Sometimes it seems that Western cultural centers such as New York, London and Paris are better places from which to monitor the breadth of contemporary regional culture than Asia itself.
"More so than any other issue I can think of, this is an issue that is based on regional culture, " said Charles Wheeler III, director of the Public Affairs Reporting Program at the University of Illinois-Springfield.
At first a major component of regional popular culture among Brazilians of African descent, the Samba de Roda was eventually taken by migrants to Rio de Janeiro, where it influenced the evolution of the urban samba that became a symbol of Brazilian national identity in the twentieth century.
The consent was sought at a warm meeting held at the Guanayabo Cultural Centre, which was attended by specialists of the National Cultural Heritage Council (CNPC) and of local Houses of Culture, as well as by representatives of the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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"This is a double exercise of Remembrance and Recollection in the perspective of UNESCO which excludes hate and bitterness, and is firmly directed towards the promotion of human rights and the construction of a culture of peace through intercultural dialogue, " says Christian Ndombi, Regional Advisor for Culture at UNESCO Dakar.
The Director-General continued by saying that these regional encounters have positioned culture at the heart of the regional development and cooperation agenda.
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The opening and closing sessions were carried out in UNESCO's Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is located in Havana.
The National Council for Cultural Heritage also acknowledged the efficient management work of the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture for Latin America and the Caribbean based in Havana, Cuba.
Making reference to the presence of the UN in Cuba for many years, the UN Resident Coordinator underlined the importance of the work of the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in the country.
This event was a huge public outcry in Yakutia and beyond and gave a powerful impetus to the development of regional science and culture, the development of the future action plan in the field of traditional culture and folklore.
That is why UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean is organizing several workshops in Aruba, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Haiti aimed at assisting those countries to safeguard their intangible cultural heritage through effective implementation of the Convention.
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The talk provided an ideal framework to discuss the way to link the Programme with the Cameras of Diversity Project dissemination network, an initiative that has since 2004 been developed by the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture, and to expand the geographic scope of the Programme.
In the editorial to this issue, Herman van Hooff, Director of UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean, underscores the importance of museums and cultural centers as vectors of cultural values, knowledge and identities, and their contribution to investment, economic benefits and job generation.
It was convened by the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean at its headquarters in coordination with senior representatives of the Office of the City Historian (OHC), the National Cultural Heritage Council (CNPC), and the Cuban Committee "Memory of the World" under the umbrella of the Cuban National Commission for UNESCO.
Located in the eponymous seaside town in Zhejiang Province, the building, completed in 2008, houses 330, 000 square feet of exhibition space given over to local history and culture: regional woodworking, wax figures in life-size dioramas.
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On the occasion of UNESCO's 50th Anniversary, seven Sub-Regional Children's Culture of Peace Festivals were held around the world enabling pupils and teachers taking part in the UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) to speak out in favour of peace and tolerance.
Yolanda Valle-Neff, Director of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice (Italy), is confident about the future of the Office.
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Global Footprint Network and UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice (Italy), with the support of the MAVA Foundation, will launch the report on October 1 at the two-day conference at Palazzo Zorzi.
All participants attending the workshop received participation certificates signed by Yolanda Valle-Neff, Director of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Zineb Touimi-Benjelloun, UN Resident Coordinator in Albania, and Lisa Fredriksson, Counsellor, Head of development Cooperation, Embassy of Sweden in Albania.
Within the framework of the Government of Albania-United Nations Programme of Cooperation 2012-2016 and with the support of the Embassy of Sweden in Tirana, the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice (Italy), organized a two-day workshop with journalists and students of journalism, at Masters level, from 7 to 8 December 2012 in Tirana, Albania, to enhance the fair and balanced reporting of gender issues.
The UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice (Italy), is associated with the Open Discovery Space (ODS) project, funded by the European Commission under the CIP ICT-PSP call 5, and kicked off in Athens in April 2012, resulting of the collaboration between 51 organizations from 23 countries, with the aim to create a socially-powered, multilingual open learning infrastructure to boost the adaptation of eLearning Resources in Europe.
Thus it encourages innovative initiatives serving to promote a culture of peace, independence and regional cohesion in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Today, the chitalishte network, coordinated by the Regional Cultural Policy Directorate with the Ministry of Culture, ensures to a large extent the transmission of knowledge and skills in the area of the intangible cultural heritage.
The event is organised in cooperation with the Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO, and with the support of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki, the ICOM Regional Alliance for South-East Europe, and the UNESCO Chair in intercultural policy (Thessaloniki).
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Also today, the Assembly designated 30 July as the International Day of Friendship and invited all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, and other international and regional organizations, as well as civil society, to observe it in an appropriate manner, in accordance with the culture and other appropriate circumstances or customs of their local, national and regional communities.
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Nevertheless, that Iran has its own interest, a proud, ancient culture trying to reestablish itself as the regional power in the Middle East.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu was selected by an International Jury in recognition of his exceptional contribution to building a universal culture of human rights at the national, regional and international levels.
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