UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non- Violence renewed for another Six Years

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News UNESCO Headquaters, Paris - 30th October 2018

Decision taken by the 205th  Session of the  UNESCO Executive Board Meeting on the renewal of UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence for a period of six years.

10.II.B UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence

The Executive Board,

1.  Recalling 146 EX/Decision 5.4.3, by which it established the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence, as well as 192 EX/Decision 35 by which it approved its renewal for a period of six years,

2.  Taking into consideration 191 EX/Decision 12 and 196 EX/Decision 12 on the implementation and adoption of the Revised Overall Strategy for UNESCO Prizes and its Constituent Criteria and the recommendations contained in the evaluation of UNESCO prizes by the Internal Oversight Service (IOS) (document IOS/EVS/PI/114), as well as 201 EX/Decision 24.I by which it approved the Standard Financial Regulations of Special Accounts related to Prizes,

3.  Having examined document 205 EX/10 Part II.B and its Annex I concerning the proposed renewal of the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non- Violence, and the proposed amendments to the Statutes of the Prize as well as to the Financial Regulations,

4.  Decides to renew the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence for a period of six years and approves the amended Statutes and Financial Regulations of the Prize as set out in the Annex to document 205 EX/10 Part II.B.