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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova

Secretary Clinton and Director General Bokova at the State Department before their meeting on January 22, 2010
Secretary Clinton and Director General Bokova at the State Department before their meeting on January 22, 2010
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Ambassador David T. Killion and UNESCO Director General at a Meeting with the U.S. National Commission
Ambassador David T. Killion and UNESCO Director General at a Meeting with the U.S. National Commission
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Secretary Clinton and Director General Bokova met on January 22, 2010, during the Director General’s first official visit to the U.S.

The two spoke about ongoing U.S./UNESCO cooperation and UNESCO’s upcoming agenda in areas such as girls’ and women’s education, climate change, water management, culture and development, intercultural dialogue, world heritage and press freedom.



Google and UNESCO Announce Virtual Visits to World Heritage Sites
Ambassador David T. Killion and Google's Jessica Powell. ©UNESCO/Michel Ravassard
Ambassador David T. Killion and Google's Jessica Powell
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On December 3, Google and UNESCO announced a strategic alliance to allow virtual visits to nineteen World Heritage sites, with more to follow next year. Sites inscribed on the World Heritage List - the Palace of Versailles in France, the historic centre of Prague in the Czech Republic and the old town of Cáceres in Spain, for example - can now be explored online.
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First World Heritage Fellows Arrive in the United States
Mr. Bernard Ngoru, from the Mount Kenya National Park (and World Heritage Site) along with NPS colleagues at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, where he is completing his Fellowship. ©NPS.gov
Mr. Bernard Ngoru, from the Mount Kenya National Park (and World Heritage Site) along with NPS colleagues at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, where he is completing his Fellowship
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This week the first two participants in the National Park Service’s (NPS) new “World Heritage Fellows” program arrived at their host sites in the U.S. The World Heritage Fellows program provides training opportunities for World Heritage site managers and staff from developing countries at U.S. World Heritage sites.

Bernard Ngoru, from the Mount Kenya World Heritage Site in Kenya, will be working at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and Nuno Rodrigues da Silva, from Brazil’s Pantanal National Park and World Heritage Site, will be working at Everglades National Park.
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- 21 January 2010 -
Internet Freedom-
Free Expression in the Digital Age
Secretary of State Clinton's address on Internet Freedom, January 21, 2010 ©State Dept Image Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered remarks on Internet Freedom, on January 21, 2010, at the Newseum, in Washington, D.C.
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- 11 January 2010 -
Hate Speech Can Be Countered with
Truth, Leadership
By Salam Al-Marayati
Salam Al-Marayati, Executive Director, Muslim Public Affairs Council. (Muslim Public Affairs Council)
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Webchat Transcript: Freedom of Expression and Defamation of Religion
January 20, 2010

To recognize Religious Freedom Day (January 16), Salam
Al-Marayati, Executive Director, Muslim Public Affairs Council, joined Dr. Philippa Strum, senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, for a global talk about "defamation of religion" and what it means in the international political context.
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