http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2009, UN News Centre http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/media/nslogo.gif http://www.un.org/news 140 Latest from the UN News Service http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32849&Cr=unesco&Cr1= Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST An Indian professor, a Vietnamese professor, a Tunisian expert in water management and the organization responsible for Spain's national park system are the winners of three awards announced today by the head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting science. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32829&Cr=unesco&Cr1= Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The world has lost one of its greatest thinkers with the death of Claude Lévi-Strauss, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said today, as he paid tribute to the renowned anthropologist. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32804&Cr=journalist&Cr1= Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations agency charged with defending the freedom of the press today deplored the killing of an Iraqi television cameraman who died when a bomb exploded outside his house in the northern city of Kirkuk. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32767&Cr=heritage&Cr1= Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations body that seeks to preserve internationally renowned cultural and natural sites around the world, from the pyramids of Egypt to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, has elected 12 new members as the number of sites already inscribed on the World Heritage List nears 900. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32720&Cr=unesco&Cr1= Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST A United Nations-backed conference tasked with identifying ways to eliminate drug cheats from sport kicked off in Paris today, focusing on the use of a $2.2 million donation to help national or international anti-doping projects. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32642&Cr=mexico&Cr1= Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding press freedom today condemned the killing of a radio presenter in Mexico, stressing that the murder affects the whole of Mexican society. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32638&Cr=unesco&Cr1= Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST Complying with cultural diversity, whether at the management, human resources or marketing level, can reap big dividends for businesses, according to a wide-ranging United Nations report on intercultural dialogue released today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32572&Cr=unesco&Cr1= Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST The new head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Agency (UNESCO) pledged today to work closely with Member States to promote societies "based on knowledge, tolerance and equal opportunity for all" after she was formally approved as Director-General. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32551&Cr=trafficking&Cr1= Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST Sports can play a significant role in helping victims of human trafficking overcome their trauma, a senior United Nations official said today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32547&Cr=unesco&Cr1= Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST Member States of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today elected 31 countries to join the governing body of the Paris-based agency for the next four years.