The ceremony honouring Lasantha Wickrematunge was attended by Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser Al-Missned, wife of the Qatari emir, andUNESCODirector General Koichiro Matsuura at the conclusion of a two-day conference held to celebrate the...
EvenUnescoadmits it was caught"off guard"at Angkor."All our efforts were focused on restoration because Angkor was in a poor state when we inscribed it,"says Francesco Bandarin, the director ofUnesco\'sWorld Heritage Centre....
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TheUnesco-Bangladesh Journalism Awards 2009 were given away at a simple ceremony jointly organised by the High Commission of Canada andUnescoBangladesh. The ceremony was held at the Cirdap auditorium to celebrate World Press Freedom...
By the way, according to theUNESCOwebsite, World Press Freedom Day was celebrated this past May 2 and 3--in Qatar. According to the Freedom House list of 2009, Qatar rates a 6 for Political Rights and a 5 for Civil Liberties--and is...