[28.11.2002] -
2002 UNESCO PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE TO BE
PRESENTED IN VENICE - Paris - Three young graduate architects
of Italy's Genoa University - Erika Bisio, Giulia Carpeneto and
Irene Carpeneto - will be presented with this year's UNESCO Prize
for Architecture at a ceremony on December 2 at UNESCO's Venice
Office (7 p.m. at the Palazzo Zorzi).(...)Continue
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[25.11.2002] -
ETHICAL GUIDELINES URGENTLY NEEDED FOR
COLLECTING, PROCESSING, USING AND STORING HUMAN GENETIC DATA
Paris/Montreal - Human genetic data is everywhere. Its presence
in biological samples (of blood, tissue, saliva and sperm etc.)
provides answers to questions from police and courts of law about
paternity or the identity of sex offenders. Scientists are also
using it to detect diseases we may be programmed to get, thus
raising the hope for new cures. (...)Continue
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[20.11.2002] -
HIGH LEVEL GROUP URGES COUNTRIES TO MAKE
EDUCATION FOR ALL A TOP PRIORITY - Abuja, - The High Level
Group on Education For All, meeting here for the past two days,
has expressed its alarm that only 83 countries, on present trends,
have achieved or have a high chance of achieving by 2015 the goals
of universal primary education, gender parity in education and
the halving their illiteracy rates.(...)Continue
[14.11.2002] -
DEFENDING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ON THE
INTERNET - Paris - Though the internet is enabling more
individuals and communities than ever before to express their
opinions and creativity, it is increasingly being subjected to
restrictions ranging from financial, technical and language barriers
to outright censorship. How can human dignity, children's rights,
privacy and national security be protected while preserving freedom
of expression?(..)Continue
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[14.11.2002] -
UNESCO CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD
HERITAGE CONVENTION IN VENICE - Venice
- Some 500 heritage experts, prominent representatives of politics
and business are gathered in Venice for the next three days (November
14-16) to participate in an international congress entitled "World
Heritage 2002: Shared Legacy, Common Responsibility."(...)Continue
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[13.11.2002] -
EDUCATION GOALS REMAIN ELUSIVE IN MORE
THAN 70 COUNTRIES - London - Some 83 countries are on
track to achieve Education For All (EFA) by the deadline of 2015
set at the World Education Forum in Dakar (Senegal) two and a
half years ago. However, on present trends, more than 70 other
countries will not make it, and some are even going backwards.
This is the conclusion of the 2002 Education For All Global Monitoring
Report: Is the World on Track? launched at a press conference
organized by UNESCO in London today.(...)Continue
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[12.11.2002] -
ACADEMIA MEXICANA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS WINS
2002 UNESCO HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION PRIZE - Paris - UNESCO
Director-General Koichiro Matsuura has announced the Academia
Mexicana de Derechos Humanos (AMDH) as winner of the 2002 UNESCO
Human Rights Education Prize.(...)Continue
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[12.11.2002] -
WORLD FORUM OF UNESCO CHAIRS: TRANSFERING
KNOWLEDGE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Paris - The aim of the
UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs programme launched in 1992 is to boost cooperation
and solidarity between universities around the world in order
to encourage a major transfer of knowledge to developing countries.(...)Continue
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[08.11.2002] -
UNESCO'S ADDS 18 NEW SITES TO WORLD NETWORK
OF BIOSPHERE RESERVES - Paris - Eighteen new sites in
12 countries have been added to UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere
Reserves while five existing biosphere reserves have been extended.
One extension creates the first transboundary biosphere reserve
in Africa.(...)Continue
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