UNAOC News Archive
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The UN High-Representative Al-Nasser congratulates Pope Francis I for his election as the 226th Pontiff of the Catholic Church.
Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the UN High-Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations On the Election of Pope Francis I
New York – 13 March 2013
The UN High-Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, joins the world political and religious leaders as well as the UN Secretary General in expressing his [...]
UNAOC Engaging with Civil Society to Work More Effectively in Promoting Dialogue and Understanding
One of the outcomes of the 5th Global Forum of the UNAOC, which was held in Vienna on the 27-28 February 2013, is a re-energised focus on civil society. The new UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, H.E. President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser (Former President of the UN General Assembly), held a conversation with [...]
Follow UNAOC Vienna Forum Blog in three language
The UNAOC, in partnership with Canal France International and the Missouri School of Journalism, is convening a group of 13 journalists from Africa and the US to cover in three languages in three languages (English, Arabic and French) through video packages and print stories, on a dedicated blog. Among the participants are journalists from Libya, [...]
UN Alliance of Civilizations Global Forum Draws to a Close with Vienna Declaration
Two Day Conference Included Calls for Peace and Dialogue Among Nations; Including Current Issues in Syria, Mali, and Israel-Palestine
Forum Attended By Heads of State and Global Foreign Ministers
Vienna, Austria, 28 February, 2013 — Following two days of meetings attended by over 2,000 people from around the world, the UN Alliance of Civilizations 5th Global Forum [...]
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