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UNESCO ready to assist in Christchurch
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 9:30 am | UNESCO
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) stands ready to assist New Zealand in the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated the city of Christchurch last week says NZ National Commission for UNESCO chair, Bryan ... More >>
UNESCO Special Envoy meets Thai and Cambodian leaders
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 9:28 am | UNESCO
Paris, 2 March - UNESCO Special Envoy Koïchiro Matsuura met with leaders from Thailand and Cambodia to discuss ways to safeguard the World Heritage site of Preah Vihear, during his visits to Bangkok and Phnom Penh between 27 February and 1 March. Mr Matsuura ... More >>
UNESCO: Conflict is robbing 28 million children of a future
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 9:22 am | UNESCO
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 >>
UNESCO to meet with PMs of Thailand and Cambodia
Thursday, 24 February 2011, 10:00 am | UNESCO
Paris, 22 February – UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova’s Special Envoy on the Preah Vihear Temple, Koïchiro Matsuura, will travel to Bangkok and Phnom Penh between 25 February and 1 March to discuss the safeguarding of the World Heritage ... More >>
UNESCO to send mission to Preah Vihear
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 3:37 pm | UNESCO
Paris, 8 February - The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today reiterated her call for calm and restraint around the Temple of Preah Vihear, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2008. A border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand caused ... More >>
UN Year of Chemistry - New Zealand launch
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 1:23 pm | UNESCO
Throughout 2011, United Nations member states will celebrate the science and art of chemistry and its contribution to humankind. The UN General Assembly declared 2011 the International Year of Chemistry and nominated UNESCO as the lead UN Agency ... More >>
Ambassadors, academics and experts discuss the nuclear age
Thursday, 3 February 2011, 10:54 am | UNESCO
A Bangkok forum on nuclear weapons and technology discussed widespread issues such as the role of UNESCO in focusing science and technology for promotion of the culture of peace rather than the culture of war, and for increasing mutual understanding ... More >>
Nuclear Technology and the Future to be discussed at UNESCO
Thursday, 20 January 2011, 9:36 am | UNESCO
Bangkok, 18 January 2011 – The Mayors for Peace initiative and the 2020 campaign for the abolition of nuclear weapons, Mr. Steven Leeper, Chairperson, Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, Japan will give a special talk at a UNESCO Forum “Ethics of ... More >>
Promoting Gender Equality in Education through Photo Contest
Wednesday, 12 January 2011, 12:27 pm | UNESCO
This year, the UNESCO-UNGEI Asia-Pacific 2011 Gender in Education Calendar has captured the spirit of gender equality. Thirteen winning entries from the UNESCO-UNGEI Asia-Pacific photo contest are featured in this calendar, which is being distributed throughout ... More >>
UNESCO’s Healthy Sexuality On-Line
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 1:06 pm | UNESCO
Bangkok, 21 December 2010 – UNESCO Bangkok launched a comprehensive website on Healthy Sexuality www.museumofsexuality.com to encourage young people to make healthy smart choices. “The goal of the website is to deliver critical information in a ... More >>
Killing of Iraqi Cameraman
Thursday, 7 October 2010, 11:07 am | UNESCO
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding press freedom today condemned the killing of an Iraqi cameraman who died in a car bombing 80 kilometres west of Baghdad, making him the third journalist to be murdered in the country in less than ... More >>
Teaching diversity - why discuss diversity?
Friday, 13 August 2010, 1:29 pm | UNESCO
A forum focusing upon the teaching of diversity issues and whether or not we should be discussing diversity in our schools and with our students is being hosted by the NZ National Commission for UNESCO as part of the NZ Diversity Action Forum 2010 in ... More >>
World Heritage Decision About Preah Vihear
Friday, 6 August 2010, 3:31 pm | UNESCO
Brasilia, 29 July 2010 – Members of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia, today adopted a decision supported by both Cambodia and Thailand concerning the World Heritage site of Preah Vihear. More >>
Maori Language Week - a Success
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 3:35 pm | UNESCO
Maori Language Week 2010 has been an outstanding success with Maori and non Maori throughout Aotearoa New Zealand taking part says NZ National Commission for UNESCO chair, Bryan Gould. More >>
Woodstock School wins Samoan Language Week Award
Tuesday, 29 June 2010, 1:02 pm | UNESCO
Woodstock Primary School’s week-long celebration of the Samoan language has seen the Hamilton school win the inaugural Air NZ Award for Best Samoan Language Week Event 2010. More >>
Financial crisis threatens to set back education
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 12:31 pm | UNESCO
Bangkok, 23 June 2010 – The aftershock of the global financial crisis threatens to deprive millions of children in the world’s poorest countries of an education, warns the 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report – Reaching the Marginalized ... More >>
Samoan Language Week a big success
Friday, 4 June 2010, 5:18 pm | UNESCO
Samoan Language Week has been a great achievement this year with thousands of people celebrating gagana Samoa here in New Zealand and around the world, says NZ National Commission for UNESCO chair, Bryan Gould. More >>
A minute's silence for murdered journalists
Friday, 30 April 2010, 3:28 pm | UNESCO
UNESCO New Zealand is behind the call for newsrooms around the world to observe a minute’s silence to remember journalists murdered doing their job. More >>
Kiwi Holocaust Survivors Featured In Exhibition
Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 5:08 pm | UNESCO
The testimonies of New Zealand’s own Holocaust survivors will be the subject of a poignant DVD that will accompany the Anne Frank Travelling Exhibition this year. The DVD was produced with support from the NZ National Commission for UNESCO. More >>
NZ prepares for Holocaust Remembrance Day 2010
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 10:54 am | UNESCO
The children of Moriah Jewish School in Wellington are inviting children and members of the public to attend Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2010 by joining them at the Holocaust Memorial, Makara Cemetery on Wednesday 27th January at 3pm. More >>
