UNESCO Office of Public Information (OPI)| Press Releases

[31.01.2000] - UNESCO LAUNCHES "MARCH 8: WOMEN MAKE THE NEWS" OPERATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
UNESCO is launching an operation - March 8: Women Make the News - to place the news under the editorial responsibility of women journalists on the occasion of International Women's Day. Continue

[27.01.2000] - THE COMMUNITY OF SANT'EGIDIO TO RECEIVE UNESCO'S 1999 FELIX HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY PEACE PRIZE
The Community of Sant'Egidio, whose headquarters are in Rome, was today chosen as the laureate of the 1999 Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize by an international jury presided by former US Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Henry Kissinger, in recognition of the importance of its work for peace through inter-faith dialogue and understanding. Continue

[26.01.2000] - UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION IN LEARNING THE LESSONS OF THE HOLOCAUST
UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura delivered a video message to the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust which opened this afternoon in the capital of Sweden. Continue

[21.01.2000] - BANGKOK CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION FOR ALL URGES INCREASED POLITICAL WILL AND FUNDING
Greater political will and funding for basic education in the Asia-Pacific region should be the bedrock for a regional education strategy for the 21st century, said an education review conference of these countries which ended in Bangkok on Thursday. Continue

[17.01.2000] - EDUCATION FOR ALL IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA UNDER REVIEW AT WARSAW CONFERENCE - 6-8 FEBRUARY
Whether education for all is a reality in Europe and North America is the focus of a regional meeting organised in Warsaw (Poland) by the International Consultative Forum on Education for All, February 6 to 8, with a view to assessing progress achieved since the World Conference on Education for All (Jomtien, Thailand, 1990). Continue

[10.01.2000] - L'OREAL AND UNESCO REWARD WOMEN SCIENTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
The L'OREAL-Helena Rubinstein Awards for the year 2000 were presented today at UNESCO Headquarters to five women scientists working in different continents by L'OREAL's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Lindsay Owen Jones, and by UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura. Continue

[06.01.2000] - MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT TO PROTECT WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
The governors of the United Nations Foundation (UNF) have decided to support a project promoted by UNESCO's World Heritage Centre, "Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Protecting World Natural Heritage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" with an initial donation of US$2,895,912 to be channelled to five National Parks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Continue