http://portal.unesco.org Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:10:01 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://portal.unesco.org/en/TEMPLATE/v4_images/logo_en.gif http://portal.unesco.org http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46921&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Quality science education is vital for building a country's capacity to meet the challenges of the future. ... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46921&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46890&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html A conference, "Taking action for street children", will be organized on 26 November* by UNESCO and the Air France Foundation to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46890&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46872&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Ladies and Gentlemen, On 15 November 2009, I took office as Director-General of UNESCO, the United Nations specialized agency whose mission is to build peace through education, science and culture. ... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:10:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46872&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46865&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, today condemned the murder of Vladimir Antuna García, whose dead body was found in the city of Durango in Mexico on 2 November. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:30:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46865&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46852&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html The UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence will be presented to this year's two laureates - François Houtart, Belgian sociologist and theologian, and Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist - at a ... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46852&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46847&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, UNESCO Director-General-elect, Irina Bokova, warned world leaders against complacency in the quest for freedom, human rights and cultural diversity, stressing that the ... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:30:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46847&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46842&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html World Philosophy Day, an annual date UNESCO put on the calendar in 2005, is increasing its scope. This year the international celebration will be held in Moscow and St Petersburg (Russian Federation) from 16 to 19 November. ... Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46842&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46835&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Three scientific prizes were awarded by Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, during the opening of the World Science Forum, taking place in Budapest (Hungary) from 5 to 7 November. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46835&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46827&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html The world mourns the loss of an eminent personality. For more than half a century, Claude Lévi-Strauss was part of our life, illuminating it with his constantly renewed intellectual quest, from his research among the Amazonian peoples to his ... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46827&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46826&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura today expressed his sorrow over the death of eminent French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, whom he described as one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46826&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46815&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html UNESCO's International Bioethics Committee (IBC) will meet in Mexico City (Mexico) from 23 to 25 November. ... Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:15:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46815&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46818&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, today condemned the killing of Iraqi cameraman Orhan Hijran, who died in an explosion on 21 October. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:55:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46818&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46811&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, will pay tribute to Yitzhak Rabin, the late Israeli Prime Minister and signatory of the Oslo Peace Accords, on 4 November. ... Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46811&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46799&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html The General Assembly of States Parties to the 1972 World Heritage Convention replaced more than half the 21 members of the World Heritage Committee during its biannual session, which took place at UNESCO Headquarters from 23 to 28 October. ... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:50:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46799&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46800&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Astrophysicist Hubert Reeves will speak on 3 November at UNESCO Headquarters (Room II, 5-6.30 p.m.), in the framework of the UNESCO Future Lectures, on the topic: "The challenges of biodiversity - beyond the international year 2010". Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46800&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46798&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Ten years after the first World Conference on Science (Budapest, 1999), the fourth World Science Forum will take place in Budapest (Hungary) from 5 to 7 November. ... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46798&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46794&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, today sounded the alarm on the occasion of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage saying that the heritage of the 20th century is threatened because of the decay - and in some case deliberate ... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46794&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46769&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html TripAdvisor, the world's largest on-line community of travellers, and UNESCO launched a partnership on Thursday to mobilize travellers' support to preserve natural and cultural sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46769&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46779&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html The 35th session of UNESCO's General Conference, which ended on Friday, was marked by the election of Irina Bokova as Director-General of the Organization and the adoption of the new programme and budget for 2010 and 2011. ... Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46779&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46771&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html In advance of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen in December, a Forum entitled "Mitigating Climate Change - Building a Global Green Society" will be held at UNESCO headquarters (Room XII, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ... Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46771&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46758&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html The international community today paid tribute to Koïchiro Matsuura, the Director-General of UNESCO, in a moving ceremony that featured performers from different regions of the world. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:10:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46758&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46750&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, today condemned the killing of Mexican radio presenter Fabián Ramírez López whose body was found in the coastal city of Mazatlán on 11 October. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:35:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46750&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46747&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html The Conference of States Parties to the International Convention against Doping in Sport will take place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 26 to 28 October. ... Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46747&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46735&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, has decided, following the unanimous recommendation of the International Jury, to award the 2009 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence to the following two ... Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46735&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46731&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Companies which invest in cultural diversity, whether at the management, human resources or marketing level, can benefit economically from it. ... Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:20:00 +0100 http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46731&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html