Culture News: Asia-Pacific
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21.05.12:
Programme for The International Arts Education Week 21-27 May 2012
ARTS EDUCATION, FROM DIVERSITY TO SUSTAINABILITY
Wednesday, 23 May 2012, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. (Room II)
Opened by Francesco Bandarin, Assistant Director-General for Culture, UNESCO
and by Park Jae-Eun, President of...
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18.05.12:
Launch of "Do ONE thing for Diversity and Inclusion" campaign 2012
Following the adoption in 2001 of the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity the UN General Assembly declared 21 May as the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development.
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16.05.12:
28 Asia and Pacific countries adopt the “Dhaka Declaration on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions”
UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova was welcomed as the guest of honour at the first Cultural Diversity Ministerial Forum of the Asia-Pacific Region from 9 to 11 May 2012. Attended by cultural ministers and...
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16.05.12:
2012 International Arts Education Week Korea Events – Life Resembles Arts, Arts Embraces Life
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16.05.12:
UNESCO-NIE CARE Celebrates The 1st International Arts Education Week
In celebration of International Arts Education Week (21-27 May 2012) UNESCO-NIE Centre for Arts Research in Education (CARE) cordially invites you to a series of activities to be held on
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15.05.12:
Wat Thepthidaram received the Award of Merit
From a state of serious disrepair, the scriptures hall of Wat Thepthidaram has been restored with an outpouring of public support and a united effort from the Thai conservation community, the monastery and the local...
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15.05.12:
International Arts Education Week - 21-27 May 2012
Following the success of the 2nd World Conference on Arts Education (Seoul 2010), the 4th week of May has been proclaimed as International Arts Education Week by UNESCO’s General Conference at its 36th session...
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15.05.12:
Protecting Underwater Cultural Heritage: UNESCO Holds a Regional Meeting in Koh Kong, Cambodia
UNESCO and the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of Cambodia will jointly organize the Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage from 14 to 15 May 2012 in Koh Kong, Cambodia.
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15.05.12:
Cultural Diversity Ministerial Forum of the Asia Pacific Region 2012
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday called upon reinforcing cultural exchange among nations saying that the global peace could be achieved through letting 'thousand flowers bloom', and our unique cultural diversities...
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01.05.12:
Meeting of Asia-Pacific ICH Category II Centres in Bangkok sees ways towards collaboration
Bangkok, Thailand - The first meeting of directors of the Category II Centres under the Auspices of UNESCO for the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in the Asia-Pacific Region, taken place on 26-27 April 2012,...
