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Director-General's visit to Haiti
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has ended a two-day official visit to Haiti to express solidarity and discuss a recovery strategy with the country’s leaders after January’s devastating earthquake.
She visited projects supported by UNESCO and met key stakeholders in education, culture and science to discuss further cooperation.
UNESCO celebrating International Women’s Day (8 March)
The programme at Headquarters in Paris from 8 to 19 March includes round tables, exhibitions, a concert and a film, all highlighting issues linked to women’s empowerment and the promotion of gender equality.
This year’s celebration is set in the context of the 15th Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing, and its landmark Beijing Platform for Action and Declaration.
© Micheline Pelletier. Top row from left to right : Prof. Fuchs, Prof. Bravo and Prof. El Ridi. Bottom row : Prof. Dejean (left) and Prof. Cruz (right)
L'OREAL-UNESCO Awards and Fellowships for Women in Science 2010 to be presented at UNESCO
The 15 international UNESCO-L’Oréal Fellowships for 2010 were presented at UNESCO on 3 March. The laureates of the 12th Annual L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science received their prizes at a ceremony on 4 March at UNESCO, in the presence of Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, and Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones, Chairman of L’Oréal and of the L’Oréal Corporate Foundation.
Launch of International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures at UNESCO
UNESCO’s Director-General Irina Bokova has set up a High Panel on Peace and Dialogue among Cultures to help increase tolerance, reconciliation and balance within societies throughout the world. The High Panel met for the first time on 18 February in Paris, thus also marking the launch of the International Year. UNESCO has been designated by the UN General Assembly as lead agency for the Year.
International Year of Biodiversity
At the start of 2010, International Year of Biodiversity, UNESCO organized an inaugural event (21-22 January) and a scientific conference (25-29 January) at Headquarters. These activities aimed to present what we know about biodiversity and raise awareness of the alarming rate of biodiversity loss.
