- published: 31 Oct 2011
- views: 120018
- author: ReutersVideo
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US cuts off UNESCO funding after Palestinian vote
Oct. 31 - The United States says it has stopped funding UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, fo...
published: 31 Oct 2011
author: ReutersVideo
US cuts off UNESCO funding after Palestinian vote
Oct. 31 - The United States says it has stopped funding UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, following its vote to grant the Palestinians full membership. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
- published: 31 Oct 2011
- views: 120018
- author: ReutersVideo
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UNESCO History
The c was born on 16 November 1945 UNESCO works to create the conditions for dialogue amon...
published: 16 Jun 2010
author: unesco
UNESCO History
The c was born on 16 November 1945 UNESCO works to create the conditions for dialogue among civilizations, cultures and peoples, based upon respect for commonly shared values. It is through this dialogue that the world can achieve global visions of sustainable development encompassing observance of human rights, mutual respect and the alleviation of poverty, all of which are at the heart of UNESCO'S mission and activities.
- published: 16 Jun 2010
- views: 54708
- author: unesco
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UNESCO - It's Evil Purpose and Philosophy
"...The task before UNESCO... is to help the emergence of a single world culture with its ...
published: 16 May 2011
author: AlanWattResistance
UNESCO - It's Evil Purpose and Philosophy
"...The task before UNESCO... is to help the emergence of a single world culture with its own philosophy and background of ideas and with its own broad purpose. This is opportune, since this the first time in history that the scaffolding and the mechanisms for world unification have become available and also the first time that man has had the means... of laying a world-wide foundation for the minimum physical welfare of the entire human species. And it is necessary, for at the moment, two opposing philosophies of life confront each other from the West and from the East...." "You may categorize the two philosophies as two super-nationalisms, or as individualism versus collectivism; or as the American versus the Russian way of life, or as capitalism versus communism, or as Christianity versus Marxism. Can these opposites be reconciled, this antithesis be resolved in a higher synthesis? I believe not only that this can happen, but that, through the inexorable dialectic of evolution, it must happen.... "In pursuing this aim, we must eschew dogma - whether it be theological dogma or Marxist dogma.... East and West will not agree on a basis of the future if they merely hurl at each other the fixed ideas of the past. For that is what dogma's are -- the crystallizations of some dominant system of thought of a particular epoch. A dogma may of course crystallize tried and valid experience; but if it be dogma, it does so in a way which is rigid, uncompromising and intolerant.... If ...
- published: 16 May 2011
- views: 3099
- author: AlanWattResistance
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UNESCO Creative Cities Network (short version)
This film introduces the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, an international platform that co...
published: 11 May 2012
author: unesco
UNESCO Creative Cities Network (short version)
This film introduces the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, an international platform that connects cities to share experiences, ideas and best practices in the field of creative industries and urban development. Through videos provided by member cities and short interviews of Mayors from different continents (long version), the film presents the Network at a glance, as well as the importance of culture in a city's socio-economic development and the challenges cities at large have to face due to rapid urbanization. More information: The UNESCO Creative Cities Network' webpage: www.unesco.org
- published: 11 May 2012
- views: 1860
- author: unesco
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UNESCO - Modern Education Exposed
A book entitled "UNESCO: Its Purpose and Its Philosophy" by Fabian Socialist Sir Julian Hu...
published: 16 Nov 2010
author: Goodfightlads
UNESCO - Modern Education Exposed
A book entitled "UNESCO: Its Purpose and Its Philosophy" by Fabian Socialist Sir Julian Huxley was published in 1948, which he proclaims that UNESCO "...In its education program it can stress the ultimate need for world political unity and familiarize all peoples with the implications of the transfer of full sovereignty from separate nations to a world organization..." "As long as the child breathes the poisoned air of nationalism, education in world-mindedness can produce only rather precarious results....For the moment, it is sufficient to note that it is most frequently in the family that the children are infected with nationalism by hearing what is national extolled and what is foreign disparaged....The activity of the school cannot bring about the desired result unless, repudiating every form of nationalism..." - Towards World Understanding, vol. V, UNESCO (1949)
- published: 16 Nov 2010
- views: 587
- author: Goodfightlads
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Rites and craftsmanship associated with the wedding costume tradition of Tlemcen
UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2012 URL: ww...
