It did because it captured the fundamental spirit of the region, as exemplified by that first generation of semiconductor entrepreneurs.

FORBES: Hear! Hear!

The creation and steady expansion of the free trade European Union of 27 countries is a fundamental reason for the region's return to at least limited growth.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Free trade: An antidote to Chavez

Ever since then, UNESCO as the UN agency with the mandate to promote freedom of expression and its corollary, freedom of the press, has been promoting these fundamental rights in every region of the world.

UNESCO: World Press Freedom Day 2013

For this year's Newsmakers demonstrated just how vulnerable some of the region's fundamental structures, policies and relationships are.

CNN: Newsmakers 1995

We reaffirmed our shared interests on the importance of regional peace and stability, which are fundamental to growing prosperity in the region.

WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting

In other words, the name Silicon Valley had less to do with any fundamental role that silicon semiconductors played in the region, and more with the fact that chips just happened to be the hottest new industry around at that moment.

FORBES: Hear! Hear!

"These archives are fundamental to the processes of re-democratization in the region, particularly in a context in which the Southern Cone countries have established mechanisms such as Truth Commissions or Commissions for Peace, in order to guarantee the right to memory, truth and justice, especially for the victims of dictatorships and their families, " says Jorge Grandi, Director of the UNESCO Montevideo Office.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

During the first stage of the project, this secretariat has taken on two fundamental tasks: documenting the State of the Art in teaching policy in the region, and drawing up criteria or guidelines for policy making in the field.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Fundamental to the UN Plan is the insight that the experiences in one country or region can be useful for others trying to improve the safety of journalists.

UNESCO: World Press Freedom Day 2013