| Director-General
and Flemish Minister renew UNESCO/Flanders Trust Fund agreement
On 22 October 2007, the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro
Matsuura, together with Mr Geert Bourgeois, Flemish Minister for
Administrative Affairs, Foreign Policy, Media and Tourism signed
the renewal of the UNESCO/Flanders Trust Fund agreement for the
support of UNESCO’s activities.
UNESCO. Office of the Spokeswoman. Flash
Info N° 147-2007- Publicated: 23-10-2007
President
Crvenkovski visits UNESCO
On 22 October 2007, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General
of UNESCO, and Mr George N. Anastassopoulos, President of the General
Conference, received H.E. Mr Branko Crvenkovski, President of the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, at UNESCO.
UNESCO. Office of the Spokeswoman. Flash
Info N° 148-2007- Publicated: 23-10-2007
The
Director-General co-chairs CARICOM meeting
On 17 October 2007, the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro
Matsuura, co-chaired the CARICOM Member States collective meeting,
with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Youth,
Social and Community Development of St Kitts and Nevis, Mr Sam Condor.
UNESCO. Office of the Spokeswoman. Flash
Info N° 139-2007. Publicated: 19-10-2007
President
Parvanov of Bulgaria hails culture as a means of promoting inter-cultural
understanding
On 16 October 2007, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General
of UNESCO, Mr Musa Bin Jaafar Bin Hassan, President of the General
Conference, and Mr Zhang Xinsheng, Chairman of the Executive Board,
welcomed Mr Georgi Parvanov, President of the Republic of Bulgaria,
to UNESCO.
UNESCO. Office of the Spokeswoman. Flash
Info N° 136-2007. Publicated: 19-10-2007
The
Director-General attends the presentation of a vision for a World
Digital Library
On 17 October 2007, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General
of UNESCO, and Mr James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress, participated
in the presentation of a vision for a World Digital Library at the
Hilton Hotel.
UNESCO. Office of the Spokeswoman. Flash
Info N° 142-2007. Publicated: 19-10-2007
Director-General
signs a Joint Communiqué on cooperation between UNESCO and
Indonesia
On Monday, 15 October 2007 the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr
Koïchiro Matsuura, together with Mr Bambang Soedibyo, Minister
of National Education of Indonesia, signed a Joint Communiqué
on Cooperation between UNESCO and Indonesia.
UNESCO. Office of the Spokeswoman. Flash
Info N° 133-2007. Publicated: 15-10-2007
UNESCO
and the Islamic Republic of Iran sign an agreement on the safeguard,
the conservation and the promotion of the cultural inheritance perse
in Asia of the West
Monday October 15, 2007, Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, General manager
of UNESCO and Mr. Esfandyar Rahim Mashaee, Vice-president of the
Islamic Republic of Iran and President of the ICHTO (Iranian Organization
of the cultural inheritance), signed a memorandum of agreement on
the safeguard, the conservation and the promotion of the cultural
inheritance perse in Asia of the West.
UNESCO. Office of the Spokeswoman. Flash
Info N° 135-2007. Publicated: 16-10-2007
The
Director-General’s meetings in New York
On 24 September 2007, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General
of UNESCO, attended the opening ceremony and thematic plenary session
on “The Challenge of adaptation – from vulnerability
to resilience” of the UN High Level Event on Climate Change
in New York. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had convened world leaders
to advance the global agenda on climate change and build momentum
for the talks to be held in Bali in December. At a reception preceding
the opening ceremony, the Director-General was able to greet a number
of Heads of State and Government.
UNESCO. Office of the Spokeswoman. Flash
Info N° 122-2007. Publicated: 28-09-2007
The
Director-General pays his first official visit to Belize
From 17-19 September 2007, Koïchiro Matsuura, the Director-General
of UNESCO, paid his first official visit to Belize. It was the first
official visit of a UNESCO Director-General to the country. On 18
September, the Director-General held bilateral talks with Mr Said
Musa, Prime Minister of Belize, who was accompanied by Mr Francis
Fonseca, Attorney General and Minister of Labour, Education and
Culture. He also met with Mr Colville Young, Governor-General of
Belize, and Ms Lisa Showman, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign
Trade of Belize.
UNESCO. Office of the Spokeswoman. Flash
Info N° 119-2007. Publicated: 26-09-2007
The
Director-General opens the Universal Forum of Cultures in Monterrey,
Mexico
On 20 September 2007, Koïchiro Matsuura, the Director-General
of UNESCO, opened the Universal Forum of Cultures in Monterrey,
Mexico, along with Mr Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, President
of Mexico. Also present at the opening were Mr José Natividad
Gonzales Parás, the Governor of the State of Nuevo Leon,
Ms Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of
Mexico, Ms Josefina Vázquez Mota, Secretary of Public Education
of Mexico, Mr Sergio Vela Martinez, President of the National Council
for Culture and Arts of Mexico, and Mr Adalberto Madero, Mayor of
Monterrey.
UNESCO. Office of the Spokeswoman. Flash
Info N° 120-2007. Publicated: 27-09-2007
The
Director-General pays his fourth official visit to Mexico
From 19-21 September 2007, Koïchiro Matsuura, the Director-General
of UNESCO, paid his fourth official visit to Mexico, on the occasion
of the opening of the Universal Forum of Cultures in Monterrey,
on 20 September 2007. Mr Matsuura opened the Universal Forum along
with Mr Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, President of Mexico (see
flash info N° 120-2007). The Forum, which celebrates cultural
diversity and promotes international dialogue, will feature more
than a thousand events - conferences, workshops, concerts and exhibitions
- over close to three months.
UNESCO. Office of the Spokeswoman. Flash
Info N° 121-2007. Publicated: 27-09-2007 |
