UNESCO Job Vacancies

Current jobs listed on UNESCO’s website include:

DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF CREATIVITY AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES, Culture Sector, CLT 079 - (D1) (Paris, France) (Closing Date: 31 October 2006)

SENIOR PROGRAM SPECIALIST, Education Sector, LA/RP/BRA/ED/0009 - (P5) (Brasilia, Brazil) (Closing Date: 19 November 2006)

PROGRAM SPECIALIST (HIGHER EDUCATION), UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC), LA/RP/VEN/ED/0003 - (P4) (Caracas, Venezuela) (Closing Date: 4 October 2006)

SENIOR CLASSIFICATION OFFICER, Central Services, Bureau of Human Resources Management, HRM 189 - (P4) (Paris, France) (Closing Date: 29 October 2006)

UNESCO Job Vacancies

Current jobs listed on UNESCO’s website include:

DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF CREATIVITY AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES, Culture Sector, CLT 079 - (D1) (Paris, France) (Closing Date: 31 October 2006)

SENIOR PROGRAM SPECIALIST, Education Sector, LA/RP/BRA/ED/0009 - (P5) (Brasilia, Brazil) (Closing Date: 19 November 2006)

PROGRAM SPECIALIST (HIGHER EDUCATION), UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC), LA/RP/VEN/ED/0003 - (P4) (Caracas, Venezuela) (Closing Date: 4 October 2006)

SENIOR CLASSIFICATION OFFICER, Central Services, Bureau of Human Resources Management, HRM 189 - (P4) (Paris, France) (Closing Date: 29 October 2006)

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

The Faces of Poverty: Ethiopian Refugees at Korem Camp, 1984
Image by B. Bisson, © UNESCO
Today, October 17, has been declared by the United Nations as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

UNESCO, like other UN agencies, commemorates the occasion. Check out:

* UNESCO's Antipoverty Portal

* Commemorative Activities at UNESCO

* Interview with Monique Ilboudo (Burkina Faso): "Poverty is disregard for human rights"

* Poverty in SHS Views 14 [ PDF ]

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

The Faces of Poverty: Ethiopian Refugees at Korem Camp, 1984
Image by B. Bisson, © UNESCO
Today, October 17, has been declared by the United Nations as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

UNESCO, like other UN agencies, commemorates the occasion. Check out:

* UNESCO's Antipoverty Portal

* Commemorative Activities at UNESCO

* Interview with Monique Ilboudo (Burkina Faso): "Poverty is disregard for human rights"

* Poverty in SHS Views 14 [ PDF ]

United Nations Day

October 24, 2006

The anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Charter -- 24 October 1945 -- has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. It is marked throughout the world each year by meetings, discussions and exhibits on the achievements and goals of the Organization.

Check out the United Nations Association of the USA for a history of UN Day.

The National Capital Area Chapter of UNA-USA is organizing a week of activities to celebrate the occassion.

United Nations Day

October 24, 2006

The anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Charter -- 24 October 1945 -- has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. It is marked throughout the world each year by meetings, discussions and exhibits on the achievements and goals of the Organization.

Check out the United Nations Association of the USA for a history of UN Day.

The National Capital Area Chapter of UNA-USA is organizing a week of activities to celebrate the occassion.

Dialogue Among Civilizations To Build “Peace in the Minds of Men”

In our increasingly diverse societies, it is essential to ensure harmonious interaction among people and groups with plural and varied cultural identities as well as their willingness to live together. Therefore the fostering of dialogue among cultures and peoples, can only occur on the basis of the recognition of and respect for cultural diversity. In this context, UNESCO advocates for inclusive and participatory policies as a guarantee of social cohesion, the vitality of civil society and peace.

Roads of Dialogue

The concept of “roads” or “routes” has been at the heart of many of the Organizations’s intercultural dialogue projects. Roads are itineraries by which individual travelers or communities have conveyed their ideas and customs across continents and oceans. From the Silk Route to the Slave Route to the Iron Roads in Africa, history has shown us that routes are venues for the exchange of cultural experience, ideas, values and goods through art, trade and migrations.

A principal objective of a dialogue is to bridge the gap in knowledge about other civilizations, cultures and societies to undertake concrete activities, inspired and driven by dialogue, especially in the areas of education, cultural diversity and heritage, the sciences and communication and media.

For more information, please visit:
*Dialogue Among Cultures, Civilizations and Peoples Infosheet
*Youth and Creativity
*Promoting multilingualism
*Inter-religious dialogue
*The Rabat Commitment: Conclusions and Recommendations of the Rabat Conference on Dialogue among Cultures and Civilizations through Concrete and Sustained Initiatives, June 2005
*Convention on the Promotion and Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
*Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity
*Creation for a Global Center for Cultural Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in Santa Fe, NM
*Check out the UNESCO-Courier special issue on the Dialogue among Civilizations!
*Activities by National Commissions for the Promotion of a Dialogue Among Civilizations