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Who
is the member of the International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation,
which preceded UNESCO, who said the famous expression "build
the defences of peace in the spirits of men", written in
the Preamble of UNESCO's Constitution of 1945?
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A. Clement Atlee
B. Ellen Wilkinson
C. Gabriela Mistral |
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UNESCO's
Constitution was signed on November 16, 1945. UNESCO came into force
on November 4, 1946. How many States did ratify it?
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A.
18
B. 20
C. 45
D. 110
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Who
declared that access to fundamental education was an essential
condition for "the expansion and improvement of comprehension
between men"?
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A.
Claude Lévi-strauss
B. Julian Huxley
C. Ivan Illich |
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1947
UNESCO recommended Member States that primary education has to
be :
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A.
Compulsory
B. Free
C. Not free of charge
D. Coeducational
E. Universal |
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1948
Where did the first International Conference on Adult Education
take place ?
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A.
Geneva, Switzerland
B. Nairobia, Kenia
C. Elseneur, Denmark
D. Paris, France |
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UNESCO
started a famous publication, which tells us Humankind's journey
through time from its first steps, three million years ago. What
is the title of this publication?
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A.
People on Earth
B. History of Humanity
C. Chronicles of Humanity |
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The
Convention for the Repression of the Traffic in Persons and of the
Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others came into force. When
was it adopted by the General Assembly ?
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A.
1947
B. 1948
C. 1949
D. 1950 |
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The French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss,
one of the Expert Group members gathered on the matter of the human
race, published a book at UNESCO publishing. Which is the title
of this book ?
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A.
Race and Biology
B. Race and History
C. Race and Society |
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The
Associated Schools Project Network was launched by about twenty
experts, who wanted to develop "coordinated experimental actions
in the Member States' schools". How many Associated Schools
were there at the beginning ?
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A.
33 Associated School
B. 25 Associated school
C. 35 Associated School
D. 27 Associated School
in
1. 10 countries
2. 18 countries
3. 13 countries
4. 15 countries |
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During
the Intergovernmental Conference in The Hague, the Convention for
the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
was adopted. How many States Parties took part in this Convention
today ?
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A.
70
B. 95
C. 113
D. 133
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1955
The Universal Copyright Convention, adopted at Geneva in 1952, aiming
to protect the copyright of literary, scientific and artistic works
and encourage their developments, came into force. When was this
Convention revised ?
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A.
1965
B. 1967
C. 1971
D. 1979 |
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South
Africa left UNESCO. It rejoined the Organisation under Nelson
Mandela's presidency. When did it become again a Member State
?
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A.
1968
B. 1994
C. 1997
D. 2003 |
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The
Committee responsible for the choice of artworks for UNESCO's Headquarters
approved the maquette for the Mobile. Who is the sculptor who made
it ?
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A.
Calder
B. Giacometti
C. Niki de Saint Phalle |
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Inauguration
of the new building for UNESCO's permanent Headquarters, Place
de Fontenoy in Paris, France. It was designed by three architects.
Who are they ?
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A.
Marcel Breuer
B. Charles Le Corbusier
C. Walter Gropius
D. Pier Luigi Nervi
E. Bernard Zehrfuss |
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1959
The future International Nubia Campaign, Egypt, was devised to move
the Great Temple of Abu Simbel to keep it from being swamped by
the Nile, after the construction of the Aswan Dam. This campaign
lasted twenty years. How many monuments and architectural complexes
were so relocated ?
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A.
19
B. 22
C. 34
D. 85 |
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1960
Several countries joined UNESCO and the total number of Member
States was 99. Among these newcomers, how many countries came
from Africa ?
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A.
9
B. 13
C. 17
D. 22 |
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UNESCO worked out jointly with the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO) and the International Labour Organization
(ILO) the International Convention for the Protection of Performers,
Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations. What is
the other name of this Convention?
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A.
Rome Convention
B. Paris Convention
C. Londres Convention
D. Geneva Convention |
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1962
The Convention against Discrimination in Education, which proclaims
that every person has the right to education, came into force. It
is ratified by 90 States. When and where was it adopted ?
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A.
1958
B. 1959
C. 1960
in
1.
Paris, France
2. Nairobi, Kenya
3. Sydney, Australie
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1963 UNESCO published the first edition of
a yearbook, which presents a complete statistical overview about
education, sciences, technology, culture and communication concerning
more than 200 countries. What is this publication ?
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A.
UNESCO's statistics yearbook
B. UNESCO statistical yearbook
C. UNESCO's figures yearbook |
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During
the General Conference in Geneva in 1963, it was decided that UNESCO
has to give Sciences the same importance as Education. A Department,
responsible for helping the Member States in organizing and drawing
up their scientific developments, is created in 1964. What is the
name of this Department ?
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A.
The Department for Sciences
B. The Department for the Application of Sciences
C. The Department for the Development of Sciences |
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A
new Decade was launched, in which more than 100 countries participated.
Its goal was to "increase the degree of rationality for water
management […] in a view of Humanity's interest". What
is the title for this Decade ?
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A.
