John Daniel, UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Education, said in his concluding remarks that he experienced "an enormous change" in the style of the Working Group.

UNESCO: Bulletin on EFA action worldwide No.45

"We continue to see human-to-human transmission, community transmission, primarily in North America, " said WHO Assistant Director-General Keiji Fukuda.

CNN: Mexico lowers swine flu alert as businesses in capital reopen

Drafting the conclusions, the Panel's Chairman Mogens Schmidt, UNESCO's Deputy Assistant Director General for Communication and Information Sector, said that the successful establishment of an truly independent PSB requires a mix of legal preconditions, economical and editorial independence, capacity building of professionals, and accountability towards the public.

UNESCO: Education

"In this age of global travel, where people move around in airplanes so quickly, there is no region to which this virus could not spread, " said Fukuda, assistant director-general of the WHO.

CNN: World battles swine flu as death toll rises

Without question, the documentation, protection and presentation of heritage sites requires the support of science and technology, said Ms Gretchen Kalonji, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences.

UNESCO: NATURAL SCIENCES

Professor David Heymann, a former assistant director general for health security and environment at the World Health Organization, said there had historically been a split between the industrialised and developing countries.

BBC: Should the US and Russia destroy their smallpox stocks?

Peace is our way, said Abdul Waheed Khan, UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, closing the Forum.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

The move from level three to level four on the WHO's six-level threat scale means the world body has determined the virus is capable of significant human-to-human transmission -- a major step toward a flu pandemic, said Dr. Keiji Fukuda, the agency's assistant director-general.

CNN: The story