This blog seeks to spotlight noteworthy UNESCO education and culture programs; it emphasizes links between the United States and UNESCO.
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UNESCO Video: MEDLEY : BUT NOT FOR ME (George Gershwin) - OKLAHOMA KID (Riccardo Del Fra)
Riccardo Del Fra "MY CHET MY SONG" Quintet & Orchestre du Conservatoire de Toulouse Live at JAZZ IN MARCIAC - August 6 2011 Featuring : Roy Hargrove, Pierrick Pedron, Bruno Ruder, Billy Hart and Riccardo Del Fra Arrangements and composition by Riccardo Del Fra
Holocaust Education at UNESCO
Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau |
On Friday 4/27 experts from around the world convened at UNESCO headquarters in Paris to discuss how and why the Holocaust has become a global point of reference for mass violence.
UNESCO's programs in Holocaust education continue to develop and strengthen on a number of fronts. The U.S. National Commission for UNESCO is currently working with Holocaust educators in the United States to promote the establishment of a Holocaust education network through UNESCO existing system of University Chairs. The Commission also recently submitted the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum as a nominee for UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.
You can read more about the meeting here.
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