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Thursday, June 30, 2005

Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System formally established - Work begins on systems for the Caribbean and the Mediterranean

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UNESCO press release : "The Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System formally came into existence today with the establis...

Twenty-three New Biosphere Reserves Added to UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Network

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UNESCO's Press Release "Twenty-two new sites in 17 countries as well as one transboundary site between Senegal and Mauritania h...

President Bush Makes Major Policy Speach on G8 Summit and Progress in Africa

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Read the speech here President Bush today made a major policy speech, focusing on the upcoming G8 meeting in Scotland. Some key passages...
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United Nations Day at Expo 2005 Aichi

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UNESCO United Nations Pavilion website : "Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, representing the Secretary-General of the ...
Wednesday, June 29, 2005

New Edition of A World of Science

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The new edition of A World of Science is now online. One article addresses the inquiry-based teaching method, and how it is reconciling pr...
Monday, June 27, 2005

World Leaders Mark U.N.'s 60th Anniversary

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LA Times story : "Dozens of international leaders celebrated the 60th anniversary of the United Nations' birth, but warned that...
Sunday, June 26, 2005

"UNESCO: What it is, What it Does"

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Download the nine page brochure. This brochure, published in 2003, provides a brief introduction to UNESCO.

"NEWS ALERT: UNESCO Division of Earth Sciences Terminated"

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International Commission on Stratigraphy alert (undated) "News has reached the International Union of Geological Sciences that UNES...
Saturday, June 25, 2005

Better neighbors through science

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Israel21c article "Since the Oslo process - even during the tensest of times - scientific cooperation between Israeli and Palestinian a...

"Workshop on Engineering and Technology for Poverty Reduction, Emergencies, and Sustainable Development"

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Read a report of the Workshop and meeting : "A meeting of the international network of Engineers Without Borders and associated ...

Opening ceremony of the 13th session of the Intergovernmental Copyright Committee

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Opening ceremony of the 13th session of the Intergovernmental Copyright Committee : "The universal system of international copyrigh...
Friday, June 24, 2005

Ashesi University Awarded Prize for Best University Website in Ghana

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allAfrica.com story : "Ashesi University (in Ghana) has won the award for Best University Website from the Regional Information Net...

Report about UNESCO conference St. Petersburg | EDRI

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EDRI-gram special edition (24 May 2005) "From 17 to 19 May UNESCO organised a large conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, 'Bet...

UNESCO Periodicals

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This website provides links to all the UNESCO periodicals listed below There are eight main publications: - The New Courier - Copyright bu...

Uganda CMCs Scoop Awards

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noticias.news story : "Two community multimedia centres supported by UNESCO in Uganda reaped the rewards of their efforts to impact...

[Koichiro Matsuura]Being prepared for the next tsunami

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The Korea Herald article : "An interim tsunami warning system is operating in the Indian Ocean basin. The Inter-governmental Oceano...

G77 developing countries pledge to promote science

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SciDev.Net article Among other things, the Doha Plan of Action approved by a recent meeting of a coalition of 132 developing countries k...
Thursday, June 23, 2005

U.S. National Commission for UNESCO Updates, Volume 1, Issue 4, May 2005

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Read the May 2005 issue

Interview with Federico Mayor Zaragoza

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Read the Worldpress.org interview with Federico Mayor Zaragoza : "In an age of terrorism and pre-emptive wars, Federico Mayor Zara...

Human Sciences: Pathways of Thought: UNESCO SHS

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Human Sciences: Pathways of Thought: UNESCO' project website : "How can we grasp the complexity of today's world without studyi...