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| An interview with Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the UNESCO MOST Programme, and Peru, in the headlines of SHSviews n°25 |
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| Covering the news from July-September 2009, SHSviews, the quarterly magazine of UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences Sector, has just been published in English and French. |
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 In this issue:
An interview with… Boutros Boutros-Ghali: “Democracy is the sharing of power”.
Vice-President of the Permanent Forum of Arab-African Dialogue, created with the support of UNESCO, the former UN Secretary-General was in Paris during the month of March 2009 to participate in the first meeting of the Forum’s Committee. On this occasion, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, responding to questions from SHSviews, stressed “the importance of democratizing globalization” and strengthening “South-South solidarity”. More...
Faced with the crisis: MOST, the think tank of nations
Representatives of 35 member countries of the Intergovernmental Council (IGC) of the UNESCO Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme will meet in Paris at the end of September 2009 to decide on the future direction this “think tank” of nations will take. More...Dossier: Focus on Peru
After the Philippines, Canada, Malawi, Cuba, Lebanon and the Netherlands, SHSviews continues to explore the ways in which UNESCO National Commissions address the social and human sciences. Travelling now to Peru, SHSviews has discovered a Commission that has contributed to the implementation of UNESCO programmes for more than 62 years.Also in SHSviews n°25:
Other events related to the UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences programme in August 2009:- 21-22 August: 2nd Forum of Ministers and High-Ranking Officials in charge of Youth in Central America. San Jose, Costa Rica
- 21-23 August: International symposium on “The Haitian Revolution and the Universality of Human Rights”. Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- 25 August: Expert consultation meeting on the project “Ethics of Energy Technologies in Asia and the Pacific”. Bangkok, Thailand
- 27-29 August: Forum of Ministers of Social Development of Latin America. Quito, Ecuador
- 31 August - 2 September: Regional meeting on “Best practices in youth policies and programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean”. Colima, Mexico
For more detailed information: www.unesco.org/shs/agenda.
Just published:- COALITION DES VILLES ARABES CONTRE LE RACISME, LA DISCRIMINATION, LA XENOPHOBIE ET L'INTOLERANCE (20 p., français and Arabic)
- CONCEPÇÃO E GESTÃO DA PROTEÇÃO SOCIAL NÃO CONTRIBUTIVA NO BRASIL, Noleto Jovchelovitch, Marlova, 978-85-7652-092-4
- Programa de base de estudios sobre bioética. Parte 1 : programa temático. Programa de educación en ética (will be soon available online), Paris, UNESCO, 2009. 71 p., SHS/EST/EEP/2008/PI/1, Also available in French and English
- REPORT OF IBC ON HUMAN CLONING AND INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE, Paris, UNESCO, 2009. 31 p. (Electronic version only), SHS/EST/CIB-16/09/CONF.503/2 REV., French / Rapport du CIB sur le clonage humain et la gouvernance internationale
- 2009. INTERNATIONAL BIOETHICS COMMITTEE OF UNESCO (IBC). FIFTEENTH SESSION. REPORT, Paris, UNESCO, 2009. 11 p., SHS/EST/CIB-15/08/CONF.502/4, French / 2009. Comité international de bioéthique de l’UNESCO (CIB). Quinzième session. Rapport
- COMEST 2006. FIFTH SESSION. DAKAR, SENEGAL, 6-9 DECEMBER 2006. CONFERENCE REPORT, World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST), Paris, UNESCO, 2009. 137 p., SHS.2009/WS/1
- COMEST 2008. EXTRAORDINARY SESSION. PARIS, 12-13 NOVEMBER 2008. PROCEEDINGS, World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST), Paris, UNESCO, 2009. 26 p., SHS.2009/WS/5
- CONFERENCE OF PARTIES TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AGAINST DOPING IN SPORT. RULES OF PROCEDURE, 2009. 11 p., SHS.2009/WS/6, French / Conférence des Parties à la Convention internationale contre le dopage dans le sport. Règlement intérieur; Spanish / Conferencia de las Partes de la Convención Internacional contra el Dopaje en el Deporte. Reglamento
- LES ETATS-NATIONS FACE A L'INTEGRATION REGIONALE EN AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST - LE CAS DE LA GUINEE, Alpha Mamadou DIALLO (éd.), Editions Karthala, ISBN : 978-2-8111-0203-6
- LES ETATS-NATIONS FACE A L'INTEGRATION REGIONALE EN AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST - LE CAS DE LA COTE D'IVOIRE, Souleymane YEO (éd.), Editions Karthala, ISBN : 978-2-8111-0227-2
- LES ETATS-NATIONS FACE A L'INTEGRATION REGIONALE EN AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST - LE CAS DU TOGO, N'buéké Adovi Goeh-Akué (éd.), Editions Karthala, ISBN : 978-2-8111-0219-7
- NATION-STATES AND THE CHALLENGES OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN WEST AFRICA - THE CASE OF GHANA, Kwame A. NINSIN, Editions Karthala, ISBN : 978-2811101664
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UNESCO - Sector for Social and Human Sciences |
| Publication Date |
06-08-2009 |
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SHS e-News 41 / August 2009 |
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