published: 05 Dec 2012
author: unesco
Rites and craftsmanship associated with the wedding costume tradition of Tlemcen
UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2012 URL: www.unesco.org Description: During the wedding ritual of Tlemcen in northwestern Algeria, the bride is dressed in a traditionally woven golden silk dress, surrounded by her friends and married female relations; symbolic henna designs are applied to her hands, and an older woman helps her don a caftan of embroidered velvet, jewellery and a conical hat. Girls in Tlemcen are initiated into the costume tradition at an early age, while the craftsmanship involved in making the precious wedding costume is transmitted from generation to generation. Country(ies): Algeria © CHRPAH, 2012 Duration: 00:10:22 - Support: DVD (0066800016)
- published: 05 Dec 2012
- views: 2149
- author: unesco
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Latvia - What Kind of a Future Do We Want?
As part of the Youth Exploring Rio+20 - A UNESCO Clubs Transnational Meeting, young people...
published: 03 Dec 2012
author: ecounesco
Latvia - What Kind of a Future Do We Want?
As part of the Youth Exploring Rio+20 - A UNESCO Clubs Transnational Meeting, young people from Malta UNESCO Youth Association answer the question, "What Kind of Future Do We Want?" Thanks to Anna Lauma Platace, Egita Libiete, Karina Ivanova, Katerina Stefanovska, Kintija Ivanova, Kristine Kazaka, Monika Jansone and Viktorija Leimane.
- published: 03 Dec 2012
- views: 34
- author: ecounesco
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UNESCO warns Brasilia under threat
The Brazilian capital was founded in 1956 -- built from nothing -- to become a modern arch...
published: 19 Aug 2012
author: AlJazeeraEnglish
UNESCO warns Brasilia under threat
The Brazilian capital was founded in 1956 -- built from nothing -- to become a modern architectural delight. But what once gave the city its futuristic feel is now becoming a thing of the past. Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo reports from Brasilia.
- published: 19 Aug 2012
- views: 2576
- author: AlJazeeraEnglish
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Top UNESCO World Heritage Sites
More destination ideas... www.petergreenberg.com UNESCO World Heritage sites includes some...
published: 06 Jun 2008
author: PeterGreenberg2
Top UNESCO World Heritage Sites
More destination ideas... www.petergreenberg.com UNESCO World Heritage sites includes some of the most beautiful, famous and historic landmarks around the world, from Australia's Great Barrier Reef to Egypt's Pyramids. But there are some that you may not have heard as much about--like Peru's "geoglyphs" of Nazca or the ancient center of Edinburgh. NBC Travel Editor Peter Greenberg shares some of his favorite UNESCO sites from around the world.
- published: 06 Jun 2008
- views: 34663
- author: PeterGreenberg2
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Celebrations as Unesco vote to give Palestinians full membership
Amid loud applause and cheers for yes votes, Unesco members vote one-by-one on whether to ...
published: 31 Oct 2011
author: telegraphtv
Celebrations as Unesco vote to give Palestinians full membership
Amid loud applause and cheers for yes votes, Unesco members vote one-by-one on whether to allow Palestinians full membership to the cultural agency.
- published: 31 Oct 2011
- views: 66222
- author: telegraphtv
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UNESCO - Czech Republic
Set out to the Czech Republic and get to know the 12 Czech UNESCO monuments. This year mar...
published: 17 Jun 2012
author: visitczech
UNESCO - Czech Republic
Set out to the Czech Republic and get to know the 12 Czech UNESCO monuments. This year marks exactly 20 years since the first of them was entered into the prestigious list and the anniversary will be marked by several cultural events. Discover the magic of the picturesque Telč, the mystique of the Church of St. John of Nepomuk in Žďár nad Sázavou, the colourfulness of the Flower Gardens in Kroměříž, the picturesque village of Holašovice, the story of Villa Tugendhat, the fairy-tale Český Krumlov or the romance of the Lednice-Valtice Landscape ... www.czechtourism.com
- published: 17 Jun 2012
- views: 5566
- author: visitczech
12:01
Historia de la UNESCO
La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura, fundada...
published: 12 Mar 2010
author: unescoSpanish
Historia de la UNESCO
La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura, fundada en 1945, es un organismo especializado de las Naciones Unidas con sede en París. Este filme resume su historia en 12 minutos.
