Organization type Specialized Agency acronyms UNESCO image UNESCO.svg headquarters flagicon France Paris ... http www.unesco.org www.UNESCO.org parent subsidiaries commons UNESCO footnotes The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO pron en ju n sko respell yew NESK oh is a specialized ... Charter . ref cite web url http www.unesco.org new en unesco about us who we are history title UNESCO ... International Commission on Intellectual Cooperation . UNESCO has 193 Member States and seven ... covering three or more countries there are also national and regional offices. UNESCO pursues its ..., and communication and information. Projects sponsored by UNESCO include literacy , technical, and teacher ... digital divide . Mission and priorities UNESCO s mission is to contribute to the building of peace ..., on two global priorities Africa and Gender Equality . ref http www.unesco.org new en unesco about us who we are introducing unesco Introducing UNESCO ref Other priorities of the Organization include ... Millennium Development Goals MDGs underpin all UNESCO s strategies and activities. History File Flag of UNESCO.svg thumb The UNESCO flag UNESCO and its mandate for international act as the executing agency for the CICI. ref name unesdoc.unesco.org UNESCO. 1987 . A Chronology of UNESCO 1947 1987 .... ref UNESCO. 1987 . A Chronology. ref However, the work of these predecessor organizations was largely ... represented. At the ECO CONF, the Constitution of UNESCO was introduced and signed by 37 countries ... when UNESCO s Constitution came into force with the deposit of the twentieth ratification by a member ... of Director General. ref UNESCO. General Conference, 1st Session. 1947 . General Conference, First Session, held at UNESCO House, Paris, from 20 November to 10 December 1946. UNESCO C 30 1 C Resolutions ... of which they are nationals and would not, as before, act in their personal capacity. ref UNESCO ... UNESCO from its predecessor, the CICI, in terms of how member states would work together ... more details
Image Unesco IHE.JPG thumb 250px The Unesco IHE building in Delft. The UNESCO IHE Institute for Water Education is an international institute for water education that was created in 2003 from the previous ... IHE . ref http www.unesco ihe.org about 50 years of wise water ref UNESCO IHE is based in Delft , the Netherlands and is owned by all UNESCO member states. It is established as a UNESCO Category I institute jointly by UNESCO and the Government of the Netherlands . The Institute operates entirely on extrabudgetary funds and as such represents a new and unique model within UNESCO that implicitly ... accredited MSc degrees. UNESCO IHE is instrumental to the strengthening of efforts by other universities ... sector. The Member States of UNESCO will have access to the knowledge and services of UNESCO IHE ... water objectives. UNESCO IHE s functions are defined as follows Offer education, training and research ... forum for UNESCO Member States and other stakeholders Provide professional expertise and advice ... throughout the world. UNESCO s work in Water UNESCO s work in water is built on three pillars. At its ... with academic and professional institutions, IHP National Committees, and governments of UNESCO s 190 Member States. The second pillar is provided by UNESCO IHE as an integral part of UNESCO , as well ... system which make up UN Water . WWAP, a programme of UN Water hosted by UNESCO , produces the triennial ... resources. External links http www.unesco ihe.org UNESCO IHE website http www.unesco.org water UNESCO Water Portal http www.unesco.org water wwap UN World Water Assessment Programme website References refs coord 52 00 31 N 4 21 25 E display title region NL source nlwiki Category UNESCO Category Water de UNESCO IHE es UNESCO IHE fr UNESCO IHE hi id UNESCO IHE it UNESCO IHE sw UNESCO IHE hu UNESCO IHE mk UNESCO IHE nl UNESCO IHE ro UNESCO IHE ru UNESCO IHE fi UNESCO IHE tl UNESCO IHE vi UNESCO IHE yo UNESCO IHE zh UNESCO IHE ... more details
The UNESCO Chairs program was established in 1992 following the relevant decision of the General Conference of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO taken at its 26th session. The program was conceived as a way to advance research, training and programme development in higher education by building university networks and encouraging inter university cooperation through transfer of knowledge across borders. There is an international network of 644 UNESCO Chairs, involving over 770 institutions in 126 countries. External links http cms01.unesco.org fileadmin MULTIMEDIA HQ ED UNITWIN pdf Doc annexes TB 20Chaires 2011092009.pdf List of established UNESCO Chairs DEFAULTSORT Unesco Chairs Category UNESCO ca C tedra UNESCO es C tedra Unesco ... more details
