http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2009, UN News Centre http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/media/nslogo.gif http://www.un.org/news 140 Latest from the UN News Service http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32983&Cr=education&Cr1= Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST A top United Nations official today called for a new culture of "intellectual social responsibility" to take education beyond the classroom to the search for real solutions to real problems, with the academic and educational sectors creating and sharing knowledge to help realise UN objectives and goals. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32955&Cr=press freedom&Cr1= Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Broadcasters attending the United Nations-backed fourth World Electronic Media Forum (WEMF 4) have called for sustained and concrete global action to address the murder of journalists in peacetime and in war. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32946&Cr=unesco&Cr1=journalist Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has condemned the murder of Mexican journalist Vladimir Antuna García, and called on authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32911&Cr=sports&Cr1= Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST A senior United Nations official today praised the European Commission for its use of sport in bringing together diverse communities within the continent's geo-political bloc, as well as helping people in poor countries. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32886&Cr=unesco&Cr1= Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago today is a reminder of the difference that ordinary people can make for the greater good, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, urging the world to salute those fighting to enhance human rights and freedoms. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32849&Cr=unesco&Cr1= Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST An Indian professor, a Vietnamese professor, a Tunisian expert in water management and the organization responsible for Spain's national park system are the winners of three awards announced today by the head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting science. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32829&Cr=unesco&Cr1= Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The world has lost one of its greatest thinkers with the death of Claude Lévi-Strauss, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said today, as he paid tribute to the renowned anthropologist. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32804&Cr=journalist&Cr1= Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations agency charged with defending the freedom of the press today deplored the killing of an Iraqi television cameraman who died when a bomb exploded outside his house in the northern city of Kirkuk. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32767&Cr=heritage&Cr1= Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations body that seeks to preserve internationally renowned cultural and natural sites around the world, from the pyramids of Egypt to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, has elected 12 new members as the number of sites already inscribed on the World Heritage List nears 900. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32720&Cr=unesco&Cr1= Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST A United Nations-backed conference tasked with identifying ways to eliminate drug cheats from sport kicked off in Paris today, focusing on the use of a $2.2 million donation to help national or international anti-doping projects.