- published: 12 Mar 2010
- views: 20576
- author: unescoSpanish
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UNESCO gives Palestinians full membership
Oct. 31 - The United Nations' cultural agency decides to give Palestinians full membership...
published: 31 Oct 2011
author: ReutersVideo
UNESCO gives Palestinians full membership
Oct. 31 - The United Nations' cultural agency decides to give Palestinians full membership of the body, a vote that will boost their bid for recognition as a state at the United Nations. UNESCO is the first UN agency the Palestinians have sought to join as a full member since President Mahmoud Abbas applied for full membership of the United Nations on Sept. 23. The United States, Canada and Germany voted against Palestinian membership. Brazil, Russia, China, India, South Africa and France voted in favor. Britain abstained. Washington is likely to cut funding to UNESCO over the vote. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
- published: 31 Oct 2011
- views: 9933
- author: ReutersVideo
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L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science / We support women who move science forward
Every year, L'Oréal and UNESCO renew their joint commitment to promoting scientific career...
published: 27 Sep 2012
author: forwomeninscience
L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science / We support women who move science forward
Every year, L'Oréal and UNESCO renew their joint commitment to promoting scientific careers and identifying outstanding women scientists. Even though women increasingly attain the highest academic levels, they are still under-represented at the top levels of scientific research. We are convinced that science is the source of progress for society and that women have an essential role to play in that progress. For the past fourteen years, the L'Oréal-UNESCO "For Women in Science" programme has given recognition to over a thousand women scientists, providing visibility and encouragement for the exceptional quality of their work. These top-ranking scientists embrace universal challenges ranging from health to the environment, and represent hope for the future.
- published: 27 Sep 2012
- views: 735
- author: forwomeninscience
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3:43
ISS Startrails - TRONized
Do you remember 1982's "TRON" movie? The plot: A computer programmer (epic: Jeff Bridges) ...
published: 15 Oct 2012
author: Christoph Malin
ISS Startrails - TRONized
Do you remember 1982's "TRON" movie? The plot: A computer programmer (epic: Jeff Bridges) is digitized inside the software world of a mainframe computer, where he interacts with various programs in his attempt to get back out. I loved the light cycle races and strange solar wind ships...
Back in the real word the ISS is in a way one of these solar ships, constantly rotating around us. A tiny white spot, as it can be seen racing over the sky from time to time, when illuminated by the sunset (and sunrise ;).
This Video was achived by "stacking" image sequences provided by NASA from the Crew at International Space Station (see also http://www.fragileoasis.org/blog/2012/3/on-the-trails-of-stars/). These "stacks" create the Star Trails, but furthermore make interesting patterns visible. For example lightning corridors within clouds, but they also show occasional satellite tracks (or Iridium Flashes) as well as meteors - patterns that interrupt the main Star Trails, and thus are immediately visible.
The many oversaturated hot pixels in some of the scenes are the inevitable result of ultrahigh ISO settings the Nikon D3s in ISS-use are pushed to for keeping exposure times short by all means (owed to the dramatic speed the ISS travels). As there are no dark frames or RAW data currently available, hot pixels are not easy to remove.
After the initial stacking, all images have been sequenced with Apple Motion and the Video cut and edited with Final Cut Pro X. Stacking done with StarStaX, get it here: markus-enzweiler.de/software/software.html
This Video would also not have been possible without that great minimal soundtrack "Eileen" by Lee Rosevere (http://members.shaw.ca/happypuppyrecords/index.html) that totally nailed the mood, as well as a short clip of "Window #3" by Two Bicycles (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Two_Bicycles/Beko_Crash_Symbols_1/07_Window_3). VIMEO MUSIC STORE ROCKS!