UNESCO Nomenclature more properly UNESCO nomenclature for fields of science and technology is a system developed by UNESCO for Categorization classification of research papers and doctoral dissertation s. There are three versions of the system, offering different levels of refinement through 2 , 4 digit UNESCO Nomenclature 4 , and 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature 6 digit codes. Two digit system 11 Logic br 12 Mathematics br 21 Astronomy , Astrophysics br 22 Physics br 23 Chemistry br 24 Life sciences Life Sciences br 25 Earth science Earth and space science br 31 Agriculture Agricultural Sciences br 32 Medicine Medical Sciences br 33 Technology Technological Sciences br 51 Anthropology br 52 Demography br 53 Economics Economic Sciences br 54 Geography br 55 History br 56 Law Juridical Science and Law br 57 Linguistics br 58 Pedagogy br 59 Political Science br 61 Psychology br 62 Sciences of Arts and literature Letters br 63 Sociology br 71 Ethics br 72 Philosophy br See also 4 digit UNESCO Nomenclature 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature ISCED UNESCO Standard Classification of Education External links http unesdoc.unesco.org images 0008 000829 082946eb.pdf Original document Category UNESCO nomenclature Category Standards ca Nomenclatura de la UNESCO es Clasificaci n Unesco eo Nomenklaturo de Unesko eu UNESCO sailkapena fa gl Clasificaci n Unesco ia Nomenclatura UNESCO ro Clasificare UNESCO ru ... more details
The UNESCO Courier is the main magazine published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , UNESCO . Of all the journals published by the United Nations and its specialised institutions, The UNESCO Courier has always occupied first place for the number of its readers and the range of its audience, said in 1988 the American journalist Sandy Koffler, The Courier s founder and first Editor in Chief. The magazine has changed a great deal over the years, both in content and in form. But it pursues its original mission promote UNESCO s ideals, maintain a platform for the dialogue between cultures and provide a forum for international debate. Recognition The printed UNESCO Courier enjoys admiration of its loyal readers for decades, for its high journalistic standards and open minded approach toward universal issues of literacy, human rights, environment, culture, science and arts. Read The Courier Available on line since March 2006, The UNESCO Courier serves readers scattered around the world it is on PDF in the six official langues of the Organization English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian and Chinese . A limited number of printed issues are also produced. http www.unesco.org en courier The UNESCO Courier in English http www.unesco.org fr courier The UNESCO Courier in French http www.unesco.org es courier The UNESCO Courier in Spanish http www.unesco.org ar courier The UNESCO Courier in Arabic http www.unesco.org zh courier The UNESCO Courier in Chinese http www.unesco.org ru courier The UNESCO Courier in Russian How to subscribe? http www.unesco.org new en unesco courier contacts Free access on line Editors in chief Jasmina Sopova since April 2007 Enzo Fazzino 2006 Vincent Defourny 2005 Michel Barton 2002 2004 J. Burnet 2000 2001 John Kohut ... 1950 External links http www.unesco.org UNESCO Portal in English magazine stub Category UNESCO ar fr Le Courrier de l Unesco pt UNESCO Courier uk ... more details
The UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network , or ASPNet for short, is a programme established in 1953 to encourage schools worldwide to educate students on issues related to UNESCO s overarching goal of promoting peace and international understanding . asof 2008 , it includes nearly eight thousand educational institutions in over 170 countries. ASPnet schools conduct their own projects, often linking with schools from other countries, or may become involved in a UNESCO coordinated activity, such as the World Heritage in Young Hands project. A national coordinator, typically housed at the National Commission, serves as the liaison between the schools and UNESCO. ref citation url http www.state.gov p io unesco c18952.htm publisher Department of State publication place United States title UNESCO Associated Schools Project ASPnet date 2008 03 08 accessdate 2009 08 06 ref References reflist External links http portal.unesco.org education en ev.php URL ID 7366&URL DO DO TOPIC&URL SECTION 201.html Official website Education stub Category UNESCO Category 1953 establishments pt Programa de Escolas Associadas da UNESCO ... more details
UNESCO CEPES Centre Europ en pour l Enseignement Sup rieur CEPES was established in 1972 at Bucharest ... international cooperation in the sphere of higher education among UNESCO s Member States in Central ... journal of UNESCO CEPES. The CEPES headquarters is in the Kretzulescu Palace in Bucharest ... America and Israel, UNESCO European Centre for Higher Education Centre Europ en pour l Enseignement ..., the role of UNESCO CEPES extended its round has been broader. on this endeavour, the UNITWIN UNESCO ... and research in the developing countries. In April 1997, the joint Council of Europe UNESCO Convention ..., and UNESCO CEPES assumed a Co Secretariat function to the Convention. From the late 1990s, the Centre ... Bank, OECD, and others. In September 2003, UNESCO