[25.03.02] - NEW BIOSPHERE RESERVES IN POLAND AND UKRAINE, WHILE UK REVIEWS ITS OLD RESERVES - Two new natural areas on the borders of Poland and Ukraine - poised to be merged into a trans-frontier biosphere reserve - were added by UNESCO's Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme to its World Network of Biosphere Reserves on Friday 22 March, at the close of its two-yearly Council meeting in Paris.(...)Continue
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[March] - CHEICK MODIBO DIARRA: AIMING FOR EXCELLENCE (Feature) - Cheick Modibo Diarra, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador since 1998, is a leading African scientist. He is an interplanetary navigator with NASA (USA) and has become world-famous, especially through his work on the Pathfinder probe, which landed on Mars in July 1997 after a journey of 497 million km.
With his head in the stars, his feet firmly on Earth, the Malian-born astrophysicist has not forgotten Africa, which he left some 30 years ago.(...)Continue

[March] - UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL WARNS OF LOOMING WATER CRISIS (Feature) - On World Water Day, March 22, UNESCO's Director-General warns of a looming water crisis and states that "if water is in crisis, development is in crisis too". He insists that "only by integrating scientific and ethical principles with socially sound practices can we secure a sustainable 'water world' for generations to come."(...)Continue
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[15.03.2002] - DIRECTOR-GENERAL DEPLORES DEATH OF ITALIAN JOURNALIST IN RAMALLAH - UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura today deplored the death of Italian news photographer Raffaele Ciriello from Israeli gunfire in the Palestinian West Bank city of Ramallah.(...)Continue

[15.03.02] - UNESCO CITIES FOR PEACE PRIZES 2000-2001 TO BE PRESENTED IN MARRAKESH ON MARCH 18
Half of the world's population lives in cities and the numbers will continue to rise, further increasing the problems of the cities, from infrastructure to social cohesion. There is therefore a great interest in studying original solutions and the best practices developed by municipal authorities.(...)Continue

[14.03.2002] - TOWARDS THE RESUMPTION OF DIALOGUE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, today had successive meetings on matters related to the Middle East situation. First he met the President of the Arab Group at UNESCO, who was accompanied by Ambassador Ahmad Abdelrazek, Permanent Observer of the Palestinian Authority to UNESCO, and Mrs Saïda Charaseddine representing ALECSO.(...)Continue

[07.03.2002]- 8 March – INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Violence against women and children is not just a ‘women's issue,’ but something that "concerns us all, as an issue of equality and equity," UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura points out in a message to mark International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8.(...)Continue

[01.03.2002]- AT UNESCO, HAMID KARZAI MAPS PROGRESS ACHIEVED AND WORK AHEAD
FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF AFGHANISTAN
During his official visit to France, the Chairman of Afghanistan’s Interim Authority, Hamid Karzai, will address an information session of UNESCO’s 58-member Executive Board and meet Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura on Friday, March 1. (...)Continue

[01.03.2002]- SIGNATURE BETWEEN UNESCO AND THE AFGHAN ADMINISTRATION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KABUL
Paris, March 1 - A memorandum of understanding for the rehabilitation of the National Museum of Kabul was signed this morning between the Director-General of UNESCO(...)Continue