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| Archive - Press Releases (2002-2006) |
Education fees cut for needy Palestinian students
17-02-2006 4:30 pm - (Press Release N°2006-10)
More than 19,000 Palestinian students will benefit from a 75% reduction in educational fees this semester, thanks to a UNESCO project to assist students in the Palestinian Territories, funded by the Saudi Committee for the Relief of the Palestinian People. More |
Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage to Enter into Force on 20 April
20-01-2006 6:00 pm - (Press Release N°2006-05)
 Thirty States have now ratified the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Heritage, adopted in October 2003 by the UNESCO General Conference, allowing it to enter into force on 20 April 2006, that is three months after the 30th instrument of ratification has been deposited. The Convention has been ratified by: Algeria, Mauritius, Japan, Gabon, Panama, China, Central African Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Republic of Korea, Seychelles, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, Mali, Mongolia, Croatia, Egypt, Oman, Dominica, India, Vietnam, Peru, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nigeria, Iceland, Mexico, Senegal and Romania. More |
Opening of Palestinian Women's Research and Documentation Centre
18-01-2006 5:00 pm - (Press Release N°2006-04)
The Palestine Women’s Research and Document Centre (PWRDC) was inaugurated today in Ramallah by Zahira Kamal, Minister of Women’s Affairs of the Palestinian Authority, and Pierre Sané, Assistant Director-General of UNESCO for Social and Human Sciences. More |
China challenges dominance of USA, Europe and Japan in scientific research according to UNESCO Science Report 2005
18-01-2006 4:50 pm - (Press Release N°2006-03)
 Remarkable growth in a small number of emerging Asian economies, led by China, is challenging the leadership of North America, Europe and Japan in research and development (R&D;), according to the newly published UNESCO Science Report 2005*. The report, written by an international team of independent experts, analyses the development of science and technology around the world, with a wealth of data that is both quantitative and qualitative. More |
Developing countries losing out in cultural trade
15-12-2005 4:00 pm - (Press Release N°2005-153)
 Three countries - the United Kingdom, United States and China - produced 40 percent of the world’s cultural trade products in 2002, while Latin America and Africa together accounted for less than four percent according to a new report by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. More |
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela to receive 2005 International Prize José Martí
14-12-2005 4:30 pm - (Press Release N°2005-152)
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela will receive the 2005 International José Martí Prize in a ceremony that will take place in Havana (Cuba) on 28 January. The ceremony will coincide with the anniversary of the birth, in 1853, of José Martí the Cuban humanist, writer, translator, diplomat and teacher, who is known as the “champion” of Cuba’s independence. More |
Director-General condemns assassination of Lebanese newspaper editor Gebran Tueni
13-12-2005 11:30 am - (Press Release N°2005-151)
 The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, today condemned the car bomb attack in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, that killed four people including Gebran Tueni, the publisher and editor of the Lebanese newspaper An Nahar, and a press freedom activist, on Monday. Mr Tueni was also a member of the Lebanese parliament. More |
Thirteen cultural properties in Kosovo to be restored by UNESCO from 2006 to 2007
12-12-2005 5:00 pm - (Press Release N°2005-150)
Seven Orthodox and six Islamic monuments in Kosovo should be the first to be restored over the next two years, recommends the Experts Committee on the Rehabilitation and Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage in Kosovo. The Committee met for the first time on 9 December at UNESCO in the presence of representatives of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and of the Council of Europe. More |
Director-General condemns murder of Philippines journalist George Benaojan
06-12-2005 4:00 pm - (Press Release N°2005-149)
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, today condemned the murder of Philippines journalist George Banaojan in Talisay, on the Philippines island of Cebu, on 1 December. He also expressed his deep concern over the violence to which journalists are exposed in the country. More |
Keeping higher education higher
05-12-2005 2:00 pm - (Press Release N°2005-148)
 Guidelines aimed at protecting students studying abroad from low-quality higher education services were launched today by UNESCO and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). More |
High Level Group urges acceleration of Education for All efforts
30-11-2005 10:00 am - (Press Release N°2005-147)
 Current rates of progress in school enrollments need to quadruple in sub-Saharan Africa and double in South Asia to reach the 2015 goal of providing all children with a quality basic education, concluded participants at the fifth meeting of the High Level Group on Education for All (EFA), which closed here today. More |
Education for All: some progress, can do better
28-11-2005 1:30 pm - (Press Release N°2005-146)
 Significant progress has been made towards achieving Education for All, but “huge challenges” must still be overcome if the objectives set by the world’s nations in Dakar (Senegal) five years ago are to be met by 2015*, UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura said here today. More |
Sweden first State to ratify Convention Against Doping in Sport
25-11-2005 5:25 pm - (Press Release N°2005-145)
Sweden has become the first country to ratify the International Convention Against Doping in Sport. This Convention, adopted unanimously by UNESCO’s General Conference last October, is the only legally binding universal instrument aimed at eradicating doping in sport. More |
UNESCO emphasizes role of education for building knowledge societies
21-11-2005 4:50 pm - (Press Release N°2005-140)
 Access to quality education for all, information for everyone, respect for cultural and linguistic diversity, and an open internet based on respect for human rights and especially freedom of expression are the four pillars on which knowledge societies must be built, concluded participants at a high-level debate organized by UNESCO within the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), that was held in Tunis from 16 to 18 November 2005. More |