CEPES was nominated a consultative member ..., according as a Memorandum of Understanding MoU was signed between UNESCO and the Romanian Government on transitional arrangements for UNESCO CEPES, The MoU realigns the Centre s mandate with the new ... the needs of higher education of UNESCO s Member States in Central, Eastern and South East Europe. Mission The UNESCO European Centre for Higher Education Centre europ en pour l enseignement ... among UNESCO s Member States in Central, Eastern and South East Europe. Specifically UNESCO CEPES ... of the follow up to the 2009 UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education, and the Bologna Process aiming ... UNESCO Chairs Programme, relations with a designated number of UNESCO Chairs relevant to its ... governmental organizations Serves as a link between UNESCO Headquarters and Romania. In addition to its main activities as the European Centre for Higher Education, UNESCO CEPES also represents UNESCO ... The Art Exhibition organized by UNESCO CEPES on the occasion of UN DAY 2009 23 October 2009 Opening ... System UNESCO Institutes and Centres for Education around the world Including UNESCO CEPES, there are many institutes and centres around the world that UNESCO established. following lists work ... more details
UNESCO Collection is a world music record label , under the aegis of UNESCO . The full title of the series was UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World . Starting in 1961, the label, created in collaboration with Alain Dani lou , has recorded and issued recordings of traditional world music. Its recording activity was mainly in the 1960s and 1970s. It was composed of a number of subseries of recordings Musical Sources Philips 6586 001 &mdash Philips 6586 045 , Musical Atlas EMI Odeon , A Musical Anthology of the Orient B renreiter Musicaphon BM 30 2001 &mdash BM 30 2032 , An Anthology of African Music B renreiter Musicaphon BM 30 2301 &mdash BM 30 2314 , and An Anthology of North Indian Classical Music B renreiter Musicaphon BM 30 SL 2051 &mdash BM 30 SL 2054 reissued by Rounder as CD 5101 5104. ref Worldcat record, Anthology of World Music North Indian Classical Music. Anthology of world music. Cambridge, Mass Rounder Records, 1998. Sound recording, OCLC 39481660 . ref ref http www.unesco.org culture ich index.php?pg 00123 UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World , accessed November 18, 2010. ref ref The UNESCO collection of traditional music , Isobel Clouter, pp. 6 7, http 21citizen.co.uk reshelp findhelprestype sound wtmusic imcnewsletter imcnewsletter20.pdf International Music Connection Newsletter of the World and Traditional Music Section , British Library, 20, 2001. ref It was a pioneer in documenting authentic, traditional world music. From the 1990s, titles were reissued by Na ve Records Na ve Auvidis under new subcollections, as well as some new ... culture ich index.php?pg 00123 UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World , accessed ... http www.unesco.org culture cdmusic index.shtml UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World , archived catalog of the label, as of 2004 http www.ictmusic.org ICTM unr.php UNESCO Collection of Traditional ... ich index.php?pg 00123 UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World , current page at UNESCO ... more details
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UNESCO Nomenclature more properly UNESCO nomenclature for fields of science and technology is a system developed by UNESCO for Categorization classification of research papers and doctoral dissertation s. There are three versions of the system, offering different levels of refinement through UNESCO Nomenclature 2 , 4 digit UNESCO Nomenclature 4 , and 6 digit codes. Six digit system The following links do not link directly to topics. Instead, they link to pages on which the 6 digit UNESCO nomenclature ... UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 11 Logic br 12 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 12 Mathematics br 21 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 21 Astronomy, Astrophysics br 22 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 22 Physics br 23 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 23 Chemistry br 24 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 24 Life Sciences br 25 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 25 Earth and space science br 31 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 31 Agricultural Sciences br 32 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 32 Medical Sciences br 33 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 33 Technological Sciences br 51 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 51 Anthropology br 52 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 52 Demography br 53 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 53 Economic Sciences br 54 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 54 Geography br 55 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 55 History br 56 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 56 Juridical Science and Law br 57 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 57 Linguistics br 58 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 58 Pedagogy br 59 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 59 Political Science br 61 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 61 Psychology br 62 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 62 Sciences of Arts and Letters br 63 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 63 Sociology br 71 6 digit UNESCO Nomenclature starting with 71 Ethics ... more details
