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Monday, December 31, 2007

Happy New Year

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The new issue of A World of Science

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The January-March 2008 edition of UNESCO's A World of Science has just been published. The contents include: Arctic sea ice a record l...
Sunday, December 30, 2007

Editorial: The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

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The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) "has a problem". It is being asked to take on more and more responsibilities,...
Monday, December 24, 2007

Merry Christmas!

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Thursday, December 20, 2007

UNESCO and HP Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement

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UNESCO and Hewlett-Packard (HP) signed a strategic partnership agreement on 19 December to strengthen their collaboration around existing ed...

Forging innovations: Community Multimedia Centres in Nepal

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Forging innovations: Community Multimedia Centers in Nepal This collection of case studies on the Community Multimedia Centres (CMCs) in Nep...
Monday, December 17, 2007

Athelstan Spilhaus: First U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO

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The new highlight on the website of Americans for UNESCO begins a series on the pioneers in the creation of the organization and on the est...

UNESCO BPI Memos

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The Bureau of Public Information of UNESCO publishes a series of memos, called Memobpi. Here are links to a few of them: Peacebuilding A com...
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Review of UNESCO’s Capacity-Building Function

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A review was completed last February or UNESCO’s experience in capacity building and of the international research on capacity building to ...

Mondialogo Engineering Award Symposium

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Mondialogo , a partnership between UNESCO and DaimlerChrysler, works to bring young people together to foster meaningful dialogue and exchan...
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Global Change in Mountain Regions

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©T. Schaaf, Yosemite Nat. Park, USA Global Change in Mountain Regions (GLOCHAMORE): A world-wide network to study global change processes i...

UNESCO at GK3 in Kuala Lumpur: Towards building knowledge societies

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The Global Knowledge Partnership's GK3 is a unique gathering of 2,000 global visionaries, innovators, practitioners and policy makers, ...
Monday, December 10, 2007

The Office of Director General of UNESCO

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Luther H. Evans The only U.S. citizen to be elected Director General The Director General is the chief executive officer of UNESCO. The DG...
Sunday, December 09, 2007

Two Foreign Policy Experts Recommend Smart Power

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Reference: " Stop Getting Mad, America. Get Smart. " By Richard L. Armitage and Joseph S. Nye Jr., The Washington Post Sunday Out...
Saturday, December 08, 2007

UNESCO's Internal Oversight Service

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UNESCO's Internal Oversight Service (IOS), established in 2001, provides consolidated oversight covering internal audit, evaluation, in...

UNESCO's 21st Century Talks

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The 21st-Century Talks are forums for prospective reflection and future oriented debate that gather together leading figures from different ...
Thursday, December 06, 2007

A Historical Note: UNESCO and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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One of the first tasks the United Nations assigned to its Human Rights Commission (chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt) was the preparation of what...

Human Rights Day, December 10, 2007

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Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt of the United States holding a Universal Declaration of Human Rights poster © UN Photo Human Rights Day 10 December 20...
Wednesday, December 05, 2007

International Migrants Day

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It is estimated that some 200 million people live outside of their home countries. And this is not a new phenomenon: Europe, America, and Au...

60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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© UNESCO/Ivaldo Alves Brasilia Celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights will be launched at UNESCO...