[29.05.2000] -
POSITIVE STEP TO PROTECT INDIAN WORLD HERITAGE SITE OF HAMPI The State government of Karnataka (India) has decided to relocate two bridges within the Hampi World Heritage site, in keeping
with recommendations made by UNESCO and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) to protect the area and its invaluable archaeological
remains. Continue
[26.05.2000] -
159TH SESSION OF EXECUTIVE BOARD CLOSES REINFORCING UNESCO’S ROLE IN BASIC EDUCATION The 159th session of UNESCO’s Executive Board, chaired by Sonia Mendieta de Badaroux (Honduras), ended today after adopting decisions which endorsed the reform process launched by Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura and voiced unqualified support for the Organization’s reinforced commitment in favour of basic education and increased funding for this sector. Continue
[22.05.2000] -
UNESCO CONTRIBUTES TO PEACE-BUILDING IN SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE UNESCO will increase its contribution, within its fields of competence, to the process aiming to consolidate peace and stability in the Adriatic and Ionian region, the Organization’s Director-General, Koïchiro Matsuura, said at the Conference on Stability and Security in the Adriatic and Ionian which was hosted by Italy in Ancona, May 19 and 20. Continue
[15.05.2000] -
OPENING OF 159TH SESSION OF UNESCO'S EXECUTIVE BOARD MARKED BY REFORM OF ORGANIZATION The 159th session of UNESCO's Executive Board, one of the Organization's two ruling bodies, was opened today by its Chairperson, Sonia Mendieta de Badaroux, who qualified as "historic" the meeting which will focus notably on the Director-General's reform programme for the Organization and which will include a thematic debate on UNESCO in a Globalising World. Continue
[11.05.2000] -
159TH SESSION OF UNESCO'S EXECUTIVE BOARD BEGINS MONDAY UNESCO's Executive Board, chaired by Sonia Mendieta de Badaroux (Honduras), will meet for its 159th session from May 15 to 25. The session will notably feature a report by Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura on the Organization's reform process as well as a debate on UNESCO in a globalizing world. Continue
[10.05.2000] -
CHINESE ACTRESS GONG LI NAMED ARTIST FOR PEACE Chinese actress Gong Li was named yesterday UNESCO Artist for Peace by the Director-General of the Organization, Koïchiro Matsuura, "in recognition of her dedication to the Organization's ideals and aims." Continue
[09.05.2000] -
DIRECTOR-GENERAL CONDEMNS MURDER OF JOURNALIST JOSE LUIS LOPEZ DE LACALLE UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura today condemned the murder of Jose Luis López de Lacalle, journalist for the spanish daily newspaper El Mundo, and founder of the Ermua Forum, a Basque association opposed to political violence. Continue
[09.05.2000] -
DIRECTOR-GENERAL URGES G-8 TO UPHOLD PRINCIPLE OF FREE AVAILABILITY OF HUMAN GENOME DATA In a letter to Yoshiro Mori, the Prime Minister of Japan, who will preside over the G-8 Summit scheduled to be held in Okinawa in July, UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura has requested that the G-8 issue a statement reasserting the principle of the free availability of human genome data to the world scientific community for the benefit of all humanity. Continue
[03.05.2000] -
UNESCO/GUILLERMO CANO WORLD PRESS FREEDOM PRIZE AWARDED IN GENEVA World Press Freedom Day was celebrated today with the award by the Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, of the 2000 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize to Syrian journalist Nizar Nayyouf who has been in detention since January 10, 1992. Continue
