The U.N. talks, for instance, are held in the LEED-certified Qatar National Convention Center, which is built with sustainably harvested wood, uses skylights and LEDs to curb energy use, and supplies 12.5 percent of its own energy with 11, 000 feet of solar panels.

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The contest was held in the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, outside Washington.

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John Kerry's difficulty in controlling the agenda, the Bush-Cheney campaign sought to build on its momentum and determined to put national security front and center on the Republican National Convention's first day.

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At one point, he said that the National Assembly should change venues from the drab convention center where it now meets to Havana's Capitol building.

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To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the 2003 Convention, Chinese National Academy of Arts (China National Center for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage), International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the Auspices of UNESCO (CRIHAP), Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Hangzhou Municipal Government are planning to co-organize the West Lake Expo on Traditional Craftsmanship in the Asia-Pacific Region from 17 to 21 October 2013 in Hangzhou, China.

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