The LOCOG sponsorship schemes are separate from the International Olympic Committee's Top Partners programme, which has 10 big name sponsors including McDonald's, Coca-Cola, and Visa.

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Working with the United Nations Outreach Programme on the Holocaust and other key partners, including the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research, UNESCO promotes the development and use of educational resources that apply the lessons of the Holocaust.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

The buzz-word used by many governments, and international organisations such as the UN Environment Programme, is "decoupling" - the separation of the partners, severing the Astaire of growth from the Rogers of emissions.

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