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A lot of documents are published by the different UNESCO Sectors (Newsletters, books, kits); very often, it is difficult to know all the interesting documents and how to purchase them. So, WFUCA decided to realize and publish this Guide for our UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations for your information concerning the resources published by UNESCO's Sectors. You will find below some information about free Newsletters published by different Sectors of UNESCO, available near those different Sectors.
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The
New courier of UNESCO
(English, French, Spanish)
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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 issue, edition the receding of freedom of speech. In every issue we find an interview with a specialist: the special issue of January 2004 gives the floor to Edgar Morin, a sociologist and philosopher, who discusses about the "Dialogue among civilizations", which is the main theme of this issue. |
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"Focus"
is the section dedicated to the central subject of the issue (like,
for instance: water). The theme is also mentioned in the section "Archives"
which presents previous pictures or illustrations showing that UNESCO
already got involved with that subject. |
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The Courier is available for free at: UNESCO E-mail:
unesco.courrier@unesco.org |
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Today (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Arabic) |
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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 mentioned 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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The World Heritage Newsletter (English, French) |
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Newsletter is available for free at : UNESCO World Heritage Centre 7, place de Fontenoy F- 75352 Paris 07 SP E-mail: wheditor@unesco.org Internet: http://whc.unesco.org/news/index-en.htm |
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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.
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The publication is available for free at : UNESCO Internet: www.unesco.org/shs |
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A
World of Science (English,
French)
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"A World of Science" is a quarterly publication of UNESCO on natural sciences. It is divided into 5 rubrics: "In focus" presents a dossier on a leading science subject (no 3 vol. 1: "International Year of Freshwater"). The "News" section, short reports on actions made by UNESCO on the science field, are published. In "Interview", a personality of the scientific world is questioned in order to tackle specific issues concerning science in the world; in the no 1 vol. 2, Lidia Brito, Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology of Mozambique, discusses on NEPAD (The New Partnerships for African Development). The "Horizons" rubric is dedicated to Studies and contributions of scientific researches in which UNESCO takes part. (In no 4 vol. 1 the experience of a city, located in Niger and supplied with solar energy, is told). Publications edited by UNESCO are analysed in "In brief". A "diary" presents the incoming events chosen by the redaction Committee. |
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This
publication is available for free at :
UNESCO E
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The
New Courier of UNESCO 