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UNESCO at Johannesburg
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Home > Background and Preparations - Updated: 21-08-2002 8:09 am
A number of documents, position papers and a resolution of the UNESCO General Conference (see Publications in Resources - right column) provide background and context for UNESCO’s contributions to the Johannesburg Summit.  

Websites
A short history of UNESCO's culture and development agenda
From early work on intercultural dialogue as a key strategy for peace building to the 2001 Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity and its emphasis on culture as a full-fledged resource for development.
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Environment and Development - Rio+5
1997
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Food Security
World Food Summit - Rome, Italy 1996
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Food Security - Rome+5
2001
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Housing and Settlements
Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) - Istanbul, Turkey, 1996
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Human Rights
World Conference on Human Rights - Vienna, Austria, 1993
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Human Rights - Vienna+5
1998
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Population
International Conference on Population and Development - Cairo, Egypt, 1994
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Population - Cairo+5
1999
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Social Development
World Summit for Social Development - Copenhagen, Denmark, 1995
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Women - Beijing Conference
Fourth World Conference on Women - Beijing, People's Republic of China, 1995
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Women - Beijing+5
2000
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UNESCO Position Paper and Proposals to WSSD PrepCom 3 (March 2002)


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