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    Exercise Pacific Wave 06 : test of Pacific tsunami warning system
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    © UNESCO    		 UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura today hailed the first region-wide test of the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System as a “great success”, and congratulated the 30 countries that participated in the event. Watch the video

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    • Abdoulaye Wade receives Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
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    © UNESCO    		 UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura and former U.S Secretary of State Henry Kissinger today presented the 2005 Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize to the President of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade, during a ceremony at the Organization’s Headquarters. Watch the footage

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  • Press Release No.2006-42
    • Teacher shortages threaten Universal Primary Education goal
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    • Launch of the United Nations World Water Development Report 2: Water, a Shared Responsibility
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    ©UNESCO    		 Water, a Shared Responsibility
    The triennial report is the most comprehensive assessment to date of freshwater resources. It was presented to the media in Mexico City today on the eve of the Fourth World Water Forum (Mexico City, March 16-22). Entitled “Water, a shared responsibility”, this edition focuses on the importance of governance in managing the world’s water resources and tackling poverty. Watch the footage

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  • Press Release N°2006-14
    • World Water Development Report 2
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    ©UNESCO    		 Case Study: State of Mexico
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    • Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage
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    © UNESCO    		 UNESCO’s third proclamation of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage, an international distinction destined to raise public awareness of the value of this heritage, which includes popular and traditional oral forms of expression, music and dance, rituals and mythologies, knowledge and practices concerning the universe, know-how linked to traditional crafts, as well as cultural spaces. Watch the footage

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  • Press Release n°2005-144
    • UNESCO 60th Anniversary
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  • Media Advisory N°2005-66
    • EFA Global Monitoring Report
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    ©UNESCO    		 “Literacy for life”
    Literacy suffers severe neglect in national and international policy, keeping hundreds of millions of adults on the sidelines of society and limiting progress towards the six Education for All goals and overall poverty reduction, says the new edition of the EFA Global Monitoring Report. Watch the footage

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  • Press Release N°2005-134
    • Koïchiro Matsuura appointed to a second term
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    ©UNESCO    		 The re-election of Koïchiro Matsuura as Director-General of UNESCO Watch the footage

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    • Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions
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    ©UNESCO    		 Adoption by the General Conference
    The General Conference of UNESCO, meeting in Paris from October 3 to October 21, today approved (148 votes for, two against, four abstentions) the Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions Watch the footage

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  • Press Release N°2005-128
    • Aksum obelisk returns to Ethiopia
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