[25.06.2001] - DIRECTOR-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF COMBINING AIDS PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND CARE 
UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura denounced the unequal access to medical care and highlighted UNESCO’s role in AIDS preventive education as he opened the 4th International Congress Global Health Equity: Medical Progress and Quality of Life in the 21st Century at Organization Headquarters this morning. Continue
Fact Sheet: UNESCO and AIDS

[14.06.2001] - SIGNIFICANT INITIATIVES AND ADVANCES MARKING THE 161ST EXECUTIVE BOARD SESSION
The 161st session of UNESCO’s Executive Board, chaired by Sonia Mendieta de Badaroux (Honduras), ended yesterday after having agreed on a refocused programme which constitutes a significant advance in the Organization’s reform and several major initiatives notably aiming to protect cultural diversity and the heritage of humanity, as well as to help reconciliation in the Middle East. Continue

[12.06.2001] - DIRECTOR-GENERAL CONDEMNS MURDER OF JOURNALIST MILAN PANTIC IN YUGOSLAVIA
UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura today condemned the murder of Yugoslav journalist Milan Pantic, who reported on criminal affairs and corporate corruption for Belgrade daily Vecerneje Novosti, calling the assassination “a heinous crime against an individual and an outrage against freedom of information.” Continue

[01.06.2001] - UNESCO MESSAGE ON OCCASION OF WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
“Connect with the World Wide Web of Life” is the theme chosen by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for this year’s World Environment Day, June 5. As the Organization in charge of science and education, UNESCO is involved in this theme, as it seeks to foster study, experience-sharing and awareness about our fragile environment. Continue