World Press Freedom Day, or just World Press Day in which the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is the lead agency is being celebrated on Tuesday May 3, 2016. World Press Day was declared so as to inform the international community that freedom of the press and freedom of expression are fundamental human …
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(NATCOM) – Basseterre, April 18, 2016: The recently established Steering Committee of the local chapter of Youth For Human Rights International (YHRI) recently distributed YHRI Awareness Kits to Educators on St. Kitts and familiarized them with the contents and teaching strategies. Speaking passionately about this initiative, Ms. Ms. Jacqulin Christopher (Social Worker/Community Affairs Officer) who …
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(NATCOM) – Basseterre, 22 April 2016: The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis has ratified the UNESCO 2003 Convention for Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression, thereby gaining empowerment to utilize the resources and expertise of UNESCO in protecting the same. …
(NATCOM) – Basseterre, 21 April 2016: The National Commission for UNESCO is urging persons in the Federation to join in the observance of World Book and Copyright Day on April 23, 2016. The observance highlighted by UNESCO on an annual basis is an important date for World literature as it symbolizes the impact of literature …
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Lima, 18 March—The 4th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves ended on 17 March in the capital city of Peru with the adoption of a Declaration and a new ten-year Action Plan for UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme and its World Network of Biosphere Reserves. The Lima Declaration was adopted by consensus by some …
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UNESCO Media Advisory No.2016-06 Paris, 11 March— A tsunami early warning exercise will take place in the countries of the Caribbean Sea on 17 March. The purpose of the test is to identify possible weaknesses in the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions, which was established in 2005 …
MARINE MANAGEMENT SCHOLARSHIPS Caribbean Nationals of Commonwealth Countries are invited to apply: From head of UNESCO- IOC REgional Secretariat IOCARIBE. Apply for the QES Diamond Jubilee Scholarship to attend the Master of MArine Management degree programme at Dalhousie University. The Scholarship is fully funded for one year from September 2016 to September 2017. For further …
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(NATCOM) – St. Kitts, March 02, 2016: An interim executive committee has been formed coming out of a one day workshop held with youth leaders in St. Kitts and Nevis to carry out the work of the Youth for Human Rights Project on Saturday February 27th at the Bird Rock Beach Hotel. This cadre …
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Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 25, 2016 (SKNIS): The Ministry of Education is working to develop plans to guide education development and policy action over the next five years in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. Speaking at the Education Sector Plan Programme Development (ESPPD) Workshop on Tuesday, February 23, Dr. Neva Pemberton, Education Planner in …
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Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 12, 2016 (SKNIS): Antonio Maynard, Secretary General of the UNESCO National Commission said that turtle catching, the Keys bat cave, and sand mining are features of the St. Mary’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Reserve which are expected to come up for discussion at the upcoming Town Hall Meeting. Scheduled for Thursday, February …
The St. Kitts and Nevis National Commission for UNESCO was established in 1991. It operates as an agency of the Ministry of Education and Information of the Government of St. Christopher (Kitts) and Nevis.
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