All sequences and images courtesy "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth", Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center, eol.jsc.nasa.gov/Videos/CrewEarthObservationsVideos/
Closing sequence © Christoph Malin / ESO.org / filmed at Cerro Paranal.
Thanks a lot to my favourite bad Astronomer, Phil Plait at BadAstronomy for first posting the film (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/16/my-god-its-full-of-star-trails/) and many many thanks to Vimeo for the Staff Pick!
A truckload of thanks go out to NASA astronaut Don Pettit (http://www.petapixel.com/2012/06/25/astronaut-don-pettit-floating-with-his-huge-camera-collection-on-the-iss/) and his colleagues for taking these images, and making films like this one reality!
Finally, please also be aware of the growing issue of light pollution (http://www.plightwithlight.org/index.php?id=49&L;=1) one can see in many of these scenes! Support IDA (http://www.darksky.org) on their challenge to preserve the night sky for us and our children, on reducing energy waste! And don't forget, it is your tax money that lights up the sky!
Oh, and visit my friends at the UNESCO Project TWAN (http://twanight.org) for some of the coolest nightsky images and videos on our planet! One people, one sky!
Always believe in your dreams and make it possible!
All the best,
Christoph Malin
christophmalin.com
PS: At about 1:42 you see Comet "Lovejoy" rising...
PS2: Be sure to check out my other Movies:
"Astronomer's Paradise", http://vimeo.com/36972668 - featured on National Geographic
"The Island - Teaser", http://vimeo.com/27539860 - featured on NG
"Urban Mountain Sky", http://vimeo.com/40969904 - featured on Discovery Channel
"Black Hole Sun", http://vimeo.com/24149087, featured on NG
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Welcome to Fontevraud
Fontevraud Abbey is a religious building hosting a cultural centre and situated in the Lo...
published: 31 Mar 2011
author: Francis Cutter
Welcome to Fontevraud
Fontevraud Abbey is a religious building hosting a cultural centre and situated in the Loire Valley (France), an Unesco World Heritage Site.
Today the Fontevraud Abbey invite young artists ( here dancer & motion designers ) to reappropriate this historical place through their discipline.
Created with After Effect and Photoshop with vanishing point tool and camera projection.
Shoot on Canon 7D.
Directed by Francis Cutter & Vincent Nguyen at Ensad 2011
Choregraphy by Nick Mukoko
Music & Sound design by Nodey & Omar Tryana
VFX art & technical crew : Naïmé Perrette & Pierre-Yves Dougnac
Photographer: Natalianne Boucher
Contact & Info: fran6cutter[at]gmail[dot]com
www.franciscutter.com
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O (Omicron) / Making of
The making of O (Omicron)
Permanent installation directed by Romain Tardy & Thomas Vaquié
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published: 03 May 2012
author: Romain Tardy (AntiVJ)
O (Omicron) / Making of
The making of O (Omicron)
Permanent installation directed by Romain Tardy & Thomas Vaquié
Hala Stulecia, Wroclaw, Poland. 2012.
-> Watch the piece here: https://vimeo.com/41486619
When opened, Hala Stulecia was the largest reinforced concrete structure in the world. With a diameter of 65m it was home to the largest dome built since the Pantheon in Rome eighteen centuries earlier. The Centennial Hall was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006. Taking the 1910’s as a starting point (the dome was erected in 1913), historical and artistic references were used to reveal the architecture of the space, its timeless and, more surprisingly, very modern dimension.
A deliberately minimalist visual aesthetic allowed to highlight the very architecture of Hala Stulecia’s dome and re-affirm its place at the core of the piece.