UNESCO Special Envoys are personalities associated with various UNESCO programmes and projects who help to spread UNESCO s message worldwide through their professional activities and their personal charisma. The following is a list of UNESCO Special Envoys along with the position they are currently assuming flagicon Saudi Arabia Prince Talal ibn Abd al Aziz Special Envoy for Water flagicon Qatar Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education flagicon NED Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands Special Envoy on Literacy for Development See also UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador UNESCO Champion for Sport UNESCO Artist for Peace References UNESCO http portal.unesco.org en ev.php URL ID 8894&URL DO DO TOPIC&URL SECTION 201.html Special Envoys Category UNESCO ... more details
Version checked and authorized by the German Commission for UNESCO coord 50 43 54.24 N 7 5 37.73 E type landmark display title The German Commission for UNESCO is one of 195 National Commissions for UNESCO worldwide, a unique structure in the UN system , foreseen by UNESCO s constitution of 1946. The German ... to UNESCO. It has a liaison function for German Multilateral Foreign Cultural Policy thus, its regular ... of Germany Laender , representatives of important German institutions working within UNESCO s fields of competence as well as individual experts. The German Commission for UNESCO advises the government, parliament and all other public bodies on UNESCO issues, as well as on other issues of multilateral ..., academia, expert institutions and civil society to UNESCO s programme activities Education, Natural ... Development , the German implementation of the UNESCO convention on cultural diversity and a cooperation .... Roland Bernecker. The Bureau and the executive committee of the German Commission for UNESCO are elected for two years, by a general assembly meeting once annually. UNESCO National Commissions UNESCO ... . Within its fields of competence, UNESCO will contribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration ... having National Commissions. All 193 member states of UNESCO dispose of a National Commission, with varying ..., implementation, communication and evaluation of the multi faceted programmes of UNESCO. Germany s membership in UNESCO In 1951, UNESCO was among the first of the United Nations Specialized ... isolation provoked by the Nazi Regime 1933 to 1945. By joining UNESCO in 1972, the German Democratic ... for UNESCO integrated the functions of the dissolved GDR National Commission. After the United States of America and Japan, Germany makes the third largest financial contribution to UNESCO. Like most other Member States, Germany has a Permanent Delegation to UNESCO in Paris. It ensures constant working contact with UNESCO and is in charge of Germany s political relations with UNESCO. Germany is participating ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2010 The UNESCO Institute for Statistics UIS is the statistical office of UNESCO and is the UN depository for global statistics in the fields of education, science and technology, culture and communication. The UIS was established in 1999. It was created to improve UNESCO s statistical programme and to develop and deliver the timely, accurate and policy relevant statistics needed in today s increasingly complex and rapidly changing social, political and economic environments. The UIS is based in Montreal , Canada . Category Statistical organizations Category UNESCO ... more details
The Australian National Commission for UNESCO was established in 1947 and is the Australian government organisation responsible for advising on the implementation of UNESCO policies and programmes in Australia and for advising on Australia s involvement with UNESCO . The Commission comprises a Secretariat and a total of eighteen 18 members, and is governed under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Act, 1947 Cwlth and the Charter of the Commission. As peace education is fundamental to the mission of UNESCO , so too advising on the promotion and advancement of peace education in Australia is central to the role of the Australian National Commission for UNESCO . Further reading James Page . 2002. The Australian National Commission for Unesco Some Proposals for Reform . Australian Journal of Public Administration . 61 3 106 112 available on line at http eprints.qut.edu.au archive 00003578 Abstract and http eprints.qut.edu.au archive 00003578 01 3578.pdf Article . External links http www.dfat.gov.au intorgs unesco Australian National Commission for UNESCO website http www.australia.gov.au A to Z List of Government Sites?letter A&page 10 List of Australian Government Websites http unesdoc.unesco.org images 0012 001255 125590e.pdf constitution UNESCO Constitution http www.austlii.edu.au au legis cth consol act unesacoa1947607 United Nations Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization Act, 1947 Commonwealth of Australia United Nations Category Educational organizations Category Heritage organizations Category International scientific organizations Category UNESCO Category Government of Australia ... more details