International Hydrological Decade
B. International Decade for Water
C. Decade for Water Management |
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1966 Following up the floods, which devastated
Florence and Venice, Director-General René Maheu called for
international solidarity. Sculpted panels of the Baptistry of Florence,
damaged by the Arno flood, were exhibited at UNESCO's Headquarters.
Who sculpted them ?
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A.
Piero della Francesca
B. Boticelli
C. Donatello
D. Ghiberti |
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1967
Following up the recommendation of the International Conference
of Ministers for Education in 1965, a new International Day was
launched by UNESCO. What is the aim of this Day ?
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A.
Education
B. Literacy
C. Literature |
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1968
UNESCO organised the first intergovernmental conference aiming to
reconcile the environment and development, now known as sustainable
development. What Programme was so created then ?
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A.
Man and the Biosphere Programme
B. Man and the Sustainable Development
C. Human Environment Programme |
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The
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination came into force. A Committee is responsible for ensuring
the respect of this Convention by States. What is its name ?
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A.
Le Comité contre la discrimination
B. Le Comité pour l'élimination de la discrimination
raciale
C. Le Comité international de lutte contre le racisme |
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The Convention on the Means of Prohibiting
and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Cultural
Property is adopted. In 2002 two new States signed it. Which are
those States ?
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A.
Island and Norway
B. The United-Kingdom and Japan
C. Cambodia and Thailand |
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For
the 25th anniversary of UNESCO, a commemorative book was prepared.
Which title was it given when it was published in 1972 ?
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A.
UNESCO is 25
B. In the spirit of men: UNESCO 1946-1971
C. 25 years old already |
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Au
Mali, le premier journal rural Kibaru a été conçu
selon la formule préconisée par l'UNESCO. En quelle
langue est-il publié ?
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A.
French
B. Malinké
C. Dioula
D. Bambara |
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Establishment
of the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE), which
aims to promote adult education and training as tools for active
participation of populations in sustainable development. Right
or wrong ?
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A.
Right
B. Wrong |
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UNESCO received a prize from the Pope Paul
VI. What is this prize ?
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A.
The "John XIII" Peace Prize
B. The "Benoit XV" Peace Prize
C. The "Pie XII" Peace Prize
D. The "Paul VI" Peace Prize |
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A
United Nations University was established under the auspices of
the UN and UNESCO. Where is it located ?
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A.
Paris, France
B. Cambridge, United Kingdom
C. Tokyo, Japan |
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The
World Heritage Committee was created. When was the Convention concerning
the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage signed
?
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A.
1970
B. 1972
C. 1975
D. 1978 |
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Beginning
of the International Commission's work for the study of communication
problems, headed by Sean MacBride (Ireland). Its report is entitled
"Many voices, a single world". How many languages was
it translated into ?
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A.
6
B. 17
C. 24
D. 37 |
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Sharp
Discussions took place at Geneva Conference. They dealt with :
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A. The
creation of the Intergovernemental Committee for Physical Education
and Sport
B. The new World Information and Communication Order
C. The Draft of a Congress on Education for Disarmament |
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The
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women was adopted. Right or wrong? ?
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A.
Right
B. Wrong |
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A
new programme, which promotes free and pluralist media in developing
countries and countries in transition, was launched. What is the
name of this Programme ?
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A.
The Programme for the Liberty of Media (PLM)
B. The International Programme for Media (IPM)
C. The International Programme for the Development of Communication
(IPDC) |
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UNESCO
published the first two volumes of a 8 volume collective encyclopaedic
work written by thirty or so academics, most of them were African.
What is its title ?
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A.
The Abolitions of Slavery
B. Africa between Europe and America
C. The Society of the Blacks' Friends
D. UNESCO's General History of Africa |
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A
Poetry worldwide evening, "war to war", was organised
at UNESCO's Headquarters for the 34th anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. In the Preamble of the UNESCO's Constitution,
it is written this famous sentence: "since wars begin in the
minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace
must be constructed". It was invented by a statesman, Clement
Atlee and a poet. Who is he ?
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A.
Paul Valéry
B. Rabindranah Tagore
C. Leopold Sedar Senghor
D. Archibald McLeish
E. Saint-John Perse |
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Publication
of a series of UNESCO's studies "Women in a world perspective".
Who said that the improvement of women's condition and the struggle
against all forms of discriminations based on gender was a "moral
and ethic priority task for UNESCO"?
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A.
Melina Mercouri
B. Federico Mayor |
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One
country announced that it left UNESCO. Which is this country ?
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A.
The United-States
B. Canada
C. The United-Kingdom |
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A new programme, which aims the development
of informatics networks in academic and public sectors, was launched.
What is the name of this Programme ?
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A.
The Programme for the Development of Informatics
B. The World Informatics Programme
C. The Intergovernmental Informatics Programme |
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UNESCO
participated in the reconstruction of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina,
the largest library in the Middle East and Africa. When did the
reopening take place ?
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A.
1987
B. 1995
C. 2002
C. 2004 |
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Second
Congress of the World Federation of UNESCO Clubs and Associations
in Madrid. How many participants were there ?
