Winners of the 2018 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize to A Canadian filmmaker & the Kenyan NGO

News UNESCO, Paris France - 28th October 2015

Mme France Marquet, representative of South Asia Foundation to UNESCO attended 9th UNESCO Youth Forum

The 9th UNESCO Youth Forum – Young Global Citizens for a Sustainable Planet – took place in Paris, France on the 26th to the 28th October 2015. The forum brought together over 500 young women and men from all over the world to focus on issues related to Climate Change and the post-2015 Sustainable Development agenda to ensure that the voices of future generations remain front and centre of the new development agenda.

News UNESCO Headquarters, Paris - 26th October 2015

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended the Ceremony of the UNESCO Juan Bosch Prize

Ms France Marquet representative of South Asia Foundation to UNESCO attended the Ceremony of the UNESCO/Juan Bosch Prize for the promotion of Social Sciences research in Latin America and the Caribbean, presented by Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO in the presence of Rafael Albuquerque ......

Conference Quai d’Orsay, Paris, France - 16th October 2015

Mme France Marquet Trustee SAF and MSF attended conference on 'Women committed' for COP 21

During this conference Ms Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director General, signed the petition and handed over to the President of COP21 for the integration of Human Rights and Gender Parity in the Paris Agreement....

News UNESCO Headquaters, Paris, France - 9th October 2015
News UNESCO - 21st September 2015
News UNESCO Paris Headquarters - 9th September 2015

Mme France Marquet representative, SAF attended the Global meeting on literacy and sustainable Society and Award Ceremony

Mme France Marquet representative of South Asia Foundation Attended the Global meeting on literacy and sustainable society and the award ceremony of the literacy Prize 2015....

News UNESCO Headquarters, Paris - 5th September 2015

Mme France Marquet, representative of SAF to UNESCO, attended the Seminar: 'Artists and the memory of slavery'

Mme France Marquet, representative of South Asia Foundation to UNESCO, attended the Seminar: "Artists and the Memory of Slavery: Resistance, Creative Freedom and Legacies"

News UNESCO headquarters Paris - 3rd August 2015

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO, contributed to the International forum 'Role of women in fighting poverty

Fourth International Forum of NGOs in Official Partnership with UNESCO on "The Role Of Women In Fighting Poverty"

News Beijing, People’s Republic of China, - 1st August 2015

Mme France Representative of SAF attended 'Fifth International Forum of NGOs in Official Partnership with UNESCO'

Mme France Marquet, representative of South Asia Foundation to UNESCO attended the 'Fifth International Forum of NGOs in Official Partnership with UNESCO'.....

News Kabul, Afghanistan - 16th July 2015

Appreciation letter to Mme Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO by Prof Omara Khan Masoudi,Chairman, SAF-Afghanistan

wanted to take a moment to say how much I appreciated your recent statement expressing concern over the destruction of cultural heritages in Iraq and Syria, Mali and Afghanistan. Your outstanding and tireless efforts to preserve world’s shared cultural wealth is invaluable. I heard through the news that you referred to the destruction of historic monuments and cultural heritages of religious, education, art .....