UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES 2010 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF BIODIVERSITY
PanARMENIAN.Net
27.01.2010 20:19 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, opening
the "Science and Policy in Biodiversity" conference stressed, that
biodiversity diversity is a global problem, equal to global warming.
As the press office of UNESCO reported, since the 2010 has been
declared to be the International Year of Biodiversity , the UNESCO
Director-General is committed to concentrate all the activities
of UNESCO on adopting the comprehensive measures for biodiversity
management and conservation.
The UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations established
on 16 November 1945. Its stated purpose is to contribute to peace and
security by promoting international collaboration through education,
science, and culture in order to further universal respect for
justice, the rule of law, and the human rights and fundamental freedoms
proclaimed in the UN Charter. It is the heir of the League of Nations’
International Commission on Intellectual Cooperation. UNESCO has 193
Member States and seven Associate Members. The organization is based in
Paris, with over 50 field offices and many specialized institutes and
centres throughout the world. Most of the field offices are "cluster"
offices covering three or more countries; there are also national and
regional offices. UNESCO pursues its objectives through five major
programs: education, natural sciences, social and human sciences,
culture, and communication and information. Projects sponsored by
UNESCO include literacy, technical, and teacher-training programmes;
international science programmes; the promotion of independent media
and freedom of the press; regional and cultural history projects,
the promotion of cultural diversity; international cooperation
agreements to secure the world cultural and natural heritage (World
Heritage Sites) and to preserve human rights; and attempts to bridge
the worldwide digital divide.