Speeches by the Director-General

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2000

• Allocution de M. Koïchiro Matsuura, Directeur général de l'UNESCO, à l'occasion du déjeuner offert au Jury du Prix Félix Houphouët-Boigny pour la recherche de la paix
  UNESCO, 27 janvier 2000 (In French only)
  
  
• Address by Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the International Conference: For an Islam of Peace: the Meeting of Islam and the West
  UNESCO House, Paris, France, 12 January 2000
  
  
• Message from the Director-General of UNESCO on the Occasion of the International Year for the Culture of Peace
  UNESCO House, Paris, France, 1 January 2000
  
  

1999

• Address by Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the awards ceremony of the 1999 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education
  UNESCO, 13 December 1999
  
  
• Address by Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, at the closing ceremony of the third International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials responsible for Physical Education and Sport (MINEPS)
  Punta del Este, Uruguay, 3 December 1999
  
  
• Discours de M. Federico Mayor, Directeur général de l'UNESCO, à la
  remise du Prix Houphouët-Boigny pour la recherche de la paix 1998;
  UNESCO, 24 septembre 1999 (In French and English)
  
  
• Discurso del Profesor Federico Mayor, Director General de la UNESCO,
  con motivo de entrega de los Premios UNESCO Ciudades por la Paz
  La Paz, Bolivia, 16 de julio de 1999;
  
  
• Discours du professeur Federico Mayor, Directeur général de l'UNESCO, à l'occasion
  de la remise des Prix UNESCO Villes pour la paix
  La Paz, Bolivie, 16 juillet 199 (In Spanish and French Only)
  
  
• Discurso del Profesor Federico Mayor, Director General de la UNESCO,
  en la ocasión de la visita a Santiago de Compostela: La UNESCO y la
  cultura de paz
  Santiago de Compostela, España, 10 de mayo de 1999;
  
  
• Discours du professeur Federico Mayor, Directeur général de l'UNESCO, à
  l'occasion de la visite à Saint-Jacques-de Compostelle: L'UNESCO et la culture
  de la paix
  Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, Espagne, 10 mai 1999 (In Spanish and French Only)
  
  
• Address by Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, at the
  International Forum: For a Culture of Peace and Dialogue among
  Civilisations in the Third Millennium
  Moscow, 14 May 1999
  
  
• Address by Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, at the
  opening ceremony of the Hague Appeal for Peace Conference
  The Hague, 12 May 1999
  
  
• Discurso del Profesor Federico Mayor, Director General de la UNESCO,
  para la Clausura de Encuentro REDIPAZ;
  Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá, 21 de marzo de 1999 (In Spanish Only)
  
  
• Discurso del Profesor Federico Mayor, Director General de la UNESCO,
  en el Encuentro de Propietarios y Directores de Estaciones de Radio y de
  Televisión de América Latina para una Cultura de Paz: Communicación
  social y cultura de paz;
  Ciudad de Panamá, 21 de marzo de 1999 (In Spanish Only)
  
  
• Address by Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, at the
  opening of the Diplomatic Conference on the Draft Second Protocol to the
  Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed
  Conflict
  The Hague, 15 March 1999
  
  
• Address by Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, on the
  occasion of the UNESCO/Commonwealth Meeting: Towards a constructive
  pluralism
  UNESCO, 28 January 1999

1998

• Address by Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, at the
  Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer (Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences)
  "Scientists and the culture of peace"
  Brussels, 3 December 1998
  
  
• Address by Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, at the
  Regional Symposium on Co-operative Peace in Southeast Asia organized
  by UNESCO and ASEAN
  Jakarta, 11 September 1998
  
  
• Address by Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the meeting on Africa and Globalization: the Challenges of Democracy and Governance (DEMOS AFRICA)
  Maputo, Mozambique, 2 July 1998
  
  
• Address by Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, at the ceremony for the awarding of the 1997 Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
  Dakar, Senegal, 17 June 1998
  
  
• Address by Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, at the International Forum for a Culture of Peace and Dialogue among Civilizations, against a Culture of War and Violence
  Kishinev, Republic of Moldova, 16 May 1998
  
  
• Address by Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, on the opening of the meeting Constructing the future: towards a culture of peace (Greek and Turkish journalists)
  UNESCO, 12 May 1998
  
  
• Address by Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, at the award ceremony of the UNESCO Cities for Peace Prize
  Stockholm City Hall, 31 March 1998
  

1997

• Discours de M. Federico Mayor, Directeur général de l'UNESCO, devant la Commission des affaires étrangères, de la défense et de forces armées du Senat sur: Mondialisation et culture de paix: l'exemple africain
  Paris, Palais du Luxembourg, 20 novembre 1997 (French Only)
  
  
• Address by Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, to the Seventh Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government: Ethical values of democracy
  Isla de Margarita, Venezuela, 8 November 1997
  
  
• Address by Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the award of a Doctorate honoris causa by the University of Murcia and on being appointed an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery: Peace, democracy and development, the role of the university
  Murcia, Spain, 14 October 1997
  
  
• Address by Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, at the opening of the European Seminar to Promote Pluralistic and Independent Media
  Sofia, Bulgaria, 10 September 1997
  
  
• Address by Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, at the opening session of the International Conference on Culture of Peace and Governance
  Maputo, Mozambique, 1 September 1997
  
  
• Address by Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of investiture as Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Salamanca
  "Freedom and culture of peace"
  Salamanca (Spain) 27 June 1997 (Spanish only)
  
  
• Address by Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the presentation of the 1996 Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
  UNESCO, 26 June 1997
  
  
• Address by Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, at the opening of the Forum on the Culture of Peace
  Bamako, Mali, 24 March 1997
  
  
• Discurso del Profesor Federico Mayor, Director General de la UNESCO, con motivo de la Reunión de expertos sobre el Derecho Humano a la Paz
  Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 25 de febrero de 1997(Spanish only)
  
  
• Discours de M. Federico Mayor, Directeur général de l'UNESCO à l'ouverture du colloque "François Mitterrand - Paix et développement - Témoignages"
  9 January 1997 (French Only)
  
  
• Address by Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, at the award ceremony for the 1996 UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education
  UNESCO, 8 January 1997
  

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