Manichaean Literature: Representative Texts. Chiefly from Middle Persia and Parthian Writings (UNESCO collection of representative works : Persian heritage series)
Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
Professor Yash Pal of India has won the annual Kalinga Prize for the popularisation of science along with a Vietnamese professor, a Tunisian expert in water management and the organisation responsible for Spain's national park system.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has teamed up with TripAdvisor, to mobilize support to preserve natural and cultural sites inscribed on its World Heritage List. "Because of TripAdvisor's excellent reach to their member community, we can, together, raise awareness of World Heritage as well as receive member feedback about sites," said Francesco Bandarin,...
Values Voter News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Notice how this declaration effects our elected officials in the US Related: UNFPA, UNESCO and International Planned Parenthood team up with a radical sex ed. document. Teach 5-8 year olds about masturbation and more...
Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
KOZHIKODE: An international workshop on UNESCO’s open source ‘Greenstone’ digital library software will be held at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM-K) from November 23 to 28. IIM-K Director Debashis ...
PaleoJudaica.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
AN INDICTMENT for the Avdat vandalism: 2 Beduins charged in Uvdat archeological vandalism rampage By YAAKOV LAPPIN ( Jerusalem Post ) Two Beduin men, both 22 were indicted in Beersheba Magistrate's Court on Wednesday for going on a vandalism rampage at the UNESCO-recognized Uvdat archeological park last month. According to police, Hassan and Ahmad Al-Marrak, were motivated by a desire to avenge the...
IP Dragon 知識產權龍 (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
A bit late, but too interesting to let it pass unnoticed, here is the article by Dr. Zhang Quanyi about South Korea and China who both applied at the UNESCO to put the same dragon boat festival on the list of Intangible Cultural Heritages ; Dano versus Duanwu, see here . On the list are already the following intangible cultural heritages: In 2001 'Kun Qu Opera' ; in 2003 the Guqin and its music; in...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Training for women Journalists in Nepal's southern Terai region ended on Thursday in central Janakpur district. A total of 25 women journalists from the Terai region have been trained on Personal Security, Human Rights Fundamentals, Basic Journalism Skills, Conflict and Gender Sensitive Journalism and Gender Based Violence, a report from the Office in Kathmandu of the United Nations Educational United...
Bulletin.India (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Professor Yash Pal of India was Thursday awarded UNESCO’s annual Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science jointly with Trinh Xuan Thuan of Vietnam.
New Government Speeches (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
South Africa re-nominated to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee 6 November 2009 South Africa was re-nominated by absolute majority to serve another four years on UNESCO's World Heritage Committee on Tuesday, 27 October 2009. The re-nomination took place during the seventh General Assembly that was held from 23 to 28 October 2009 in...
rediff News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Professor Yash Pal of India was Thursday awarded UNESCO's annual Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science jointly with Trinh Xuan Thuan of Vietnam.
ROK Drop (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Here is something that hopefully gets recognized as being a UNESCO designated site: A survey team from the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has launched an assessment on two sites in North Gyeongsang Province — Yangdong Village in Gyeongju and Hahoe Village in Andong. In March last year the local government that manages the two villages submitted applications [...]
Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A long piece by Charles Mkoka in Al-Jazeera.net describes one country’s efforts to adapt : Forty years ago, 60-year-old Willard Nyangu recalls returning to the shores of Lake Malawi after a night fishing with his canoe full of fish. The lake is Africa's third largest with 1,000 cichlids endemic species of fish and its southern part is a Unesco world heritage site. Today it is a very different...
Jess (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
UNESCO World Report, "Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue" available online . Cultural diversity has emerged as a key concern at the turn of a new century. Yet the meanings attached to this catch-all term are as varied as they are shifting. Some see cultural diversity as inherently positive, insofar as it points to a sharing of the wealth embodied in each of the world’s...
WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Ancestral portrait housed in Jongmyo Shrine The scene in the courtyard of the shrine's Jeonjeon (Main Hall) during a performance of royal shrine music Part of the musical ensemble, including a drum with the Sam-Taegeuk symbol on it , taking part in the Jonmyo Jeryeak (royal shrine music) performance On the first full day of my recent South Korea vacation, I visited one royal palace (in the form of...
Another Green World (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
well John Gormley has put forward Tara as a world heritage site but according to Tara watch the motorway continues to rumble on. Dear TaraWatch supporter, Thank you for your continued support of the campaign to save Tara from the M3. This week, a new Tentative List of Ireland's proposed World Heritage Sites was published by the Department of the Environment, and it includes Tara. The Hill of Tara...
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crompt | 11/04/2009
Malaysia has been recognised as among the top countries most successful in providing access to education for all, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) in its Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2009 rates Malaysia 45 out of 129 countries. But Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin says there...
activetravelvietnam | 10/27/2009
Heading to the oldest parts of a city delivers the richest rewards, writes Kerry van der Jagt. You have arrived in a new city and don't know where to start. Tempting as it is to hop on a sightseeing bus with a two-kilogram guide book in one hand and a list of "must-sees" in the other, there is a better way. Get off the bus, tear up the list, pull on your walking shoes and head to the oldest part of...
spain-holiday | 10/21/2009
It is the central island of the archipelago and its most important center, Las Palmas, is also the capital of the autonomic communitie of Canaries. It has a volcanic background as her neighbor islands, almost circular in shape with a diameter of about 50 kilometers. The highest peak is the Pico de las Nieves, of 1950 meters. The variety of climate and landscape have give it the name of "miniature continent"....
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