Infobox award name UNESCO Science Prize image UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from Flickr 81486733.jpg image size caption UNESCO headquarters in Paris description an outstanding contribution made to the technological ... ref name unesco 2003 cite web url http www.unesco.org science psd prizes unescounesco science prize03.shtml title The 2003 UNESCO Science Prize has been awarded to Professor Somchart Soponronnarit from Thailand date 2003 publisher UNESCO accessdate 2009 07 07 ref presenter United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO country year 1968 website The UNESCO Science ... Organization UNESCO to a person or group of persons for an outstanding contribution they have made ... development . ref name unesco 2003 The candidates for the Science Prize are proposed to the Director General of UNESCO by the governments of member states or by non governmental organization ... USD US 15,000 , an Albert Einstein Silver Medal, and is awarded in odd years to coincide with UNESCO s General Conference. ref name unesco 2003 Past Laureates 1968 Robert Simpson Silver UK for his discovery of a process for the demineralization of sea water . ref name unesco laureates 2001 cite web url http www.unesco.org science psd prizes unescounesco winners.shtml title UNESCO Science Prize List of prize winners date 2001 publisher UNESCO accessdate 2009 07 07 ref 1970 International Maize ... s. ref name unesco laureates 2001 1972 Viktor Kovda USSR for his theory on the hydromorphic origin of the soil ... from low phosphorus pig iron . ref name unesco laureates 2001 1976 Alfred Champagnat FRA for his findings on the low cost mass production of new protein s from petroleum . ref name unesco laureates 2001 ... insecticide s related to natural pyrethrum . ref name unesco laureates 2001 1980 Leonardo Mata CRI ... of an anti leprosy agent, B 633. ref name unesco laureates 2001 1983 Roger Whitehead UK for his work on the role of maternal nutrition and lactation in infant growth. ref name unesco laureates 2001 ... more details
Multiple issues orphan April 2010 primarysources September 2009 refimprove September 2009 The UNESCO Center or Peace is a Non profit organization founded in 2004 in Maryland USA. It promotes the ideals of United Nations the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO . UNESCO Center for Peace is partner to Frederick County Public Schools , Hood College , Frederick Community College, Maryland School for the Deaf MSD on a variety of community projects that include various after school programs, Distinguished Speaker Series, Regional Model United Nations , International Model United Nations, Celebrations and Commemorations of major United Nations International Days, the Frederick Stamp Festival, National and International Exchange Programs for High School and College level students and schools UNESCO Center for Peace ref UNESCO Website ref References See Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref www.UNESCO.org ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist Links to the same article in other languages if the articles exist already see Help Interlanguage links DEFAULTSORT Unesco Center For Peace Category UNESCO ... more details
The UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy recognizes the activities of outstanding individuals, governments or governmental agencies and non governmental organizations NGOs working in literacy serving rural adults and out of school youth, particularly women and girls. The Prize was established in 2005 through the support of the Government of the People s Republic of China in honour of the great Chinese scholar Confucius . It is part of the International Literacy Prizes, which UNESCO awards every year in recognition of excellence and inspiring experiences in the field of literacy throughout the world. The Confucius Prize offers two awards of US 20,000 each, a medal and a diploma, as well as a study visit to literacy project sites in China. The Prize is open to institutions, organizations or individuals displaying outstanding merit in literacy, achieving particularly effective results and promoting innovative approaches. The selection of prizewinners is made by an International Jury appointed by UNESCO s Director General, which meets in Paris once a year. The Prize is awarded at an official