Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of the UNESCO, and Ms France Marquet, Principal Trustee of the Madanjeet Singh Foundation, request the pleasure of your Company at the ward Ceremony for the 2014 UNESCO Madamjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence....
Ms France Marquet represented the South Asia Foundation at the COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS during the Executive Board meeting
Oslo/Paris, 10 October: Education activists Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay have won the Nobel Peace Prize "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.” Both laureates have been working closely with UNESCO to promote education, especially for girls and for child labourers. The Director-General of the Organization, Irina Bokova, issued this statement on the awards:
Ms France Marquet Trustee MSF-SAF represented South Asia foundation at International Conference of NGO-UNESCO Partners NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee 2013-2014
Ibrahim Ag Idbaltanat (Mali) and Francisco Javier Estevez Valencia (Chile) to share 2014 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence
Ms France Marquet, Trustee MSF-SAF represented South Asia Foundation and attended the round table on the occasion of the international Day of Peace at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris
On Behalf o The Director-General, I Hereby have the honour of lunching the call for nominations of candidates for the 2014 edition of the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes. Initially established in 1967....
Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence 2014. The Prize is intended to honour significant activities in the scientific, artistic, cultural or communication fields that aim to promote a spirit of tolerance and non-violence.....
Within the framework of the activities promoted by the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee, around forty NGOs organize, on 6 March 2014, in partnership with UNESCO, a day event to promote the universality of human rights....