[24.01.2002]- AFGHANISTAN’S MAIN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY REAPPEARS
The independent newspaper Kabul Weekly returned to the streets of the Afghan capital today, five years after it disappeared when the Taliban seized power. (...)Continue

[24.01.2002]- DIRECTOR-GENERAL VOICES GRAVE CONCERN ABOUT PRESS FREEDOM IN THE AUTONOMOUS PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura, on a visit to Brazil, today expressed grave concern over the recent measures taken against the Voice of Palestine, radio station of the Palestinian National Authority, and its television broadcaster in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (...)Continue

[10.01.2002]- DIRECTOR-GENERAL VISITS AFGHANISTAN
UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura will visit Kabul on January 11 to offer UNESCO’s support to the Afghan administration in its work to rebuild the country. Mr Matsuura is undertaking the journey to take stock personally of the Afghanistan’s immediate and longer-term needs in education, culture, science and communication. (...)Continue