ceremony held for that purpose at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on the occasion of International Literacy Day 8 September . Recipients of the Prize by year 2009 SERVE Afghanistan Afghanistan Municipal Literacy Coordinating Council Philippines 2008 Adult and Non Formal Education Association ANFEAE Ethiopia Operation Upgrade South Africa 2007 Family Re orientation Education and Empowerment FREE Nigeria Reach Out and Read United States of America 2006 Ministry of National Education of the Kingdom ... in Rajasthan India External links http www.unesco.org en literacy literacy prizes UNESCO International ... Nations Literacy Decade UNESCO Nadezhda K. Krupskaya literacy prize UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize Noma Literacy Prize DEFAULTSORT Unesco Confucius Prize For Literacy Category Literacy Category UNESCO Category Education awards ca Premi UNESCO Confucius zh ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Wikify date April 2010 The UNESCO Cousteau Ecotechnie Programme is an international initiative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization to promote interdisciplinary education, research and policy making in the field of the environment and development. UCEP s mission is to reduce barriers to change through new incentives and by providing future decision and policy makers with integrated, multidisciplinary education, training and research. It is a joint effort of the Man and the Biosphere Programme and the Cousteau Society . Among its main activities is the designation of UNESCO Cousteau Ecotechnie Chairs at universities and research institutions around the world. Site Web URL http www.unesco.org mab capacity ucep ucepmab.htm Category UNESCO ... more details
Infobox award name UNESCO Institut Pasteur Medal image UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from Flickr 81486733.jpg image size caption UNESCO headquarters in Paris description outstanding research contributing to a beneficial impact on human health and to the advancement of scientific knowledge in related fields such as medicine, fermentations, agriculture and food. presenter United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO and the Pasteur Institute country year 1995 website The UNESCO Institut Pasteur Medal is a biennial international science prize created jointly by UNESCO and the Pasteur Institute in 1995 to be awarded in recognition of outstanding research contributing to a beneficial impact on human health and to the advancement of scientific knowledge in related fields such as medicine, fermentations, agriculture and food. Its creation marked the centenary of the death of Louis Pasteur . ref name unesco 2005 cite web url http portal.unesco.org science en ev.php URL ID 2474&URL DO DO TOPIC&URL SECTION 201.html title Institut Pasteur UNESCO Medal last Hoareau first Lucy date 2006 05 10 publisher UNESCO accessdate 2009 08 21 ref Laureates 1995 Natth Bhamarapravati THA ref name unesco 2005 1997 Esther Orozco MEX ref name unesco 2005 1999 Luiz Pereira da Silva BRA ref name unesco 2005 2001 Sima Rafati Seyedi Yazdi IRN ref name unesco 2005 2003 Fadila Boulahbal ALG ref name unesco 2005 2005 Mireille Dosso CIV ref name unesco 2005 References reflist Category Biology awards Category UNESCO awards Institut Category Awards established in 1995 ... more details
The UNESCO Mozart Medal is an award named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and administered by UNESCO . Recipients Elisabeth Schwarzkopf , 1991 Alicia Terzian , 1995 Elfi von Dassanowsky , 1996 Igor Moiseyev , 2001, for outstanding contribution to world music culture Hanna Kulenty , 2003 Tikhon Khrennikov , 2003 Purcell School of Music, February 6, 2003 Mohammad Reza Shajarian , 2006 Mstislav Rostropovich , 2007 Mehriban Aliyeva , 2010 See also Mozart Medal References http portal.unesco.org en ev.php URL ID 9258&URL DO DO TOPIC&URL SECTION 201.html Purcell school award http www.un.org apps news story.asp?NewsID 22374&Cr UNESCO&Cr1 Rostropovich award Category Music awards Category Music award winners award stub music event stub es Medalla Mozart de la Unesco pt Medalha Mozart da Unesco ... more details
The UNESCO Collection of Representative Works or UNESCO Catalogue of Representative Works was a UNESCO translation project that was active for about 57 years, from 1948 to about 2005. The projects purpose was to translate masterpieces of world literature, primarily from a lesser known language into a more international language such as English and or French ref name courior http findarticles.com p articles mi m1310 is 1986 Jan ai 4079807 pg 1?tag artBody col1 A library of world classics , UNESCO Courier, January 1986, by Edouard J. Maunick ref . As of 2005 there were 1060 works in the catalog ref http www.unesco.org culture lit rep index.php UNESCO Collection of Representative Works . To see the full list, click Search with all search criteria blank or default. ref representing over sixty five different literatures and representing around fifty Oriental languages, twenty European languages as well as