The Forum was closed with general comments on the draft Declaration, which will be uploaded on the COL website for comments within one week.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

The Intergovernmental Drafting Group is meeting at UNESCO Headquarters on 15 18 July to refine the working documents for the Draft Declaration of Principles and Draft Action Plan before the final preparatory meeting for the Summit in September.

UNESCO: INTERVIEW

The delegates split into two groups of government and non-government representatives to discuss the draft OER Declaration.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

The position paper - known as the draft Brighton Declaration - says the European Convention should be rewritten so that it includes two key principles.

BBC: UK presses for European human rights convention changes

The objective of the Forum was to gather the unique Latin American contributions to the draft OER Declaration that will be presented at the 2012 World OER Congress in Paris, France, from 20 to 22 June.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

John Daniel, President and CEO of the Commonwealth of Learning, and Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic, COL Consultant, provided an overview of the World OER Congress, the draft OER Declaration and the six worldwide regional Forums leading up to the Congress.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence while drinking beer in a tavern.

FORBES: Christmas Dinner Conversation Starters

They had a more federalist draft of the Laeken declaration watered down.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

General Assembly's High Level Plenary Meeting that brought together over 170 heads of state to endorse a 35-page declaration - the Draft Outcome Document - that will serve as the blueprint for an overhaul of the world body in the coming years.

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