Joint Message from Agency Heads on the occasion of World Teachers’ Day 2016 50th anniversary of the 1966 UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers Valuing Teachers, improving their Status 5 October 2016 Every year on World Teacher’s Day we celebrate the limitless contributions made by teachers around the world. Day after day, year in …
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WORLD TEACHERS’ DAY OBSERVED LOCALLY
(EMU) – St. Kitts, October 5, 2016 The National Commission for UNESCO saluted teachers in St Kitts and Nevis today (October 05) by making a clarion call for individuals and organizations to get involved in celebrating Teacher’s Day 2016. The day, being celebrated this year under the theme “Valuing Teachers, Improving their Status” is …
Nevis Premier Amory grateful for UNESCO Assistance
Nevis Premier Amory grateful for UNESCO assistance Premier Vance Amory and UNESCO Executive Secretary General Antonio Maynard NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (September 28, 2016) — Premier of Nevis Hon. Vance Amory has expressed gratitude to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for its continued assistance for the development of the people of Nevis. …
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UNESCO Micro-Science Programme Piloted in Primary and Secondary Schools in SKN Towards Economic Sustainability
(NATCOM) – Basseterre, 23 September, 2016: Economic Sustainability has been identified as a major factor in promoting the “Equipping Schools and Students for Success in Sciences Pilot Project.” Dr. Neva Pemberton, Chief Education Planner stated at the ceremony to launch the project on September 21, “Around the world there has been increasing emphasis on …
“NATCOM to Host UNESCO Workshop on Capacity Building on the Conservation and Management of Brimstone Hill Fortress and other Heritage Properties on SKN
(NATCOM) – Basseterre, 23 September, 2016: The United National Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization is collaborating with the Brimstone Hill Society to conduct a workshop on the Conservation and Management of Heritage Sites in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. The Capacity building workshop will focus on Brimstone Hill but will also include …
International Peace Day
IT’S SEPTEMBER 21 AND IT’S INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY! “Let us all work together to help all human beings achieve dignity and equality; to build a greener planet; and to make sure no one is left behind.” — UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 …
September 8 is International Literacy Day
ILD 2016 Poster Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the International Literacy Day, 50th Anniversary 8 September 2016 For fifty years, International Literacy Day has celebrated literacy as an empowering force for women and men and for society as a whole. We have seen great progress since the proclamation …
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International Youth Day 2016
Message from Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO Young people are not only our future — they are our present. Our planet has never been so young, with 1.8 billion young women and men. They are the most connected, the most outspoken and the most open-minded generation the world has ever seen. “I call upon …
SKN SEC-GEN PARTICIPATES IN THIRD WORLDWIDE MEETING OF UNESCO NATCOMS
(NATCOM) – Basseterre, 22nd June, 2016: Secretary General of the National Commission for UNESCO, Mr. Antonio Maynard says he has returned from the Third Interregional Meeting of National Commissions for UNESCO held in Shanghai, China, June 13-15, inspired to continue the work which will advance the collaboration between the Federation and UNESCO. Said the …
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Remember Slavery August 23 – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition. For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the tragic transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history. Every year on August 23, the International Day of Remembrance …