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A.
200
B. 250
C. 300
D. 350 |
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1988
UNESCO launched a new programme: "the Silk Road", which
has been the symbol of fruitful exchanges between Asia and Europe
for more than 2000 years. What are the cities of departure and arrival
?
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A.
Istanbul, Turkey - Xi'an, China
B. Ankara, Turkey - Beijing, China
C. Samarkand, Uzbekistan - Shanghai, China
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500
specialists coming from 93 countries participated in an International
Congress, which took place at UNESCO's Headquarters. What was the
subject of this Congress ?
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A.
Education and Informatics
B. Alphabétisation des adultes
C. Education et sciences
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1990
During the World Conference on Education for All, the international
community admitted that education would be available for everyone
only if it became the matter of everybody. Where did this Conference
take place ?
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A.
Dakar, Sénégal
B. Jomtiem, Thailand
C. Geneva, Switzerland |
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The
Convention on Technical and Vocational Education, adopted in 1989
by the General Conference, came into force. How many States Parties
have signed it nowadays ?
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A.
15
B. 27
C. 86 |
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Katarina
Tomasevski, an international expert in the Right of the people,
denounced in a collective work the violation of "most of the
fundamental liberties and rights which have been stipulated for
more than 40 years" in the context of HIV/AIDS. What is the
title of this book ?
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A.
HIV/AIDS and Education: a Strategic Approach
B. HIV/AIDS: Implications for Poverty Reduction
C. Ethics and Law in the Study of AIDS |
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The
World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention was created by
the Director-General of UNESCO, Federico Mayor, and a professor
who is the pioneer in the research on HIV/AIDS. What is his name
?
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A.
Robert Root-Berstein
B. Luc Montagnier
C. Robert Gallo |
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UNESCO launched at Ouidah, Benin, a new project which led to the
recognition of slavery as a "crime against humanity" by
the "World Conference on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia
and the Related Tolerance", in 2001 in Durban. What is this
Project ?
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A.
The Slave Route
B. The Slavery Abolition Road
C. The Slave Trade Route |
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Erik
Reitzel created the Symbolic Globe, which is today at UNESCO's
Headquarters, Paris. On what occasion was it created?
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A. The
World Commission on Culture and Development
B. The World Summit on Social Development
C. The Intergovernmental Conference on Cultural Politics for Development |
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GUIC Project launches in the shanty town of Canaansland near Johannesburg.
It aims to make the youth participating in the decisions concerning
the improvement of their living environment. GUIC means Growing
Up In Cities, Right or wrong ? |
A.
Wrong
B. Right |
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The
United-Kingdom came back to UNESCO. When did it leave the Organization
?
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A.
1982
B. 1985
C. 1987
D. 1990 |
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1998 Where did the Intergovernmental Conference on Cultural Policies
for Development
take place ?
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A.
Niamey, Niger
B. Tokyo, Japon
C. Stockholm, Suède
D. Buenos Aires, Argentine |
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Following up the 2nd International Congress
on Technical and Vocational Education in Seoul, Republic of Korea,
launched an international long-term programme for the development
of technical and vocational education. How many Centres responsible
for this education and infrastructures do they exist ?
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A.
80 centres
B. 124 centres
C. 165 centres
in
1. 100 countries
2. 110 countries
3. 118 countries |
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How
the year 2000 was it proclaimed by the United Nations General
Assembly in order to relay the universal will for peace which
could put an end to wars firstly, but also to all kinds of violence
that taking part in injustice and oppression ?
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A.
The International Year for a Culture of Peace
B. The World Year for Peace
C. The International Year for Universal Peace |
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On November 2nd, 2001, during the 31st Session
of UNESCO's General Conference, a Universal Declaration was adopted.
What is it ?
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A.
UNESCO Universal Declaration on Education
B. UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity
C. UNESCO Universal Declaration against Racism |
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During the 9th session of the UNESCO International
Bioethics Committee in Montreal, Canada, the Committee has for the
first time begun to work on an International Declaration. What is
the name of this Declaration ?
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A.
The International Declaration on Bioethics
B. The International Declaration on Genetics
C. The International Declaration on Human Genetic Data |
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The United Nations launched the beginning
of Literacy Decade, which takes part in the general efforts for
Education for All. How many countries have undertaken to realize
the quality of primary education at the Dakar Forum in 2000 ?
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A.
12
B. 18
C. 24
D. 30 |
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Following
up the request of UNESCO General Conference, the United Nations
General Assembly proclaimed the year 2004 as "International
Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition".
200 years earlier, the first black State was proclaimed. What is
this State ?
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A.
St Barthélémy
B. Trinidad and Tobago
C. Haiti |
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The
World Summit on the Information Society aimed at promoting the free
trade of ideas and knowledge. UNESCO developed the ethical, juridical
and socio-cultural dimensions of the Information Society.
The Summit has two phases: the first phase took place in Geneva
in 2003. Where will take place the second one, in 2005 ?
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A. Tunis,
Tunisia
B. Hanoi, Vietnam
C. Brussels, Belgium
D. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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