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Friday, December 31, 2004

Indonesian tsunami: Director-General convenes the Task force on prevention of natural disasters: UNESCO

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Task force on prevention of natural disasters : UNESCO : "As risk prevention is a major priority, the sciences sector will examine,...
Thursday, December 30, 2004

IT COULD HAPPEN HERE: S.F. coastline susceptible to huge quake-triggered waves

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IT COULD HAPPEN HERE: S.F. coastline susceptible to huge quake-triggered waves : "If a magnitude 9.0 shallow earthquake struck the ...

UNESCO Calls for Proposals of Projects for Funding Under Information for All Programme: UNESCO-CI

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UNESCO Calls for Proposals of Projects for Funding Under Information for All Programme : UNESCO-CI : "UNESCO calls for proposals fo...

"UNESCO’s Women on Science Chair established at LCWU"

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Pakistan Daily Times Story "Khalid Maqbool, the governor of Punjab, on Wednesday announced the establishment of a chair for ‘Women ...

UNESCO offers tsunami assistance to countries in South Asia

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UNESCO - UNESCO offers tsunami assistance "Mr Matsuura said that 'UNESCO stands ready' to assist the national authorities w...
Tuesday, December 28, 2004

UNESCO Institute for Statistics 2003-2004 ANNUAL REPORT

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2003-2004 ANNUAL REPORT In 2003 and 2004, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) made major gains in data collection, analysis and di...

Tsunami underscores need for U.N., UNESCO agencies

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Decatur Daily Editorial "An Asian tragedy serves as a reminder we cannot take earthquake monitors for granted. "An earthqu...

Similar quake disaster once struck state

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SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER Article : "Scientists cannot predict when a mega-quake will happen. But once it does strike, they can wa...
Monday, December 27, 2004

UNESCO: International Programme for the Development of Communication

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International Programme for the Development of Communication : "The International Programme for the Development of Communication (I...

World Conference on Disaster Reduction - 18-22 January 2005, Kobe Hyogo, Japan

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World Conference on Disaster Reduction website The World Conference on Disaster Reduction in 2005 was convened on direction of the U.N. ...

Arab World Facing Water Shortage, Threat of War over Water

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Egypt Today - Full Story : With the threat of a major food and water shortage looming large, rapidly diminishing water sources will be o...

International Tsunami Information Center - Honolulu, Hawai`i

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International Tsunami Information Center - Honolulu, Hawai`i : "The International Tsunami Information Center was established in 19...

Sri Lanka Tsunami Warning Systems Failed in Spite of UNESCO halp

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TamilNet: 27.12.04 A Nation Unprepared : Sri Lanka's National Aquatic Resources Research & Development Agency (NARA) or the Mete...
Friday, December 24, 2004

UNESCO Seed Funding for Universal Scripts Project Complemented US Research Grant: UNESCO-CI

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Helping Computers deal with other alphabets : "The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a two-year grant to the Univer...
Thursday, December 23, 2004

Marrakech Action Plan on Media in the Information Society Now Available: UNESCO-CI

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Marrakech Action Plan "Organizers of the Marrakech conference on “Role of Media in the Information Society in Africa and the Arab S...

First Center for Peace in country opens in Frederick

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The Gazette: First Center for Peace in country opens in Frederick : "The country's first Center for Peace, promoting the ideals...

More coverage of NatComm appointments

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El Paso Times Online - Two from El Paso appointed to U.S. National Commission : "El Pasoans Adair Margo and Myrna Deckert have been...
Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Haaretz - UNESCO to offer courses to journalists

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Haaretz - UNESCO to offer courses to journalists : "The UN Educational and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) will offer a course nex...

Physics for Tomorrow:

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Physics for Tomorrow a> The International Year of Physics will be launched by Conference "Physics for Tomorrow". It will be ...

A World of Science

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October-December 2004 This is the latest edition of the UNESCO Natural Sciences Quarterly Newsletter.