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Interview with Federico Mayor. (director-general of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) (Interview)

UNESCO Courier

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* The current session of UNESCO's General Conference is taking place at an exceptional moment in world history. In the last two years we have seen radical changes in the order established by the victors of the Second World War. Are UNESCO's activities going to change as a result?

-- Of course they are adapting to these changes. Paradoxically, UNESCO is thus returning to its original mission. The United Nations Organization was created to maintain world peace. The Charter of the United Nations defined several major principles: respect for justice, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction of race, sex, language or ...

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