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25 March

• The Director-General hails the importance of living traditions at the Mugham Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan
  From 19 to 21 March 2009, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, paid an official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan at the invitation of President Aliyev and First Lady Aliyeva, UNESCO’s Goodwill Ambassador for Oral and Musical Traditions. It was Mr Matsuura’s fourth visit to the country, throughout which he was accompanied by Ambassador Husseinova, Permanent Delegate of Azerbaijan to UNESCO.

17 March

• Opening ceremony of the international mother tongue Day
  The Director-General of UNESCO, Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, attended on February 20, 2009 in the UNESCO headquarters the opening ceremony of the international mother tongue Day. Ambassador Olabiyi Babalola Joseph Yaï, the Chairperson of the executive Council, Mr. Adama Samassékou, Chairperson of the African Academy of languages , and Ambassador Enamul Kabir, permanent delegate of Bangladesh for UNESCO also participated in this ceremony.

5 March

• The Director-General opens an exhibition on Czech living traditions
  On 17 February 2009, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, opened an exhibition on Czech living traditions at the Organization’s Headquarters in the company of Mr Vaclav Jehlicka, Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic and Ambassador Petr Janycka, Permanent Delegate of the Czech Republic to UNESCO. The exhibition is entitled “Homo Faber”, and was organized in the framework of the current Czech presidency of the Council of the European Union.

• The Director-General welcomes the president of the Republic of Bolivia in UNESCO
  The Director-General of UNESCO , Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, received Evo Moral Ayma, president of the Republic of Bolivia, in the headquarters on 17 February, 2009. The president was accompanied by Ms Luzmila Carpio, Ambassador of Bolivia in France and Mr. Lorgio Vaca, permanent delegate of Bolivia for UNESCO.

• Director-General visits the Kingdom of Bahrain
  Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, paid his second official visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain from 25 to 27 February 2009. On 26 February, the Director-General was received in audience by His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain. During their meeting, held in the presence of Mr Majed Al Noaimi, Minister of Education, and Shaikha Mai Bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa, Minister of Culture and Information, they discussed the fruitful cooperation that exists between Bahrain and the Organization.

4 March

• The Director-General establishes the scientific Committee in charge of the project on the pedagogical exploitation of the General History of Africa
  On February 24th 2009, the Director-General of UNESCO , Koïchiro Matsuura, took up his post in Tripoli (Arab Jamahiriya Libya), in presence of the Libyan Minister of basic Education, Abdelkader El Baghdadi, of the scientific Committee in charge of the follow-up of the application of the project on the pedagogical exploitation of the general History of Africa.