UNESCO Islamabad with United Nations Information Center (UNIC) organized commemoration events to highlight World Press Freedom Day on 3rd May 2012. The day was officially launched with Qamar-Uz-Zaman Kaira, Minister of
Information and Broadcast, along with Dr. Kay Nagata, Director UNESCO, Mr. Timo Pakkala, Resident Coordinator UN system in Pakistan and Mr. Kazue Tase, Director UNIC at a high level stakeholder’s seminar. Eminent journalists, media practitioners, media development organizations, press club presidents attended the commemorative seminar, followed by a candle light vigil in front of Islamabad Press Club, to pay tribute to the journalists who lost their lives in the line of duty. Read more... Press Clipping Dawn | Tribune | Radio Pakistan | Pak Observer | APP Press Coverage of Lahore Seminar on World Press Freedom Day
Federal & Provincial Governments pledge to achieve EFA Goals
Islamabad, 26 April 2012: Federal and Provincial Ministers, and senior officials from all the provinces agreed to expedite coordinated action towards achievement of Education For All Goals, and formulate necessary provincial legislation for enforcement of Article 25-A of the 18th Amendment of Constitution in the country. Inaugurating the Inter-provincial Forum on Early Childhood Education (ECE) under the framework of EFA Week 2012, jointly organized by UNESCO, UNICEF and Aga Khan Foundation in Islamabad. Mir Hazar Khan Bajarani, Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination, reaffirmed the support and responsibility of the Federal Government for provision of constitutional right of all children to free and compulsory education. Read More
National Conference on "The Right to Education of Afghan Refugee Children in Pakistan"
Educated Refugees are 3 times more likely to repatriate to their home countries”, UNESCO and UNHCR stress the need to educate Afghan Refugee Children for Peace and Security."
Islamabad, 29 March 2012 – Pakistan has been hosting Afghan refugees for three decades now, with currently some 1.7 million registered Afghans living in urban and rural areas of Pakistan, including women and children. Pakistan is among the top countries in the world hosting such large refugee population. To meet the basic needs, Pakistan has been facilitating provision of education services to some Afghan refugees for years. Regardless of efforts, illiteracy rate is very high among Afghan refugee children. Read more... Story on the conference "The right to education of Afghan refugee children in Pakistan"
Dr. Gwang-Jo Kim Visit to the National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa)
Dr. Gwang-Jo Kim, Regional Director UNESCO Asia-Pacific Office Bangkok paid a visit to ethnological museum of Lokvirsa on 30th April 2012 along with Dr. Kozue Kay Nagata, Country Director UNESCO Islamabad office.
Lokvirsa official received Dr. Gwang-Jo Kim and briefed him on the activities of Lokvirsa in relation to documenting and promoting the intangible cultural heritage of Pakistan. Read more...
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