a number of literatures and languages from Africa and Oceania. ref name courior . It also translated some works into lesser known languages, such as the translation of the Japanese language Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata into Indonesian language Indonesian in addition to 8 other languages , or the Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz into Hungarian language Hungarian in addition to 2 other languages . UNESCO financed the translations and publications, but UNESCO itself was not a publisher, instead working with other publishers who then sold the books independently. Works were selected based on a number of criteria. Generally, new versions of translations already published were not undertaken and it was rare for a little known contemporary author with only a small output to his name to be considered ... of a place in the Collection. ref name courior As of about 2005 UNESCO was no longer able to fund new ... links http www.unesco.org culture lit rep index.php UNESCO Collection of Representative Works . Category UNESCO Category Translations ... more details
The UNESCO Prize for Peace Education has been awarded annually since 1981. The prize is endowed up to 60 000 US dollar s and honours extraordinary activities in the spirit of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO constitution. Recipients of the Prize by year 2008 Institute for Justice and Reconciliation South Africa 2006 Christopher Weeramantry Christopher Gregory Weeramantry Sri Lanka Special mention to Fundaci n para la Reconciliaci n Colombia 2003 Emile Shoufani , Greek catholic Archimandrite in Nazareth 2002 the City Montessori School in Lucknow India 2001 the Jewish Arab Centre for Peace Education in Givat Haviva Israel and Bishop Nelson Onono Onweng from Uganda 2000 the Australia n Peace Educator Toh Swee Hin 1999 Asociaci n Madres de Plaza de Mayo from Buenos Aires , Argentina. Honourable mention to Verein f r Friedensp dagogik , T bingen Germany 1998 Educators for Peace and Mutual Understanding Ukraine honourable mention to Fridtjof Nansen Academy Norway , World Court Project New Zealand , Ulpan Akiva Netanya Israel 1997 Francois Giraud France 1996 Chiara Lubich Italy 1995 The Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution Austria 1994 The Venerable Prayudh Payutto Thailand 1993 Madeleine de Vits Belgium and The Graduate Institute of Peace Studies at Kyung Hee University South Korea 1992 Mother Teresa 1991 Ruth Leger Sivard USA Cours Sainte Marie de Hann Senegal 1990 Rigoberta Mench Tum Guatemala the World Order Models Project WOMP 1989 Dr. Robert Muller France the International Peace Research Association IPRA 1988 Fr re Roger ... coauthors title UNESCO Prize for Peace Education work publisher UNESCO date url http www.unesco.org shs prizes peace education format doi accessdate 2008 03 28 Category UNESCO awards Category Peace awards de UNESCO Preis f r Friedenserziehung fr Prix UNESCO de l ducation pour la paix nl UNESCO prijs voor Vredeseducatie pl Nagroda UNESCO za Wychowanie dla Pokoju ... more details
UNESCO Champions for Sport are international celebrity sport personalities advocates for the United Nations agency UNESCO . This family of world class athletes purveys UNESCO s message the world over. By the same token, they reflect UNESCO s concerns to promote the values of physical education and sports with a view of building a better future for younger generations. Current list Currently, twelve personalities are designated UNESCO Champion for Sport ref UNESCO.org http portal.unesco.org en ev.php URL ID 8252&URL DO DO TOPIC&URL SECTION 201.html Champion for Sport ref class wikitable Name Country since sport Link Virgilijus Alekna flagcountry LTU 23 November 2007 discus throw http portal.unesco.org en ev.php URL ID 41321&URL DO DO TOPIC&URL SECTION 201.html Veronica Campbell Brown flagcountry JAM 2008 sprint race sprint http portal.unesco.org en ev.php URL ID 46708&URL DO DO TOPIC&URL SECTION 201.html Serhiy Bubka flagcountry UKR 2003 pole vault http portal.unesco.org en ev.php URL ID 24022&URL DO DO TOPIC&URL SECTION 201.html David Douillet flagcountry FRA 2002 judo http portal.unesco.org en ev.php URL ID 24016&URL DO DO TOPIC&URL SECTION 201.html Vyacheslav Fetisov flagcountry RUS 26 May 2004 ice hockey http portal.unesco.org en ev.php URL ID 24023&URL DO DO TOPIC&URL SECTION 201.html Hakuho Davaajargal Munkhbat flagcountry MNG 27 July 2006 sumo wrestling http portal.unesco.org en ev.php URL ID 36348&URL DO DO TOPIC&URL SECTION 201.html Justine Henin flagcountry BEL 14 December 2006 tennis http portal.unesco.org en ev.php URL ID 36316&URL DO DO TOPIC&URL SECTION 201.html Vitali Klitschko Vitaliy & Wladimir Klitschko flagcountry UKR 4 December 2006 boxing http portal.unesco.org en ev.php URL ID 36314&URL DO DO TOPIC&URL SECTION 201.html Pel flagcountry BRA June 1994 ... See also UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador UNESCO Special Envoy UNESCO Artist for Peace References reflist Category UNESCO ... more details
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