Friends of World Heritage, a U.S. based non-governmental organization, has created a group on Facebook, and also has established a Facebook fanpage where you can share information with the other members of the group.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Friends of World Heritage on Facebook
Friends of World Heritage, a U.S. based non-governmental organization, has created a group on Facebook, and also has established a Facebook fanpage where you can share information with the other members of the group.
Indigenous Peoples: Development with Culture and Identity
From 15 to 17 September, UNESCO will host the annual meeting of the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Peoples and welcome the first official visit to UNESCO of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.“Water and Peace for the People”
What if the countries in the Middle East had no choice but to get along in order to share the region’s meagre water resources? This is the starting premise of Jon Martin Trondalen’s book “Water and Peace for the People”, which will be launched on 11 September at UNESCO. “Water and Peace for the People”, released by UNESCO Publishing, offers a practical guide that suggests concrete ways to resolve these crises. Analyzing what is at stake in each situation while releasing new information, the author examines the conflicts in the Upper Jordan River between Israel and Syria around the Golan Heights, between Israel and Lebanon over the Wazzani Spring, and the longstanding water dispute between Palestinians and Israelis. Challenges confronting Turkey, Syria and Iraq in sharing water of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers are also assessed.
UNESCO commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is being commemorated in a year-long campaign by the UN system. UNESCO, like the rest of the agencies of the system, is evaluating its progress in respecting and promoting human rights. The motto of this campaign is “Dignity and Justice for All of Us”.In addition, the 61st Annual Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), which was held at UNESCO Headquarters from 3 to 5 September 2008 by the United Nations Department of Public Information, focused on the commemoration of the Declaration’s 60th anniversary.
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (in over 300 languages)
- UNESCO's Plan of Action
- Commemoration in the UN system
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
About the UNESCO Website
Alexa, a company providing information about website use, reports that 0.014 percent of global internet users visit the UNESCO website. Consequently, at the
moment, UNESCO's website ranks number 8,136 in cyberspace in terms of traffic. (By comparison, the Americans for UNESCO website ranks 9,968,024; the AU education and culture blog ranks 5,434,393; the AU science and communications blog ranks 5,790,834.) Alexa also reports that the percentage of global Internet users who used UNESCO's website has gone down over the past three months. On the average, a visitor to the UNESCO website downloads about 2.5 pages of material.10.7 percent of the visitors to the UNESCO website are from the United States.
The most visited pages are:
- The UNESCO homepage
- The World Heritage Center
- The UNESCO Documents and Publications
- The International Bureau for Education
- UNESCO's vacant posts website
- The UNESCO Communication and Information Program website
- The UNESCO Institute for Statistics
- UNESCO Webworld
- UNESCO Publishing
- The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
- The HIV/AIDS Impact on Education Clearinghouse
Monday, September 1, 2008
U.N. Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations
For the first time in its 60 year history the annual meeting of some 1,700 non-governmental organizations affiliated with the United Nations will take place outside of the United Nations headquarters in New York.More than 2000 delegates are to meet at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 3 to 5 September 2008 under the banner of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The Declaration was signed in Paris, and it was therefore considered fitting that the NGO meeting be held there. UNESCO played a key role in the deliberations leading to the Declaration, carrying out a landmark study to demonstrate that indeed, all cultures did recognize common human rights.
The Conference will provide:
- background on the human rights treaty system (Day 1);
- perspectives on the implementation of human rights in the context of on-going challenges as well as emerging issues worldwide (Day 2); and
- outlooks on how to make better use of existing mechanisms for the protection of human rights at the international and national levels, as well as to examine ways to empower civil society at the local level (Day 3).
The UNESCO Courier: 2008 - number 7
Literacy is the best remedy
Finishing primary school makes it five time more likely that the person is informed about HIV and AIDS. Malaria, which kills a million people a year, is most deadly among the illiterate. Literacy and good health are inseparable. This is the theme of International Literacy Day (8 September) and the 2008 UNESCO International Literacy Prizes.Read the new issue of the UNESCO Courier focusing on literacy and health!
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