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News Archive 2008-2009
 




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NewsUNESCO/APMRN hosts “Climate Change Related Migration in the Pacific” workshop in Fiji 2009-05-25 9:00 am UNESCO
NewsBerlin conference on Euro-Mediterranean Border Management 2009-05-12 9:00 am UNESCO
Organised by Heinrich Böll Stiftung, the Green political foundation, in cooperation with the Robert Bosch Foundation and the British Council, an international conference will take place in Berlin (Germany) from 19 to 20 May 2009, addressing the causes and the background for migratory movements in the Mediterranean and examining the issues relevant to European Union and North African border management.
 NewsUNESCO a partner of 1st World Social Sciences Forum in Bergen (Norway) from 10 to 12 May  2009-05-06 1:00 pm UNESCO
The 1st World Social Science Forum, organized by the International Social Science Council (ISSC) in cooperation with the University of Bergen and the Stein Rokkan Centre and supported by more than 30 partners including UNESCO, met in Bergen (Norway) from 10 to 12 May 2009, with more than 800 participants from some 40 countries*.
 NewsUNESCO organizes session on “Migration, the missing link of globalization” at the World Social Science Forum 2009-04-17 10:30 am UNESCO
The session will be organized by UNESCO's International Migrations and Multicultural Policies Section at 5 P.M. on 10 May 2009
 NewsMigration without Borders now also available in French, Spanish and Russian 2009-04-16 1:00 pm UNESCO
The UNESCO book Migration without borders. Essays on the free movement of people has received great interest amongst researchers and politicians since its publication in English in 2007. It is now available to a wider audience, having been translated into French, Spanish and Russian. A Chinese version will be forthcoming.
 NewsThe Spanish MDG Fund launches a project to protect and promote the rights of China’s young migrants 2009-04-06 9:00 am UNESCO
By addressing several Millenium Development Goals (MDGs), a project endorsed by the UNDP-Spain MDG Achievement Fund plans to ensure that the benefits of development reach China’s vulnerable young migrants. It has been launched through the Youth, Employment and Migration Programme, to a total budget of over 7 million USD. Nine UN agencies will be working on the programme, including the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UNESCO.
 NewsMigration Without Borders nominated for the Association of Borderland Studies Book Award 2009 2009-04-06 9:00 am UNESCO
NewsNiger accedes to the Migrant Workers Convention 2009-04-03 1:25 pm UNESCO
The accession of Niger to the Migrant Workers Convention on 18 March 2009 brings the total number of State Parties to the Convention to 41. Niger’s accession comes after recent inclusion of Paraguay (23 September 2008), Jamaica (25 September 2008) and Rwanda (15 December 2008).
 NewsMigration Without Borders Essays available in Russian 2009-03-15 6:00 pm UNESCO
The UNESCO book "Migration without borders. Essays on the free movement of people" edited by Antoine Pecoud and Paul de Guchteneire has just been published in Russian.
 NewsNew publication in Spanish on the United Nations International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers - Obstacles, opportunities and perspectives 2009-03-14 6:40 pm UNESCO
Revista Migraciones, a journal issued by the Instituto Universitario de Estudios sobre Migración of the University of Comillas in Madrid, has published in its December 2008 number a UNESCO contribution on the difficulties linked to the ratification of the UN Convention on Migrant Workers’ Rights.
 News18 December 2008: A “radio marathon” for International Migrants Day 2008-12-15 10:00 am UNESCO
For the third consecutive year, on 18 December 2008, Radio 18-12 organized a “global radio marathon” with the support of UNESCO, on the occasion of International Migrants Day.
 NewsNew publication on the UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies and migrant workers 2008-10-28 9:00 am UNESCO
December 18, a NGO with Special Consultative Status in the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, has released this October its latest publication The UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies and Migrant Workers: a Samizdat.
 NewsThe Global Migration Group publishes a new report on international migration and human rights 2008-10-22 1:35 pm UNESCO
Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, member agencies of the Global Migration Group have released in the beginning of October the Group’s new report International Migration and Human Rights: Challenges and Opportunities on the Threshold of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
 NewsThe Cultural Heritage of Migrants 2008-08-18 1:00 pm UNESCO
This issue of the Journal MUSEUM International (N° 233-234, Volume 59, n° 1/2, 2007) is now also available in Spanish.
 NewsPeople on the Move : Handbook of Selected Terms and Concepts 2008-08-13 10:15 am UNESCO
New Publication from The Hague Process on Refugees and Migration (THP Foundation) in cooperation with UNESCO
 NewsRegional Youth Meeting on Migrations  2008-06-19 8:00 am Quartiers du Monde
With UNESCO's support and in partnership with the UNESCO Venice Chair “Social and Spatial Inclusion of Migrants: Urban Policies and Practices”, the European and African teams of the association Quartiers du Monde (i.e. Neighborhoods of the World) have worked for 8 months on a participative research-action on migrations. In order to compare and analyze their first results, the international coordination team of this project organizes a regional youth meeting in Sale, Morocco, 29 June-3 July 2008.
 NewsA Conference on the First Great Migrations 2008-06-17 8:00 am UNESCO
On June 19th, the Permanent Delegation of Kazakhstan to UNESCO, in collaboration with the French Museum of Natural History and the French National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations will organize a Conference on “The First Large Migrations of People”.
 NewsHommes et Migration, Special Issue on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers 2008-06-16 2:00 pm UNESCO
The new issue of Hommes et Migrations, Journal of the Cité nationale de l’histoire de l’immigration (France), focuses on the challenges and perspectives of the International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW).
 NewsUNESCO joins the Global Migration Group 2008-04-08 1:00 pm UNESCO
UNESCO’s membership to the Global Migration Group enables stronger cooperation with other agencies active on migration issues.
 NewsPublication of the Migration Museums Network's Newsletter 2008-04-01 9:45 am UNESCO
UNESCO and the IOM work together through the Migration Museums Initiative to promote exchange of information and experiences on the history of immigration and the memories of migrants, notably through helping to set up and develop museums in receiving countries.
 NewsIntegration of Migrants’ Children by Means of Education: Moscow Experience 2008-02-22 10:55 am UNESCO Office in Moscow
New publication from the Chair of International (Multicultural) Education of the Moscow Institute of Open Education with the support of the UNESCO Office in Moscow
 NewsMigration Without Borders Explored on ARTE (Franco-German TV Station) 2008-01-22 10:00 am UNESCO
Migration without Borders: the work of UNESCO on this theme figures in a documentary on ARTE.



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