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The different Sectors of UNESCO regularly publish free newsletters which are presented below.

THE NEW COURRIER

Non specialized UNESCO publication, the New Courier briefly presents some activities of the different Sectors of the Organization in the section "UNESCO in action" concerning Education, Culture, Science, Communication and Human and Social Sciences. "UNESCO in brief" does not go into details about any precise subject but gives an outlook of the numerous actions set up by UNESCO. "The world in brief" offers some rapid news about the world; in the April 2003 edition the receding of freedom of speech. In every issue will find an interview with a specialist: the special issue of January 2004 gives the floor to Edgar Morin, sociologist and philosopher, who discusses about the "Dialogue among civilizations" which is the main theme of this issue.

"Focus" is the section dedicated to the central subject of the issue (like, for example: water). The theme is also evocated in the section "Archives" which presents previous pictures or illustrations showing that UNESCO already got involved with that subject.
"Partners" outlines actions made by States, NGOs and firms with UNESCO's help (in the April 2003 issue the action of the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth, with the technical support of UNESCO and UNICEF, on a preventing campaign on AIDS, is described. Many pictures present a subject in "Zoom", for examples: pictures from St Petersburg, or the Associated schools network. Artists are exposed in the rubric "Gallery". We can also find the new publications of UNESCO in "Just Published".
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The Courier is published in English, French and Spanish and it is available on www.unesco.org/courrier, to get the paper version you can order it by e-mail on unesco.courrier@unesco.org or by letter addressed to:

UNESCO
7, place Fontenoy
75352 Paris 07 SP-FRANCE

EDUCATION TODAY

Education Today it is the quarterly newsletter of UNESCO's Education Sector, there are six parts in each issue.

"Learning world" is a section which deals with projects of UNESCO for education, as for example community learning centres in Asia, in the first issue. The most important part in the document is "Focus" which talks about a topic of actuality about education (The N° 4 evoked the secondary school). The "Education for all" section describes actions implemented by countries, NGOs and international agencies in order to reach the goal of education for all. The 7th issue, shows about the difficulties in education for disabled children. Initiatives of UNESCO are shortly commented in "Briefs". "Bookshelf" presents new UNESCO's publications about education. Finally "Agenda" gives the program of next events

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This document is published in A4, in 7 languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. It's available for free : Education today, Executive office, Education sector UNESCO 7, place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP France

You can too find it on-line www.unesco.org/education but not in all languages (often only English and French), you can download it in PDF format.

A WORLD OF SCIENCE is a quarterly information publication of UNESCO on natural sciences; it is published in English and French.

It is divided in 5 rubrics; "In focus" presents a dossier on a leading science subject; in the N° 3 vol. 1 the International Year of Freshwater is presented. In the "News" section we can find short reports on actions made by UNESCO on the science field. A personality of the scientific world is questioned in "Interview" in order to tackle specific issues concerning science in the world (in the N° 1 vol. 2 Lidia Brito, Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology of Mozambique discusses on NEPAD.

The "Horizons" section is dedicated to studies and contribution of scientific researches in which UNESCO participates all around the world, like in N° 4 vol. 1 which deals with the experience of a Nigerian city supplied by solar energy. Finally "in brief" presents publications of UNESCO and deals with different science themes. A "diary" presents happenings to come chosen by the redaction. "Governing bodies" exposes last UNESCO meetings and their talks on science.

This publication is available on paper version for free by internet on simple request to s.schneegans@unesco.org or by fax (331) 4568 5823. You can also consult it on www.unesco.org/science .

THE WORLD HERITAGE NEWSLETTER

The World Heritage newsletter is published every two months in English and in French. This 4 pages newsletter offers several articles dealing with World Heritage. An insert depicts a World Heritage site in danger: for example the 43rd newsletter describes Timbuktu's site in Mali. 

"For your information" is a rubric briefly and precisely showing a horizon of the World Heritage current events. "What are they doing?" is a rubric in which the actions of the World Heritage Centre, in order to protect the World Heritage all around the world, are exposed. Finally "Calendar" presents the events to come, concerning the World Heritage.

You can get this newsletter for free on simple request to :

World Heritage Centre
7, place de Fontenoy
75352 Paris 07 SP France

You can also read it in French on PDF format on http://whc.unesco.org/news/index-fr.htm and on English http://whc.unesco.org/news/index-en.htm#debut.

SHS NEWSLETTER

The SHS Newsletter is a quarterly information edition which presents different aspects of the action set up by UNESCO in the Human and Social Sciences field.

It is based on a simple philosophy "to sow thought is to harvest action" and, for that, the edition has a double aim: first, to tell us on its activities and then make us join its debates on UNESCO working themes, through many articles and one "interview" by issue. In the first one, Boutros Boutros-Ghali exposes the actions of the International Panel for Democracy and Development (IPDD). This issue shows several actions set up by UNESCO in the Human and Social Sciences field.

A "Dossier" is dedicated to a leading subject and to UNESCO activities on the theme, like in the third issue in which a dossier was made on the International Declaration on human genetic data. Works, newly published by UNESCO and dedicated to Human and Social Sciences, are described in the "Just Published" section. A "Calendar" enumerates future happenings around Human and Social Sciences in the framework of the Organization.

The publication is available on www.unesco.org/shs in French and English.