[30.11.2001]
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DIRECTOR-GENERAL INAUGURATES THE UNESCO INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICS ON THE UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL CAMPUS
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, today inaugurated the offices of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) on the Université de Montréal campus(...)Continue
[30.11.2001]
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MESSAGE FROM THE JOINT UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME ON HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) ON
THE OCCASION OF WORLD AIDS DAY, 1 DECEMBER
2001
This year marked 20 years since
the world first became aware of AIDS. This
year, the epidemic continued its
unrelenting spread as five million people
became infected with HIV. This year, too,
the UN General Assembly held an
unprecedented special session on HIV/AIDS.
The outcome: a Declaration of Commitment
that set targets and goals for the world. Continue
[22.11.2001]
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DIRECTOR-GENERAL
WELCOMES PROCLAMATION OF 2002 AS UNITED
NATIONS YEAR FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE
UNESCO
Director-General Koichiro Matsuura has
welcomed yesterday’s proclamation of the
year 2002 as United Nations Year for
Cultural Heritage by the United Nations
General Assembly and the decision to
designate UNESCO as the lead agency for
the Year. Continue
[19.11.2001]
- DIRECTOR-GENERAL
EXPRESSES OUTRAGE AT MURDER OF COLOMBIAN
JOURNALIST
UNESCO
Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura today
expressed outrage at the murder of yet
another Colombian journalist, Heriberto
Cardenas Escudero, a former correspondent
for the Bogota dailies El Tiempo
and El Espectador as well as
several local radio stations. Continue
[14.11.2001]
- International
Day for Tolerance Message
from
the Director-General
UNESCO
Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura has
issued a message on the occasion of the
International Day for Tolerance,
celebrated on November 16, calling on the
international community, on parents,
teachers and the media, to put into
practice, on a daily basis, the “ethic
of dialogue, openness and mutual
respect.” Continue
[07.11.2001]
- UNESCO:
WHAT ACTION FOR AFRICA?
Africa numbers 34 of the world’s 49
least developed countries (LDCs) and half
the continent’s population is subject to
extreme poverty, surviving on less than
one US dollar a day. Moreover, Africa is
home to 80% of the world’s population
HIV/AIDS cases. Continue
[05.11.2001]
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Aziza
BENNANI OF MOROCCO ELECTED CHAIRPERSON OF
UNESCO’S EXECUTIVE BOARD
Aziza Bennani, Permanent Delegate of
Morocco to UNESCO, was today elected
Chairperson of the Organization’s
Executive Board for a period of two years.
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[03.11.2001]
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UNESCO:
CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND HERITAGE
PRESERVATION AT THE HEART OF MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING
UNESCO’s 31st General
Conference - having broken new ground with
the adoption of a Universal
Declaration on Cultural Diversity and a
Convention on the Protection of the
Underwater Cultural Heritage, and
having launched a new initiative against
the deliberate destruction of cultural
heritage - concluded its work in Paris
today.
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[02.11.2001]
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GENERAL
CONFERENCE ADOPTS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
UNESCO’s governing body – the General
Conference – today adopted the UNESCO
Universal Declaration on Cultural
Diversity, a text about which
Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura
expressed hope that it can “one day
acquire as much force as the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights”. Continue