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Pacific Rim Countries Test Their Tsunami Preparedness
Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 12:18 pm | UNESCO
Paris, 4 November - On 9 - 10 November, some 30 Pacific Rim countries will take part in a tsunami warning exercise, PacWave11, organized under the aegis of UNESCO'S Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC). The test is destined to help governmental authorities ... More >>
New Zealander awarded UNESCO L'Oreal Science Award
Friday, 28 October 2011, 11:05 am | UNESCO
Nelson marine biologist Zoe Hilton has won a prestigious science award that honours outstanding, young women scientists from around the world. More >>
UNESCO to assess flood-affected Ayutthaya WorldHeritage site
Thursday, 13 October 2011, 10:23 am | UNESCO
UNESCO Bangkok has been requested by the Thai government to undertake a mission to the Ancient City of Ayutthaya in Thailand to assess the impact to the World Heritage property from heavy flooding. More >>
Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System Test: 12 October
Friday, 7 October 2011, 11:55 am | UNESCO
Paris, 6 October - Almost seven years after the devastating tsunami of 2004, more than 20 nations* will participate on 12 October in a full-scale exercise to test the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System. This exercise, organized ... More >>
Knowledge into Profit: Competition for Foreign Students
Friday, 23 September 2011, 2:53 pm | UNESCO
Bangkok, 22 September 2011 – The number of students enrolled in educational institutions outside of their country of origin has increased by 150 percent since 1975 and by 53 percent since 1999. The Asia-Pacific region in particular has seen tremendous ... More >>
Thai Educational System Fails the Test
Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 10:06 am | UNESCO
Bangkok, 19 September 2011 - “A Thai (quality) education is for some, but not for all.” This issue was raised at a United Nation’s seminar on “Quality Education: For some, or For All?” held in Bangkok recently. The decline in student achievement ... More >>
UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 10:12 am | UNESCO
Two Top Awards Given to Baojiatun Watermill in China and Sumda Chun Gonpa in India for the 2011 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards. More >>
Quality Learning in Thailand: for Some Or for All?
Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 2:07 pm | UNESCO
National dialogue on quality learning in Thailand, organized by the Office of the Education Council in partnership with the United Nations in Thailand. Tuesday 6 September 2011, 8:30 a.m.-13:00 p.m. Infinity 2, King Pullman Hotel More >>
UN Art Contest on Gender Equality in Education
Monday, 18 July 2011, 5:06 pm | UNESCO
The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative and UNESCO invite girls and boys residing in Asia Pacific, aged 18 and under, to exercise their creative imaginations and submit drawings around the theme of “How does girls' and boys' equality in ... More >>
Africa:Intergenerational Series of Children's Books Launched
Wednesday, 29 June 2011, 5:38 pm | UNESCO
The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and UNESCO’s Regional Office in Dakar are launching “Childhood Cultures”, an intergenerational African series of children’s books. Through the experiences of the main characters ... More >>
Pacific: Deported To and From "Home"
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 12:57 pm | UNESCO
"I will be setting foot on a place where I will be a stranger to my own people" said Anone speaking under a pseudonym so that he could not be recognised as an interviewee during the year long research undertaken by UNESCO Office for the Pacific States ... More >>
Samoan Language Week USA Kicks Off Today
Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 2:19 pm | UNESCO
"O fanau a tagata e fafaga i upu, a o fanau a manu e fafaga i fugalaau" The young of birds are fed with the blossoms of trees, whereas the young of humans are fed with words. More >>
UNESCO:Christchurch’s youngest leaders rebuilding the future
Friday, 27 May 2011, 3:52 pm | UNESCO
Youth Week 2011 will wrap up this weekend with an opportunity for some of Christchurch’s youngest leaders to discuss their vision for the future at the UNESCO Youth Voices Forum. More >>
UNESCO Youth Voices Challenge - rebuilding the future
Friday, 27 May 2011, 3:30 pm | UNESCO
Christchurch’s emerging leaders will be outlining their plans to help rebuild Christchurch in a live stream at 2pm NZT during the UNESCO Youth Voices Challenge tomorrow. Some of the earthquake-stricken city’s senior leaders, including MPs and local body ... More >>
UNESCO indentifies threats to press freedom in Mekong Region
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 11:13 am | UNESCO
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least six reporters who worked primarily online were killed in 2010. And for the first time, more online reporters were jailed than those working in traditional media in 2008. More >>
Fight poverty, invest in girls - UNESCO
Monday, 2 May 2011, 10:22 am | UNESCO
If we are serious about making a real, positive change to society, we need to make a firm commitment to a long-term investment in girls’ and women’s education. More >>
UNESCO: Director-General urges education for all
Friday, 25 March 2011, 9:54 am | UNESCO
Jomtien, 22 March 2011 - "A people cannot be rich without the first of riches - an education", UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova stated at the opening of the 10th High-Level Group Meeting on Education for All in Jomtien, Thailand on 22 March 2011. More >>
UN’s Asia-Pacific Meeting to Assess Role of Education
Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 11:21 am | UNESCO
Chonburi, Thailand, 21 March – Policy makers, academics, and non-governmental and business leaders will meet in Chonburi, Thailand on 24 March to assess the role of education in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the fifty-five ... More >>
Cambodian and Thai authorities to discuss Preah Vihear
Sunday, 13 March 2011, 12:24 pm | UNESCO
Paris, 9 March – Authorities from Cambodia and Thailand will meet at UNESCO’s Paris Headquarters on 25 May to explore ways of safeguarding the Preah Vihear Temple. More >>
UNESCO: Conflict is robbing 28 million children of a future
Friday, 4 March 2011, 4:45 pm | UNESCO
Paris/New York, 1 March - Armed conflict is robbing 28 million children of an education by exposing them to widespread rape and other sexual violence, targeted attacks on schools and other human rights abuses, UNESCO’s 2011 Global Monitoring Report warns. More >>
