[29.05.2002] - UNESCO
APPEALS FOR RELEASE OF LAOTIAN POLITICAL PRISONER LATSAMI KHAMPHOUI
- UNESCO today appealed for the immediate release of Laotian political
prisoner Latsami Khamphoui, a former Deputy Minister for Economics
and Planning, in jail since 1990 for writing letters to various
government officials criticizing the government of Laos.(...)Continue
[29.05.2002] -
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PLEDGES TO SAFEGUARD AFGHANISTAN'S
CULTURAL HERITAGE - Kabul, Several Governments and NGO's
announced today in Kabul that they would finance the safeguarding
of Afghanistan's cultural heritage, in large part destroyed or
damaged by 23 years of war and violence. (...)Continue
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[27.05.2002]
- UNESCO LAUNCHES DRIVE TO SAVE CULTURAL
HERITAGE IN AFGHANISTAN - Kabul and Paris- The debate
about whether to rebuild the giant Bamiyan Buddhas continues to
rage, sometimes obscuring other aspects of the cultural disaster
that Afghanistan has suffered over the past two decades. (...)Continue
[21.05.2002]
- DIRECTOR-GENERAL CALLS FOR RELEASE OF
JOURNALIST U WIN TIN FROM JAIL -
In a letter to the Prime Minister of Myanmar (Burma), Senior General
Than Shwe, UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura on Friday
called for the release of 72-year-old journalist U Win Tin, laureate
of the 2001 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, who
has been in jail since July 1989.(...)Continue
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[16.05.2002] -
AN INDEPENDENT EAST TIMOR REDISCOVERS ITS
CULTURAL HERITAGE -
As East Timor prepares to become an independent nation, on May
20, UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura has launched
an appeal to the international community to help the young state
preserve and enhance its cultural heritage.(...)Continue
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