The Global Financial and Economic Crisis: What Impact on Multilateralism and UNESCO? March 2 This Forum, organized by UNESCO’s Foresight Programme, was held at UNESCO Headquarters on 2 March 2009. Nicholas Burnett, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Education, was one of the speakers on the panel “Investing out of the Crisis – in Education, Social Services, Science, Culture and Knowledge.” The Forum, which brought together eminent international experts, also included sessions on the impact of the crisis on developing countries and the prospects for reaching the Millennium Development Goals, on women and gender equality, and on climate change and the prospects for a green economy.   The Global Financial and Economic Crisis: What Impact on Multilateralism and UNESCO? UNESCO Foresight Programme Rescuing development from the global financial and economic crisis “Investing out of the crisis : the education dynamic”, Nicholas Burnett, Assistant Director-General for Education to the Futures Forum, Paris, 3 March 2009 Press Release: Global crisis hits most vulnerable Kevin Watkins and Patrick Montjourides - Risks for the MDGs presentation

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