Read more about the project on the ANTIVJ BLOG: http://blog.antivj.com/2012/o/
Contact: Nicolas Boritch / hello@antivj.com
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DIRECTED by Romain Tardy & Thomas Vaquié
ARCHITECTURE by Max Berg (1913)
VISUALS by Romain Tardy, Guillaume Cottet
MUSIC composed by Thomas Vaquié
2D / 3D MAPPING by Joanie Lemercier, Romain Tardy
MANAGEMENT & PRODUCTION Nicolas Boritch
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Filmed & edited by Jerome Monnot
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http://WWW.ANTIVJ.COM
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TOLEDO طليطلة توليدو טולדו
www.jorgemolina.com
This is a Gift for all my arab and jewish friends that keep Spain in t...
published: 10 May 2009
author: Jorge Molina Lamothe
TOLEDO طليطلة توليدو טולדו
www.jorgemolina.com
This is a Gift for all my arab and jewish friends that keep Spain in their hearts. You can purchase the original footage clips at www.pond5.com (very nice prices)
It was gathered from a Long Ranger Bell helicopter, using Sony 950 HD camera mounted on a Cineflex system, a morning on August 2008. Not to forget.
Music: Kiya Tabassian
Toledo, Spain
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Founded 7th century
Toledo (Latin: Toletum) is a municipality located in central Spain, 70 km south of Madrid. It is the capital of the province of Toledo and of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 for its extensive cultural and monumental heritage as one of the former capitals of the Spanish Empire and place of coexistence of Christian, Jewish and Moorish cultures. Many famous people and artists were born or lived in Toledo, including Al-Zarqali, Garcilaso de la Vega, Alfonso X and El Greco. It was also the place of important historic events such as the Visigothic Councils of Toledo. As of 2007, the city has a population of 78,618 and an area of 232.1 km² (89.59 square miles).
Toledo once served as the capital city of Visigothic Spain, beginning with Liuvigild (Leovigild), and was the capital until the Moors conquered Iberia in the 8th century. Under the Caliphate of Cordoba, Toledo enjoyed a golden age. This extensive period is known as La Convivencia, i.e. the co-existence of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Under Arab rule, Toledo was called Tulaytulah (Arabic طليطلة, academically transliterated Ṭulayṭulah).
On May 25, 1085 Alfonso VI of Castile took Toledo and established direct personal control over the Moorish city from which he had been exacting tribute, and ending the mediaeval Taifa's Kingdom of Toledo . This was the first concrete step taken by the combined kingdom of Leon-Castile in the Reconquista by Christian forces.
Toledo was famed for its production of iron and especially of swords and the city is still a center for the manufacture of knives and other steel implements. When Philip II moved the royal court from Toledo to Madrid in 1561, the old city went into a slow decline from which it never recovered.
Toledo's Alcázar became renowned in the 19th and 20th centuries as a military academy. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 its garrison was famously besieged by Republican forces.
Arts and culture
Toledo reached its zenith in the era of Islamic Caliphate. Historian P. de Gayangos writes:
The Muslim scientists of this age were not rivaled in the world. Perhaps among their greatest feats were the famous waterlocks of Toledo.[1]
The old city is located on a mountaintop with a 150 degrees view, surrounded on three sides by a bend in the Tagus River, and contains many historical sites, including the Alcázar, the cathedral (the primate church of Spain), and the Zocodover, a central market place.
From the 4th century to the 16th century about thirty synods were held at Toledo. The earliest, directed against Priscillian, assembled in 400. At the synod of 589 the Visigothic King Reccared declared his conversion from Arianism; the synod of 633 decreed uniformity of liturgy throughout the Visigothic kingdom and took stringent measures against baptized Jews who had relapsed into their former faith. The council of 681 assured to the archbishop of Toledo the primacy of Spain.
As nearly one hundred early canons of Toledo found a place in the Decretum Gratiani, they exerted an important influence on the development of ecclesiastical law. The synod of 1565–1566 concerned itself with the execution of the decrees of the Council of Trent; and the last council held at Toledo, 1582–1583, was guided in detail by Philip II.
