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Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Memory of the World
  • 25.05.2012 - 27.05.2012, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    First Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) competition for girls from Kazakhstan
  • 28.05.2012 - 31.05.2012, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    Workshop on Freedom of Information for chief editors of Central Asian print media
  • 29.05.2012 - 30.05.2012, Paris, France
    Meeting of the Network of UNESCO Chairs in Communication (ORBICOM) and UNESCO Representatives
  • 20.06.2012 - 22.06.2012, Paris, France
    2012 World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress

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  • Freedom of connection, freedom of expression: the changing legal and regulatory ecology shaping the Internet

    Freedom of connection, freedom of expression: the changing legal and regulatory ecology shaping the Internet (available in English and French)

  • Freedom of information: a comparative legal survey; 2nd edition
    • Public service broadcasting: a comparative legal survey (available in English and Portuguese)

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  • Memory of the World Register for Latin America and the Caribbean: UNESCO calls for nominations

  • Sustainable development is at the heart of UNESCO’s Africa Week

  • WSIS Forum 2012
    14-18 May 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

  • Science Communication and Climate Change

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    Director-General alarmed by wave of journalist assassinations in Honduras after murder of Alfredo Villatoro

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Director-General deplores murder of Ugandan reporter Amon Thembo Wa’Mupaghasya and urges improved safety

  • 22.05.12

    Memory of the World Register for Latin America and the Caribbean: UNESCO calls for nominations

  • 21.05.12

    World Press Freedom Day celebrated in Gaza

  • 21.05.12

    UNESCO trains 30 experts in new survey tools to collect standardized media statistics

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