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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
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"We continue to see human-to-human transmission, community transmission, primarily in North America, " said WHO Assistant Director-General Keiji Fukuda.
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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
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"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.
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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
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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.
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Peace is our way, said Abdul Waheed Khan, UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, closing the Forum.
UNESCO: Communication and Information
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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.
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