of Cities Against Cancer” and the proposals for future activities such as the next World Congress against Cancer 2018 that will take place in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) was run and explained to the Queen and present dignitaries.

Later on, the Queen visited the different departments of the UICC – communication, IT and marketing, legal department, finance and administration that play an integral role in the working of the organization.

Coming to the sartorial details, Queen Letizia chose to recycle one of the finest pieces from her wardrobe. Letizia wore Carolina Herrera Gray Double Face Wool dress that she debuted in 2016 on the day 3 of the State visit to Portugal.

The dress belongs to the label’s 2016 fall collection and comes with a matching coat that Queen wore in 2016 but today she opted for the dress only. The fit and flare sleeveless dress features a round neckline with a belt on the waistline with a touch of purple as lining.

Embed from Getty ImagesQueen Letizia wearing the dress with a coat in 2016.

Letizia paired the outfit with Magrit accessories. She wore Magrit’s animal printed python leather pumps with studs at the front and back.

And carried Magrit clutch having same design and pattern as the pumps. Both pieces are custom made and Letizia debuted both pieces this year in February at National Sports Award.

Once again keeping jewellery to a minimum she opted for her Gold & Roses double dagger earrings.

 

Today Queen Letizia travelled to San Millán de la Cogolla to preside over the inauguration of the XIII International Seminar on Language and Journalism at the Monastery of Yuso.

The International Seminar on Language and Media has the theme “Language in the era of post-truth” in which experts from several countries participated to address the issues from various fields of life such as social, psychological, philosophical, linguistic, journalistic and communication in general.

The seminar is organized by the San Millán de la Cogolla Foundation and the BBVA Fund, promoted by the EFE and BBVA Agency since 2006 and is endorsed by the Royal Spanish Academy. It serves an annual meeting that brings together prestigious journalists and experts in the language to debate and combine knowledge on journalism and Spanish language issues.

The Queen was received by the dignitaries of the committee and was welcomed by the children attendees.

As a novelty in this thirteenth edition, Letizia held a meeting with attendees to exchange views on the central axis of the seminar, in which the journalist Soledad Gallego-Díaz delivered the inaugural lecture. “Language as a weapon of manipulation”, “the language of emotions” and “false news” were the three parts in which the seminar was divided.

The participants of the seminar analyzed the multiple slopes of the phenomenon of the “posverdad” in a stage of disinformation, in which false or falsified information sneaks, something that worries the world-wide authorities and that influences the decisions of the citizen. The false news and the role played by the Trump administration in the electoral victory of the current president of the United States, is another of the topics discussed in the seminar by the Mexican journalist and writer Esteban Illades; while Spanish psychotherapist and communicator Luis Muiño referred to the language as a weapon of manipulation.

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The previous editions were dedicated to “Spanish in the press of the United States” (2006), “Spanish in the news on both sides of the Atlantic” (2007), “Spanish for young people” (2008), “Woman and language in journalism in Spanish “(2009),” Journalists as teachers of Spanish “(2010),” Journalism and politically correct language “(2011),” Spanish in sports journalism “(2012),” The language of the crisis “(2013),” The Spanish of the future in journalism today “(2014),” Manuals of style in the era of personal branding “(2015),” The language of humor in journalism in Spanish (2016) and the “Clear Language, challenge of 21st century society” (2017).

Queen Letizia was looking ravishing in a hot pink oversized coat from Italian label Atos Lombardini. Huge thanks to Núria Tiburcio on Twitter for ID update.

The coat is from label’s 2018 Spring Summer collection and features silver buttons at the front pocket and matching buttons for the closing.

It seems Letizia wore the same coat earlier this month at the meeting of Princess of Girona Foundation.

Underneath the coat, Letizia wore a black top with black Uterqüe leather leggings.

She paired the outfit with Carolina Herrera leather pumps and carried Hugo Boss Fanila handbag.

Her Gold & Roses double dagger earrings finished the look.

Queen Letizia has attend the seminar since 2008. Here a glimpse of her previous looks.

 

Today King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain welcomed Crown Princess and Custodian of the Crown Princess Margareta and her husband Prince Radu of Romania to the Royal Palace of Zarzuela in Madrid.

Later in the day, they joined King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia for the lunch offered in the honour of Romanian Royal Couple.

For the day, Queen Letizia chose a grey Adolfo Dominguez tweed dress.

The dress €200 dress features French sleeves and an untrimmed hem. The dress comes with a matching coat.

A closer look at the dress.

Letizia paired the outfit with Magrit leather cross strip pumps that she premiered during Electric Biography dictionary presentation earlier this month.

And finished her look with Gold and Roses earrings.