UNESCO welcomes endorsement of freedom of expression, cultural diversity and access to information at WSIS
18-11-2005 4:00 pm - (Press Release N°2005-139)
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, today welcomed the endorsement by 176 States attending the World Summit on the Information Society (Tunis, November 16-18) of UNESCO’s vision of “knowledge societies”. This vision is based on the four principles of freedom of expression, quality education for all, universal access to information and knowledge and respect for cultural and linguistic diversity. More |
New regional centre in Tunisia to help youth participate in the knowledge economy
17-11-2005 10:30 am - (Press Release N°2005-138)
UNESCO and Microsoft Corp, in cooperation with the Youth Observatory of the Tunisian Ministry of Youth, today inaugurated the InfoYouth Centre, a regional community technology centre for North Africa, designed to provide youth with access to, and skills training in, the information technologies (IT). The InfoYouth Centre will provide training for IT instructors in more than 200 youth centres across Tunisia, extending its reach to as many as 50,000 young people throughout the region each year. The opening took place during the second phase of the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS), a United Nations conference aimed at developing a global framework to address challenges posed by the information society. More |
UNESCO at 60: more necessary than ever
16-11-2005 5:30 pm - (Press Release N°2005-137)
“What we are celebrating today is not so much the commemoration of a past event but pride in our capacity to respond with courage, energy and commitment to the challenges of our time,” said UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura in his welcome address to the more than 1,000 guests who attended a ceremony at Headquarters today marking UNESCO’s 60th anniversary. More |
World Science Forum opens in Budapest
10-11-2005 4:30 pm - (Press Release N°2005-136)
The World Science Forum, organized by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, UNESCO and the International Council for Science (ICSU), opened today in Budapest (Hungary). Some 400 scientists, political decision-makers, and representatives of non-governmental organizations and private enterprise are attending the event, which continues through to November 12 on the theme Knowledge, Ethics and Responsibility. More |
Literacy: a right still denied to nearly one-fifth of the world’s adult population
09-11-2005 1:50 pm - (Press Release N°2005-134)
Governments and donor countries are curtailing progress towards Education for All (EFA) – and broader poverty reduction – by according only marginal attention to the 771 million adults living without basic literacy skills, says the fourth edition of the EFA Global Monitoring Report, “Literacy for life”.* More |
Physicists Commit to Sustainable Development
07-11-2005 4:00 pm - (Press Release N°2005-135)
The World Conference on Physics and Sustainable Development, a landmark event organized to celebrate the International Year of Physics, was held in Durban, South Africa, from October 31 to November 2. Hundreds of physicists from around the world formulated a plan aimed at resolving the challenges posed by sustainable development. More |
Knowledge versus information societies : UNESCO report takes stock of the difference
03-11-2005 2:40 pm - (Press Release N°2005-133)
A UNESCO report launched today urges governments to expand quality education for all, increase community access to information and communication technology, and improve cross-border scientific knowledge-sharing, in an effort to narrow the digital and “knowledge” divides between the North and South and move towards a “smart” form of sustainable human development. More |
Close of intense and productive General Conference at UNESCO
21-10-2005 6:30 pm - (Press Release N°2005-130)
 The adoption of three standard-setting texts and the re-election of Koïchiro Matsuura as Director-General of UNESCO marked the 33rd session of UNESCO’s General Conference, which closed today. The texts adopted are: the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions; the International Convention Against Doping in Sport; and the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights. A day of reflection about human dignity, as well as two Ministerial Round Tables – one on Education for All (EFA), another on the basic sciences – and an exhibition about EFA, were also organized during the 33rd session. More |
UNESCO’s General Conference adopts Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights
19-10-2005 4:30 pm - (Press Release N°2005-127)
 UNESCO’s General Conference, gathered in Paris for its 33rd session, today adopted the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights. The text, adopted by acclamation, “addresses ethical issues related to medicine, life sciences and associated technologies as applied to human beings, taking into account their social, legal and environmental dimensions.” More |
UNESCO and Italy take first step towards creation of environmental institute
19-10-2005 11:25 am - (Press Release N°2005-126)
 UNESCO and Italy have taken the first step towards establishing an institute for environmental development. The proposed institute would be located in Trieste (Italy) and offer an international programme for education, training and capacity building in environmental development. More |
Election of 29 members to UNESCO’s Executive Board
14-10-2005 6:00 pm - (Press Release N°2005-123)
The 191 Member States of UNESCO, assembled for the 33rd session of the General Conference, UNESCO’s supreme ruling body, today elected 29 new representatives to the 58-member Executive Board, the other governing body of the Organization, in one round of voting. More
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Tertiary education soars in middle-income countries
13-10-2005 2:00 pm - (Press Release N°2005-120)
 More students than ever are seeking higher education in middle-income countries, where tertiary enrolment has jumped by 77 percent over the past decade. This compares to an increase of 43 percent in rich countries, according to a new study* by UNESCO and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). More
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LIFE 2005-2015: UNESCO’s new initiative for literacy
06-10-2005 12:10 pm - (Press Release N°2005-114)
 UNESCO’s new Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE) was launched today during the 33rd session of the Organization’s General Conference. Its objective: to help reduce by half the rate of adult illiteracy in the world by 2015. More
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