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Colour,
nation, ethnic hate… Why Racism?
Once founded on the traditional notion of “race,” racial discrimination today
comes in many guises, whether based on one’s colour, nation (xenophobia), ethnic
belonging or caste. This dossier looks at its roots and impact on indigenous groups
and black communities in Latin America, the lowest castes in Asia, and foreigners
in Africa and Western Europe. Echoing the World Conference against Racism (Durban,
South Africa, August 31-September 7), we strive to give a voice to the hundreds of
millions of victims around the world.
Dossier
concept and co-ordination by René Lefort and Ivan Briscoe, respectively UNESCO
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Jerusalem
Utopia
A plea for peace in the city of three religions.
Photos
by David Sauveur, text by André Chouraqui. David Sauveur is a French photographer;
André Chouraqui has translated the Bible and written several books. His latest
works include Jérusalem, ville sanctuaire (Editions Du Rocher 1997)
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Can
genetically modified organisms feed the world?
The controversy over biotechnologies is raging. Advocates claim they’re the only
answer to malnutrition, while opponents warn that drought-resistant millet and vaccinated
yams will only increase poverty
Philippe
Demenet, UNESCO Courier journalist |
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New
Zealand: the right medicine
Rich or poor, no country is spared from a literacy problem. In New Zealand, caregivers
in a retirement home have gained a new grasp on their job thanks to Workbase, one
of this month’s International Literacy Day prize-winners
Libby
Middlebrook, education reporter for The New Zealand Herald |
Learning
Hebrew Ethiopian-style
In Israel, thousands of Ethiopian immigrants are learning to read and write for the
first time. They begin not with their native Amharic but Hebrew
Allyn
Fisher-Ilan, education reporter for The Jerusalem Post |
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Silence
is the greater sin
Lilian
Thuram, member of France’s World Cup-winning national football team |
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The
child in arms
Myanmar’s protracted civil and ethnic wars have forced one of the highest number
of children in the world onto the battlefield, bringing them face to face with beatings,
murder and a blossoming drugs trade
Bertil
Lintner, Senior Writer, Far Eastern Economic Review |
Converting
the cannon fodder
Jo Becker of Human Rights Watch, one of the authors of a seminal report on child
soldiers, explains why their rehabilitation is crucial to building peace. The best
programmes judiciously combine modern child psychology with traditional rituals
Interview
by Shiraz Sidhva, UNESCO Courier journalist |
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Preserving
the magic
We can be swept away by a traditional wedding dance or entranced by the poets of
a vanishing language–but defining this intangible cultural heritage is far from simple,
as UNESCO’s efforts to safeguard endangered masterpieces go to show
Richard
Kurin, Director of the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage,
Washington, D.C. |
A
tangible debut
A new era is beginning for the 19 cultural treasures that have been declared Masterpieces
of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO
Asbel
López, UNESCO Courier journalist |
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Temptation-free
television for children ?
Advertisers spend millions to reach children via television, but how gullible is
this young audience? The debate over whether TV advertising aimed at children should
be banned or regulated is in full swing
Pascaline
Dumont, French freelance journalist |
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Adam
Michnik: the Sisyphus of democracy
Whether
as a dissident or editor-in-chief of Poland’s leading daily newspaper, Adam Michnik
has never ceased to stir up debate. How does he see democracy in Europe, over a decade
after the fall of the Soviet empire?
Interview
by Philippe Demenet, UNESCO Courier journalist |
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