UNESCO NEWS
South Asia Centre for Teacher Development Hosts Forum with UNESCO Director-General
Education is the most lasting foundation for dialogue, reconciliation and peace, and teachers are its champions, affirmed the Director-General Irina Bokova, during a public forum organized at the South Asian Centre for Teacher Development (SACTD) under UNESCO’s auspices
Director-General on Soft Power for Peace and Development with Sri Lanka’s Minister for Foreign Affairs
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova affirmed the key role of ‘soft power’ drivers to achieve Sri Lanka’s vision of sustainable development and reconciliation, during a public lecture at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies
Director-General Visits World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka’s Cultural Triangle
The Director-General began her first official visit to Sri Lanka on 14 August 2016 with a circuit around the “cultural triangle”, home to several of the country’s eight World Heritage Sites.