Monthly Letter of UNESCO to NGOs in May, 2017
The Assistant Director-General for External Relations and Public Information To Non-Governmental Organizations, Official partners of UNESCO Ref. : ERI/MSP/INO/17/33 30 May 2017 Dear Partners, First of all, I wish to highlight the successful organization of the 7th International Forum of NGOs organized in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
Monthly Letter of UNESCO to NGOs in April, 2017
The Assistant Director-General for External Relations and Public Information To Non-Governmental Organizations, Official partners of UNESCO Ref. : ERI/MSP/INO/17/33 25 April 2017 Dear Partners, The 7th International Forum of NGOs in official partnership with UNESCO is now fast approaching and I look forward to meeting many
Continue Reading →CFPA elected successfully once again as member of NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee
On 13 December 2016, local afternoon time in Paris, China Folklore Photographic Association has been elected successfully once again as the member of NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee, serving two-year terms until 2018. During the competitive election, representatives of CFPA, led by president Mr. Shen Che, were have the speech in Chinese,
UNESCO’s News in October:Culture gives cities social and economic power, shows UNESCO report
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Culture has the power to make cities more prosperous, safer, and sustainable, according to UNESCO’s Global Report, Culture: Urban Future to be launched in Quito (Ecuador) on 18 October. The Global Report presents evidence on how development policies in line with UNESCO’s conventions on the protection and promotion of culture
UNESCO’s News in October:Culture and science must be given greater role in developing the cities of the future, argues UNESCO at Habitat III Conference
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UNESCO will take part in the third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III, Quito, Ecuador, 17 to 20 October), where it will focus on three issues: the role of culture in the development of sustainable cities, ensuring that the megalopolises of tomorrow get the water
UNESCO’s News in September: China, India now world’s largest Internet markets
UN Broadband Commission releases new country-by-country data on state of broadband access worldwide India has overtaken the United States to become the world’s second largest Internet market, with 333 million users, trailing China’s 721 million. But a new report released today by the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development also confirms
UNESCO’s News in September: China Exchanges with UN Leaders on the Sustainable Development Goals
© UNESCO -UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova participated in a round table chaired by the Premier of the State Council, Mr Li Keqiang, on “China’s perspective on the Sustainable Development Goals as a universal push to transform our world,” New York, September 2016 “Sustainable development is a common cause for the
UNESCO’s News in August: UNESCO Director-General welcomes opening of trial on the destruction of heritage in Timbuktu
© UNESCO/F. Bandarin Timbuktu, Mali UNESCO today welcomed the opening of the hearings of the case of Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague for alleged war crimes and the destruction of historical monuments and buildings of religious significance, including nine mausoleums and
UNESCO’s News in August: Artists and policymakers in the Indian state of Goa work with UNESCO to strengthen their Creative Industries
Artistic Fire Show at Goa beach Recommendations for stronger policies which protect and promote the creative industries in the western Indian state of Goa will be the focus of a UNESCO symposium on 21 and 22 August. Around 30 key players from Goa’s Directorate of Arts and Culture; creative professionals and
UNESCO’s News in July: UNESCO Director-General Condemns Nice attacks
UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova “Once again, France, UNESCO’s host country, was hard hit last night in Nice by a murderous violence that struck at the heart of the values of solidarity and togetherness that united so many people on the national holiday of Bastille Day. On behalf of UNESCO and