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2006 Undergraduate Science Scholarships Announced
Thursday, 13 July 2006, 10:04 am | UNESCO
2006 Undergraduate Science Scholarships Announced Two university students from Dunedin and Auckland have won Undergraduate Science Scholarships awarded by the New Zealand National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation ... More >>
Kiwi law expert appointed to top UNESCO role
Friday, 16 June 2006, 4:12 pm | UNESCO
A New Zealand cyberspace law expert has risen to the senior ranks of UNESCO, the United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organisation at agency headquarters in Paris, France. More >>
African Students Seek Higher Education Abroad
Thursday, 1 June 2006, 10:40 am | UNESCO
Students from sub-Saharan Africans seeking higher education are the most mobile in the world, with one out of 16 studying abroad, according to a new study carried out by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization More >>
UNESCO World Heritage Day – A New Zealand first
Sunday, 28 May 2006, 1:44 pm | UNESCO
UNESCO World Heritage Day will be celebrated for the first time in New Zealand on Sunday 4 June. The purpose of World Heritage Day is to raise awareness of our historic and cultural heritage. The focus of this year’s event is the celebration of diversity ... More >>
Attacks On Iraqi Religious Sites "An Outrage"
Monday, 27 February 2006, 9:42 am | UNESCO
The head of the United Nations organization entrusted with preserving the world’s historical, spiritual and cultural heritage has condemned the destruction of a Shiite shrine and other mosques and churches in Iraq as “an outrage for all of humanity.” More >>
Murder of Journalist in Philippines, Bangladesh
Wednesday, 23 November 2005, 2:24 pm | UNESCO
Stressing yet again that a free press is vital for democracy, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today deplored the murder of two journalists in the Philippines and a third in Bangladesh. More >>
60th Anniversary of UNESCO
Friday, 18 November 2005, 9:53 am | UNESCO
The 60th anniversary of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), of which New Zealand is a founding member, is being celebrated at Parliament today. More >>
NZ wants more intrntl focus on disaster prevention
Wednesday, 12 October 2005, 3:39 pm | UNESCO
Emeritus Professor Roy Geddes, the Natural Sciences Commissioner for UNESCO in New Zealand told an international meeting in France today that UNESCO needs to put more effort into developing the science of disaster prediction, warning and education. More >>
NZ suggests New Thinking needed on Human Rights
Monday, 10 October 2005, 1:08 pm | UNESCO
The Chair of the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO National Commission in New Zealand, the Hon Margaret Austin, challenged a line up of 144 Government Ministers and around 1000 delegates from 192 countries at the biennial UNESCO (United Nations ... More >>
New Zealand backs Anti-Doping Convention
Monday, 10 October 2005, 1:02 pm | UNESCO
The New Zealand Ambassador to France, Adrian Macey, has given whole-hearted support to the development of the International Convention Against Doping in Sport at the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) General ... More >>
Iraq: Reporter’s Murder, UNESCO Lauds Journalists
Monday, 7 March 2005, 6:42 pm | UNESCO
Praising the courage of reporters who take “enormous personal risks” in Iraq to provide the public with information needed “to exercise their democratic rights and duties,” the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has ... More >>
New Zealand Launch relating to UN
Monday, 28 February 2005, 3:16 pm | UNESCO
New Zealand Launch of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development More >>
Journalists Are Working In Growing Insecurity
Tuesday, 15 February 2005, 10:36 am | UNESCO
After a flurry of denunciations of individual murders, attacks and kidnappings of journalists, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has voiced increasing concern at the growing insecurity in which journalists ... More >>
UNESCO Welcomes Release Of Jailed Cuban Journalist
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 8:37 am | UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), an international defender of press freedom, has welcomed the release from prison of a Cuban journalist after 18 months in detention. More >>
Iraq: Assassination Of Journalists Condemned
Friday, 22 October 2004, 9:46 am | UNESCO
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO) has condemned the murder of two journalists last week in Iraq, decrying the “intolerable” death toll of media professionals in that country. More >>
UNESCO Science Scholarship Winners Announced
Thursday, 8 July 2004, 3:39 pm | UNESCO
Two University of Auckland students have won Undergraduate Science Scholarships awarded by the New Zealand National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO NZ) to recognise top secondary school science students ... More >>
International Science Expert visits New Zealand
Thursday, 8 July 2004, 10:43 am | UNESCO
The Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences at the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Walter Erdelen, is in New Zealand for an official visit. More >>
UNESCO Expert To Attend NZ Workshop
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 9:48 am | UNESCO
Representatives from around New Zealand will meet for a workshop on the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) this week, joined by Axel Plathe, an international expert on the social issues associated with the information society. More >>
More Pacific Sites Wanted for World Heritage list
Friday, 6 February 2004, 12:41 am | UNESCO
The Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Koïchiro Matsuura has concluded a week long visit to Samoa, Tonga and New Zealand urging Pacific countries to more nominate sites for inclusion on the ... More >>
Schools’ Websites Preserving New Zealand Heritage
Wednesday, 4 February 2004, 12:05 am | UNESCO
Three schools from around the country are being recognised for their websites on local heritage with the inaugural UNESCO Living Heritage Award. The schools are Campbell’s Bay School, Auckland for World War Two at Our School, St Joseph’s School, Oamaru ... More >>
