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UNESCO News Service
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"The erosion of biodiversity is as big a global challenge as climate change," cautions Irina Bokova
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, opened the "Biodiversity Science Policy Conference" on Monday by underlining that preserving biological diversity represents "as big a global challenge as climate change". ...
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UNESCO commemorates victims of the Holocaust
The victims of the Holocaust will be remembered in a ceremony to be held at UNESCO Headquarters on 27 January, the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration and death camps, designated by the United Nations in 2005 as the ...
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Director-General condemns the murder of Mexican journalist José Luis Romero
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today condemned the killing of José Luis Romero whose dead body was found on 16 January.
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Intangible heritage: helping heal disaster victims
Survivors of the quake have been seen and heard singing traditional songs and hymns, playing the drums and seeking comfort and strength from their rich intangible cultural heritage, which in many cases is all they have left
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Preserving biodiversity: a vital challenge
Halting the unprecedented erosion of biodiversity and raising awareness of the need to change our behaviour are urgent priorities. ...
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Heritage in Haiti
While saving lives and providing humanitarian relief remains the absolute priority of the international community in helping Haiti deal with the devastation of the earthquake, information is beginning to arrive about the state of the country's ...
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International Year highlights the vital importance of biodiversity
Can we imagine a world without polar bears, or Great White sharks, or the Queen of the Andes (Puya raimondii) - a plant species found high in the mountains of Peru and Bolivia? Well, yes. ...
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Financial crisis threatens to set back education worldwide, UNESCO report warns
The aftershock of the global financial crisis threatens to deprive millions of children in the world's poorest countries of an education, the 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report warns. ...
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UNESCO Director-General deplores the death of British journalist Rupert Hamer in Afghanistan
Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO, today expressed sorrow at the death of British journalist Rupert Hamer, who was killed on 9 January in the explosion of a roadside bomb when travelling with a U.S. ...
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Iraqi calligrapher Ghani Alani and Polish publisher Anna Parzymies share 2009 Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture
The 2009 Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture has been awarded to the Iraqi poet and calligrapher Ghani Alani and the Polish publisher and academic Anna Parzymies. ...
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