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Tuesday, January 31, 2006

UNESCO's New York Office

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UNESCO maintains an office in New York City.

Americans for UNESCO Board Meeting

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A meeting of the Board of Directors of Americans for UNESCO took place yesterday. Andre Varchaver was elected to replace Dick Arndt as Chair...

Fulbright Fellowship at UNESCO

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The United Nations Foundation , a private organization, supports professional internships under the U.S. Fulbright program at UNESCO headqua...
Monday, January 30, 2006

Measuring Linguistic Diversity on the Internet

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Read the report in English or French on its UNESCO website . UNESCO has been emphasizing the concept of “knowledge societies”, which stresse...

Findings from the 2005 UNESCO Science Report

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Asia 'leads Europe' in science spending By Wagdy Sawahel, SciDev.Net, 23 January 2006. China has played a major role in helping Asia...
Sunday, January 29, 2006

"The Net for Journalists: A practical guide to the Internet for journalists in developing countries"

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Go to the UNESCO announcement of the publication (with a link to download). UNESCO collaborated with the Thomson Foundation and Commonwealt...
Friday, January 27, 2006

"African UNESCO' gets go-ahead"

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Read the full atricle by Wagdy Sawahel in SciDev.Net . (27 January 2006) "The African Union (AU) has backed plans to create a scienti...
Thursday, January 26, 2006

Thanks to Seabreeze Travel!

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The folks at Seabreeze Travel have donated three desktop computers to Americans for UNESCO, filling a real need as we work to get the organi...
Wednesday, January 25, 2006

A window of opportunity for USAID

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Read the full editorial by David Dickson in SciDev.Net . (24 January 2006.) A decision to reorganize the US Agency for International Devel...
Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Just Published: Connect- UNESCO International Science, Technology and Environmental Education newsletter

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Read the new edition online. The most recent edition of ‘Connect’ focuses on the issue of scientism, a belief that scientific knowledge is t...
Tuesday, January 17, 2006

UNESCO, big business join forces against AIDS

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Read the full article in AFP via Yahoo!News. UNESCO and The Global Business Coalition (GBC) on HIV/AIDS signed the agreement on Monday, Jan...
Thursday, January 12, 2006

Jane Goodall to receive UNESCO’s 60th anniversary medal

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Read the full UNESCO press release. The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, will award UNESCO’s 60th Anniversary Medal to Jane Go...

Sustainable Management of Marginal Drylands (SUMAMAD( Project

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Go to the project website. SUMAMAD aims at enhancing the sustainable management and conservation of marginal drylands in northern Africa and...
Monday, January 09, 2006

Whither UNESCO? Science, Poverty, and Peace

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There has been a change in the speaker lineup for this symposium on UNESCO to be held as part of the AAAS Annual Meeting in St. Louis. The c...

An Indian Diaspora Knowledge Network

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Read the article by George Iype at Rediff.com . (January 07, 2006) India on Saturday announced that it will set up a Diaspora Knowledge Net...
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Multilingualism on the Internet

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Go to the website for the issue. This is a special issue of the International Journal on Multicultural Societies published by UNESCO. (Vol....
Sunday, January 08, 2006

Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Folklore

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Working in co-operation with UNESCO and other international organizations, and in dialogue with NGOs, The World Intellectual Property Organi...

Robinson Miller Upton: 1916-2005

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Read the obituary in The Chicago Tribune . Miller Upton, who served for 21 years as president of Beloit College, died December 19, 2005, at...
Wednesday, January 04, 2006

The Precautionary Principle

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Report of UNESCO's expert group on the Precautionary Principle, adopted by the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge an...

Why the United States Rejoined UNESCO

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Read the full Fact Sheet on the website of the U.S. Embassy in Paris. “ As a symbol of our commitment to human dignity, the United States w...