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Updated: 08-09-2004 10:44 am |
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| The World Summit on Sustainable
Development took place in Johannesburg from 26 August to 4
September.
UNESCO was involved in a
number of parallel events, side-events and partnership initiatives
associated with the World Summit.
The Organization has long
been concerned with activities related to sustainable development,
contribution to many of the streams of action generated by the UN
Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio in 1992.
UNESCO's contribution to the World Summit built on its mandate in
the fields of education, science, culture and communication, and on key
documents and events such as the UNESCO Medium Term Strategy for
2002-2007, a resolution of the UNESCO General Conference on the
Johannesburg Summit, the UN Millennium Declaration, the World Conference
on Higher Education, the Dakar 'Education for All' Forum, the World
Conference on Science in Budapest, the World Conference on Culture and
Development in Stockholm. more
Photo:© Yann Arthus-Bertrand/Earth from
above/UNESCO
News
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No
sustainable development without education -
(UNESCOPRESS)
02-09-2002
10:00 pm Johannesburg
– A new vision of education for sustainable development was outlined
yesterday by UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura, President
Gustavo Noboa of Ecuador, President Natsagiin Bagabandi of Mongolia
and Education Minister Kader Asmal of South Africa, at a major
symposium during the World Summit on Sustainable Development. More |
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Water
is not just a commodity, but a common public good, says
UNESCO - (UNESCOPRESS)
29-08-2002 10:00 pm Johannesburg/Paris,
August 30 - Preliminary results of the most extensive United Nations
undertaking to assess the world’s freshwater resources will be
presented on September 3 at the Water Dome (2p.m. to 4.30p.m., rooms
3 and 4) during the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)
in Johannesburg. More |
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Libraries
and Sustainable Development - (UNESCO/CI)
28-08-2002 10:00 pm As
negotiations on the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on
Sustainable Development in Johannesburg continue, the International
Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) asserts
that library and information services promote sustainable
development by ensuring freedom of access to information. More |
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Education
for Sustainable Development - (UNESCOPRESS)
26-08-2002 10:00 pm Paris/Johannesburg,
August 27 - For sustainable development to become a reality, people
everywhere must learn to think and act differently. More |
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What's
the use of Ocean Science? - (UNESCOPRESS)
22-08-2002 10:00 pm Although
they hit the headlines, flood, drought and famine are often the
results of natural, regular and probably predictable cycles lasting
a decade or so. They are infrequent, but not unusual – as are the
years of plenty that do not make the front page. More |
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United
Nations Atlas of the Oceans@ - (UNESCO)
04-06-2002 10:00 pm  As part of activities marking World
Environment Day on 5 June 2002, a ceremony at UNESCO House in Paris
served to officially launch the UN Atlas of Oceans - an Internet
portal containing a wealth of information relevant to the
sustainable development of the oceans. More |
Projects
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Conexiones@ |
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Conexiones is a computer
educational research project in Colombia developed by the EAFIT
University and the Pontificia Bolivariana University in Medellin. >>
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Women
in the Media@ |
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UNESCO provides training and
technical support for radio programme production to women running
community radio stations; radio being a powerful tool for giving
voice to women in developing countries and fostering participatory
democracies. >>
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World
Water Assessment@ |
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UN-wide assessment of
freshwater resources is underway, which will culminate in the
publication of the first World Water Development Report in early
2003. >>
More
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Youth,
Sustainable Consumption and Lifestyles@ |
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In a joint project , UNESCO
and UNEP seek to gain better understanding of young people’s
consumption patterns and to work with them in promoting more
sustainable consumption patterns for the future. >>
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Articles
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What
is sustainable development ? - by UNESCO
01/06/2002
-The term 'sustainable development' was popularised by the World
Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) in its 1987 report
entitled Our Common Future.More |
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Sustainable
Human Development - by UNESCO
01/06/2002
-Since the Earth Summit, sustainable development has been a key
theme as a series of United Nations conferences discussing pathways
to development.More |
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Thinking
about the Future - by UNESCO
01/06/2002
-No one knows what the future will be, except that it will be very
different from what life is today and that decisions about whether
the future is a sustainable one or not will depend upon changes in
human culture.More |
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Thinking
about Forever - by UNESCO
01/06/2002
-Underlying all our images of a sustainable future is the key
principle that sustainability is about 'thinking about forever'.More |
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A
Dynamic Balance - by UNESCO
01/06/2002
-The dynamic balance between cultural differences and this emerging
global ethic is a key concept in educating for a sustainable
future.More |
Events
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