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UNAOC Pursues Efforts to Improve Migration Coverage in Switzerland
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) hosted a one-day seminar in Bern, Switzerland, on the topic of “Covering migration: challenges met and unmet – a look at Switzerland”. The meeting convened 30 Switzerland-based participants, for the most part journalists, along with experts and civil society representatives working in the fields of media and migration. [...]
First Meeting of Fellowship Alumni in Baku, Azerbaijan
New York, 25 May 2013
On 31 May, 2013, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) fellows will participate in the first Alumni Meeting of the Fellowship Programme. This meeting will bring together previous participants in the Fellowship Programme in the years 2010, 2011 and 2012.
The Fellowship Programme annually convenes emerging leaders [...]
Remarks by the UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations to the Group of Friends
New York, 13 May 2013
Your Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations,
Your Excellency Mr. Fernando Arias, Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations,
Your Excellency Mr. Y. Halit Çevik, Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations,
Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Good afternoon.
I would like to begin today by, first, thanking you member [...]
New book on Media and Information Literacy
The book is the first publication of the UNESCO-UNAOC Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue Global Network of Universities (MILID). This initiative is one of the direct outcomes of the First UNAOC Forum (Madrid 2008), when several universities approached the UNAOC for support towards the creation of a Global network of universities focusing on [...]
Google, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the World Bank Institute jointly organized a unique digital journalism training for Arab media professionals
The training convened 25 young journalists committed to reinventing the way that media work in the region
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and Google, in partnership with the World Bank, delivered a two-day training on web tools for newsgathering and reporting across cultures to 25 social media editors and web journalists from 11 countries—including [...]
“Living Together Peacefully in a Diverse World” Prize
The Government of Azerbaijan and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) are partnering to organize the 2nd World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue in Baku. A key objective of this Forum is to highlight the need for practical initiatives that promote cultural diversity and coexistence among communities. The “Living Together Peacefully in a Diverse World” [...]
Call for applications: Swiss Media and Migration Seminar
“Covering migration: challenges met and unmet – a look at Switzerland”
Location: Bern, Switzerland
Date: 16 May 2013
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) will be hosting a one day seminar for 25 Switzerland-based journalists on May 16, 2013 in Bern, Switzerland, around the topic: “Covering migration: challenges met and unmet – a look at Switzerland” .
Convening [...]
H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations Outlines Vision and Priorities for Alliance
Brief Remarks at the Press Briefing
New York – UNHQ
14 March 2013 (11:15 am)
Good Morning,
Ladies and Gentlemen of the media,
I am very pleased to meet with you here again in my new capacity as UN High-Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations.
I would like o express my gratitude for the Member States and the UN Secretary [...]
Closing Remarks by H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations
CLOSING REMARKS
5TH Global Forum- Vienna
28 February 2013
Excellencies, Ladies, and Gentlemen,
I have the honor to speak to you this afternoon to bring this Vienna Forum to a close. And I must say that this has been a remarkably productive and often emotionally moving event. It has served to place before me the full knowledge of the [...]
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