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			UNESCO and FC Barcelona launch a joint anti-racism campaign 22-03-2010 (UNESCO) - Launched on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 March), the campaign is a new initiative of the partnership between UNESCO and FC Barcelona concluded in November 2007. Several activities will be organised throughout 2010. More...


			Message from Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March 2010 17-03-2010 (UNESCO) - More...


			Youth Gathering at UNESCO for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 15-03-2010 (UNESCO) - On 19 March, UNESCO and the French Federation of UNESCO Clubs invited young people to discuss the issue of racism and discrimination at a youth gathering at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris (France). More...


			European Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation (E.MA): call for applications for the academic year 2010/11 04-03-2010 (UNESCO) - As a member of the Advisory Board of the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC), UNESCO is pleased to announce the launch of the call for applications for the E.MA programme 2010-2011. The deadline is 19 March 2010. More...


			Lauren Child for UNESCO: Appeal for stories for “My Life is a Story II” 03-03-2010 (UNESCO) - The second phase of the Campaign “My Life is a Story” has been recently launched by Lauren Child. The Campaign has been initiated by the British children’s author and illustrator in 2008 in the framework of her partnership with UNESCO’s Programme for the Education of Children in Need and her publisher Hachette Children’s Books. Its purpose is to give children all over the world the opportunity to tell the story of their life through writing, drawing and photography. More...


			2010, International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures launched at UNESCO 19-02-2010 (UNESCOPRESS) - The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova launched the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures with the establishment of the High Panel on Peace and Dialogue among Cultures. “This day marks the beginning of an intellectual journey throughout which we will reflect on ways to trace new perspectives for peace in the 21st Century,” declared the Director-General. More...


			Just published: Migration and Human Rights. The United Nations Convention on Migrant Workers' Rights 19-01-2010 (UNESCO) - More...


			UNESCO Book Project for 2010 on Migration, Environment and Climate Change 05-12-2009 (UNESCO) - Climate change is one of the major concerns for the international community. Among its consequences, its impact on migration is the object of increasing attention from both policy-makers and researchers. As the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change put it, “greater resource scarcity, desertification, risks of droughts and floods, and rising sea levels could drive many millions of people to migrate.’ More...


			Launch of the Arabic version of the book Human Rights: Questions and Answers by Leah Levin (illustrated by Plantu) 24-11-2009 (UNESCO Office in Rabat) - The Arabic version of the book Human Rights: Questions and Answers by Leah Levin (illustrated by Plantu), translated and printed with the support of the Italian Development Cooperation – Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was presented in Rabat (Morocco), on Wednesday 25 November 2009. More...

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Dossier in SHS Newsletter 10: Applying the human rights based approach to all UNESCO programmes and activities More...

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