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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Meeting of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO

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Photo courtesy of Laura Engel The United States National Commission for UNESCO met on Monday, November 28th at George Washington Univ...
Saturday, November 19, 2011

Appearance by Patrice Lyons

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Patrice Lyons , the Secretary-Treasurer of Americans for UNESCO, appeared this October in a panel discussion of the Internet of Things (...

Meeting of the Board of Directors of Americans for UNESCO

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Eric Woodard and Kelly Siekman from the State Department addressing the Board Board members shown on right are Roger Coate, Patrice Lyon...
Thursday, November 17, 2011

More on the United States Withholding of funds from UNESCO

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The General Conference of UNESCO has voted to accept Palestine as a Member State of the Organization. U.S. law requires that if a specializ...

Rutgers University International Institute of Peace (IIP) Designated as UNESCO Category II Center

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IIP Co-Founder Aldo Civico (left) with UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Forest Whitaker (right)   At its recent General Conference,  UNES...

UNESCO Passed Engineering Initiative

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The recent General Conference passed a resolution stating that it: Requests the Director-General to particularly focus on engineering...

The Gender Perspective in Bioethics

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Read about the International Conference on Gender and Bioethics.
Friday, November 11, 2011

UNESCO Seeks Donations Now!

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The Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova today launched an online site allowing Member States, public institutions, foundations and cit...

UNESCO suspends year-end projects due to U.S. funding cut

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CNN Reports : UNESCO has suspended its projects and commitments until the end of year because the United States cut its $65 million fund...
Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Conversations With America: Bridging Divides: Youth, Peace and Reconciliation

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UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Forest Whitaker and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Esther Brimmer recently...

What happens after the UNESCO admission of Palestine

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In the short term, unless there is some new development, the U.S. retains its membership and vote at UNESCO; we will continue to participat...
Sunday, November 06, 2011

World Science Day for Peace and Development

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Established by UNESCO in 2001, the WSDPD is celebrated on 10 November each year. The Day is an occasion to recall UNESCO's mandate f...
Friday, November 04, 2011

Meeting on STI Policy Instruments

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Fifty distinguished experts in science, technology and innovation from across the globe met at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris from 19 to 20...
Thursday, November 03, 2011

31 new members elected UNESCO’s Executive Board

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UNESCO’s Member States attending the 36th session of the General Conference, the Organization’s highest governing body, have elected 31 ...
Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Flash: U.S. Reelected to UNESCO Executive Board

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Statement by the Director-General of UNESCO on Withholding of Funds by the United States

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 Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General © UNESCO / Eric Bouttier  In this time of economic crisis and social transformation, I believ...
Monday, October 31, 2011

Video: Vote in UNESCO General Conference on Palestine Membership

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Unesco Approves Full Membership for Palestinians

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According to the  New York Times : Unesco defied a legally mandated cutoff of American funding and approved a Palestinian bid for full ...
Friday, October 28, 2011

"Will Congress’s defunding of the U.N. over Palestine hurt U.S. goals around the world?"

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Colum Lynch has an article by that title dated October 25, 2011 in Foreign Policy magazine. It discusses the repercussions if the Palest...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

A World of science Vol 9 n°4

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A World of science Vol 9 n°4