[27.09.2000] - "LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING YOUNGER" SUBJECT OF 21ST CENTURY TALKS
The 15th session of the of 21st Century Talks series at UNESCO Headquarters on September 26 focused on the theme "Looking Forward to Getting Younger", with the participation of Professor Etienne-Emile Baulieu, one of the leading experts on endocrinology and ageing therapy, and Professor Ivo Pitanguy, the pioneering plastic surgeon. Continue
[27.09.2000] - CONFERENCE ON "A CULTURAL APPROACH TO HIV/AIDS PREVENTION AND CARE" OPENS MONDAY IN NAIROBI The inter-regional conference "A Cultural Approach to HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care" - organised by UNESCO in co-operation with the African Itinerant College for Culture and Development and the Kenyan National Commission for UNESCO - will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from October 2 to 4. Continue
[15.09.2000] - VISITS BRING AFRICA FOCUS TO UNESCO The coming weeks at UNESCO will have a strong African emphasis, as the leaders of three African regional and sub-regional groups pay important official visits to Organization Headquarters. Continue
[15.09.2000] - FORMER GLORY RETURNS TO UNESCO'S RENOVATED JAPANESE GARDEN
Visitors to UNESCO's Japanese Garden, or "Garden of Peace", can once again admire the grace and splendour that first shone from this masterpiece by the late Japanese-American landscape architect Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988). Continue
[13.09.2000] - TOH SWEE-HIN TO RECEIVE 2000 UNESCO PRIZE FOR PEACE EDUCATION UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura has decided to award the 2000 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education to Professor Toh Swee-Hin, who is of Malaysian origin and whose candidature was submitted by the Philippines. Continue
[12.09.2000] - DIRECTOR-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN AFTER MURDER OF TWO JOURNALISTS UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura said he was appalled by news of the murder on September 10 in Vucitrn (Kosovo) of journalist Shefki Popova and expressed concern over the deteriorating situation for journalists in Kosovo. Continue
[12.09.2000] - DIRECTOR-GENERAL ADVOCATES CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN ADDRESS AT FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, today advocated cultural diversity at a symposium entitled Parliament and Cultural Identity in a Globalized Context, held at the French National Assembly to mark the 30th General Conference of the Canada-France Interparliamentary Association. Continue
[12.09.2000] - DIRECTOR-GENERAL TO VISIT UZBEKISTAN, GEORGIA AND UKRAINE UNESCO Director-General, Koïchiro Matsuura, will travel to Uzbekistan (September 13 - 15), Georgia (September 15 - 17) and Ukraine (September 17 - 19) for a series of official visits aimed at boosting cooperation between the Organization and the three countries. Continue
[11.09.2000] - THE ROLE, PURPOSE AND FUTURE OF EDUCATION: A DEBATE AT EXPO2000 Education - its challenges, purpose and potential in the age of electronic communication - was the subject of a lively debate, Building Learning Societies: Knowledge, Information and Human Development, organised by UNESCO, the World Bank and Germany's Foundation for International Development as part of EXPO2000 in Hanover (Germany), on September 6 to 8. Continue
[06.09.2000] - PROMINENT SCHOLARS, ARTISTS EXPLORE WAYS TO FOSTER NEW DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS Following a morning discussion yesterday at United Nations headquarters among Heads of State on the critical need for new forms of dialogue among civilizations, a group of internationally eminent scholars, civil servants, journalists and artists met in the afternoon for further debate. Continue
[05.09.2000] - JAPANESE CULTURAL EVENTS AT UNESCO - SEPTEMBER 21-29 A 9-day event devoted to Japanese culture will take place at UNESCO Headquarters, September 21 to 29, under the title of "Heian Beauty" (Heian means peace in Japanese). Continue