Toledo was famed for religious tolerance and had large communities of Muslims and Jews until they were expelled from Spain in 1492 (Jews) and 1502 (Muslims). Today's city contains the religious monuments the Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca, the Synagogue of El Transito, Mosque of Cristo de la Luz and the church of San Sebastián dating from before the expulsion, still maintained in good condition. Among Ladino-speaking Sephardi Jews, in their various diasporas, the family name Toledano is still prevalent - indicating an ancestry traced back to this city (the name is also attested among non-Jews in various Spanish-speaking countries).
In the 13th century, Toledo was a major cultural center under the guidance of Alfonso X, called "El Sabio" ("the Wise") for his love of learning. The program of translations, begun under Archbishop Raymond of Toledo, continued to bring vast stores of knowledge to Europe by rendering great academic and philosophical works in Arabic into Latin. The Palacio de Galiana, built in the Mudéjar style, is one of the monuments that remain from that period.
The Cathedral of Toledo (Catedral de Toledo) was built between 1226-1493 and modeled after the Bourges Cathedral, though it
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Swiss Trains - RhB UNESCO Heritage Route - Swiss Pass - SwissAlpsHotel
Swiss Trains - The RhB UNESCO Heritage Route - through Southeastern Switzerland is one of ...
published: 08 Feb 2009
author: swissrailpasses
Swiss Trains - RhB UNESCO Heritage Route - Swiss Pass - SwissAlpsHotel
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- published: 08 Feb 2009
- views: 110154
- author: swissrailpasses
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Palestine admitted to UNESCO as full member
PARIS — Palestine became a full member of UNESCO on Monday, in a highly divisive breakthro...
published: 31 Oct 2011
author: realrv6
Palestine admitted to UNESCO as full member
PARIS — Palestine became a full member of UNESCO on Monday, in a highly divisive breakthrough that could cost the agency a fifth of its budget and that the US and other opponents say could harm renewed Mideast peace efforts. Lawmakers in the United States, which provides about 22 percent of UNESCO's funding, had threatened to halt some $80 million in annual funding if Palestinian membership was approved. It wasn't clear in the immediate aftermath of Monday's vote whether the threat would become reality. White House spokesman Jay Carney called UNESCO's decision "premature" and said it undermines the international community's goal of a comprehensive Middle East peace plan. He called it a distraction from the goal of restarting direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Monday's vote is a grand symbolic victory for the Palestinians, but it alone won't make Palestine into a state. The issue of borders of an eventual Palestinian state, security troubles and other disputes that have thwarted Middle East peace for decades remain unresolved. Huge cheers went up in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization after delegates approved the membership in a vote of 107-14 with 52 abstentions. Eighty-one votes were needed for approval in a hall with 173 UNESCO member delegations present.
- published: 31 Oct 2011
- views: 6925
- author: realrv6
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Al Jazeera speaks to UNESCO about Timbuktu shrine destruction
Al Jazeera speaks to Lazare Eloundou Assomo, chief of the Africa Unit at UNESCO, the UN's ...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: AlJazeeraEnglish
Al Jazeera speaks to UNESCO about Timbuktu shrine destruction
Al Jazeera speaks to Lazare Eloundou Assomo, chief of the Africa Unit at UNESCO, the UN's cultural body, about the destruction of ancient Muslim shrines in Timbuktu by the group Ansar Dine. Assomo says though UNESCO cannot apply force to stop the smashing of the shrines and mausoleums, they can remind the world of the importance of the world heritage present in northern Mali's ancient structures.
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 2015
- author: AlJazeeraEnglish
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UNESCO and Norway sign a Programme Cooperation Agreement
Norway has announced that it will give UNESCO about $20 million (108.8 million Norwegian k...
published: 11 Oct 2012
author: unesco
UNESCO and Norway sign a Programme Cooperation Agreement
Norway has announced that it will give UNESCO about $20 million (108.8 million Norwegian kroner) to support the Organization's programmes. Priority will be given to education, safeguarding intangible cultural heritage, protecting oceans and coastal zones, and media development with a focus on freedom of expression and the development of free and independent media.
- published: 11 Oct 2012
- views: 379
- author: unesco