[13.07.2001] - DIRECTOR-GENERAL CONDEMNS MURDER OF ANGOLAN AND UKRAINIAN JOURNALISTS
Two journalists - one in Angola, the other in Ukraine - have been murdered in recent days, adding their names to the long roster of media workers killed since the beginning of the year. Continue

[10.07.2001] - DIRECTOR-GENERAL CONDEMNS MURDER OF COLOMBIAN AND COSTA RICAN JOURNALISTS
UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura today condemned the killing of four Latin American journalists - Jorge Urbano Sanchez, Jose Vasquez and Arquimedes Arias in Colombia, and Costa Rican journalist Parmedio Medina - all four had denounced corruption and organized crime in their reporting and had been threatened in the past. Continue

[10.07.2001] - DRAFT CONVENTION ON UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE
A major step has been taken to ensure the protection and ban the commercial exploitation of underwater heritage, including archaeological sites and shipwrecks which have become vulnerable to unscrupulous treasure hunters in recent years. Experts appointed by the governments of close to 90 countries reached agreement this weekend on a draft convention to this effect. Continue

[06.07.2001] - DIRECTOR-GENERAL CONDEMNS MURDER OF COLOMBIAN JOURNALIST
UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura today condemned the killing of Colombian radio reporter Pablo Emilio Parra Castañeda who was shot dead on June 27 in Tolima Department. Continue