UNESCO and SAF establish Official Relations
2007
International Forum of Civil Societies meeting at the 34th session of the UNESCO General Conference
Ambassador Madanjeet Singh and Mme. France Marquet attended the meeting of the programme commission (i-V), during the 34th session of the UNESCO General Conference on October 25, 2007. The objective of SAF’s participation in the meeting was to formalize UNESCO’s Assistance to the eight SAF institutions of excellence.
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2006
In accordance with the "Directives concerning UNESCO's relations with foundations and similar institutions" adopted by the General Conference at its 26th session in November 1991 and amended at its 28th and 29th sessions, UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura, has decided to admit the South Asia Foundation into official relations with UNESCO. The Executive Board of UNESCO took note of the Director-General's decision at its 175th session (October 2006).
The obligations and benefits pertaining to this relationship are set out in Articles III and IV respectively of the UNESCO Directives.
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2004
Establishment of the UNESCO-SAF Madanjeet Singh Institute of Afghanistan’s Cultural Heritage, Kabul.
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The agreement for the establishment of the Madanjeet Singh Institute for Afghanistan’s Cultural Heritage in Kabul signed in Paris by the UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura, the Afghanistan permanent delegate to UNESCO and SAF Founder Madanjeet Singh on 22nd March 2004. |
2003
Establishment of the UNESCO-SAF Madanjeet Singh Institute of Afghanistan’s Cultural Heritage, Kabul.
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Afghanistan’s Minister of Information and Culture, Sayed Makhdoum Raheen, came to see me at Villa Surya on 17 June 2003, accompanied by Ambassador Zaheer Aziz, Permanent Delegate of Afghanistan to UNESCO, and François Langlois, a director in the Culture Sector at UNESCO. The meeting was presided over by the former President of India, K. R. Narayanan. |
2002
SAF and UNESCO have close ties. In September 2002, the Director General deputed Prof. Abdulwaheed Khan, Assistant Director General for Information, to attend the South Asia Foundation conference on distance learning in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France.
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From left to right: Uma Coomaraswamy, Open University of Sri Lanka; Naveed Malik, Virtual University (Pakistan); Suresh Raj Sharma, Kathmandu University; Abdul Waheed Khan, UNESCO Assistant Director-General; Madanjeet Singh, SAF Founder; Jamilur R. Choudhry, BRAC University (Bangladesh); Ahmed Ali Maniku, MCHU (Maldives); Suresh Garg, Indira Gandhi University (India); Ershadul Bari, Bangladesh Open University; and Altaf Husain, Allama Iqbal Open University (Pakistan). |
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The Oral and Intangible Heritage of South Asia
UNESCO backs South Asia Foundation’s work on regional cooperation 16th March 2006.
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Monograph published on this occasion.
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UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-violence
Establishing the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-violence.
Eligibility
Click to UNESCO Web or email to:
Mr Vladimir Volodine
Chief Human Rights and Gender Equality Section
Social and Human Sciences Sector; v.volodine
2006
Decision taken at the SAF governing council in accordance with UNESCO. The Prize will be fund in perpetuity by South Asia Foundation.
2002
Prize funded by Madanjeet Singh is amended and upgraded to $ 100,000.
1995
16th May - 4th June, Paris, Unesco Headquarters
Unesco press communiqué
The UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-violence
2006
Mr. V. Anadasangaree is the laureate of the 2006 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-violence.
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From right to left: Mr. Barbosa, Assistant Director-General of UNESCO, Mr. V. Anadasangaree, and SAF Founder Madanjeet Singh. |
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Bangladeshi writer and journalist Taslima Nasrin is the laureate of the 2004 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-violence.
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A living embodiment of Bengali secular culture is the Bangladeshi poet, writer and journalist Taslima Nasreen. She was awarded the 2004 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-violence by UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura, on behalf of an international jury presided over by Andrés Pastrana Arango, former President of Colombia. Her acceptance speech received a long and standing ovation at a well attended event in Paris on 16th November 2004. |
2002
Aung San Suu Kyi winner of the 2002 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-violence.
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On 3rd October 2002, Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the 2002 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-violence. However, since then, the rulers of Myanmar have prevented her from receiving the US$100,000 prize. |
2000
Egyptian Copt Leader Winner of UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for Tolerance and Non-Violence.
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From right to left: The Egyptian Coptic Patriarch, Shenouda III, her excellency Egyptian Ambassador and SAF Founder Madanjeet SIngh. |
1998
Indian and Pakistani laureates receive jointly the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-violence.
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The winners of the 1998 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-violence. From right to left: Mr. Narayan Desai (India) with the jury member H. E. I. K. Gujral, Former Prime Minister of India; Ms. Shah Taj Qizilbash (Pakistan) representing the Joint Action Committee for People's Rights (JAC) with the jury member: H.E. Boutros Boutros Ghali, Former U.N. Secretary General; The jury was chaired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Nobel Laureat). |
1996
Collective of Rwandan women's organizations named first winner of the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Tolerance Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-violence.
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The UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-violence in 1996 was awarded to a collective of thirty-two women's associations in Rwanda. From right to left: Representatives of the women's associations with the SAF Founder Madanjeet Singh and his son Jeet Singh. |
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UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors
Mehriban Aliyeva: Foundation Heydar Aliev
http://www.heydar-aliyev-foundation.org/index_e.html
Pierre Bergé: Foundation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent
http://www.ysl-hautecouture.com/
Cheick Modibo Diarra: Pathfinder Foundation
http://www.pathfinder-foundation.org/
Miguel Angel Estrella: Musique Esperance (FIME)
http://www.musique-esperance.org/
Nelson Mandela: Nelson Mandela Foundation
http://www.nelsonmandela.org/
Rigoberta Menchú Tum: Fundación Rigoberta Menchú Tum
http://www.frmt.org/
Ute-Henriette Ohoven: Foundation for UNESCO-Education for Children in Need
http://www.unesco-kinder.de/
Kim Phuc Phan Thi: Kim Foundation International
http://www.kimfoundation.com/en/
Marianna V Vardinoyannis: Foundation Child and Family
http://www.childfamily.gr/
Milu Villela: Faça Parte
http://www.facaparte.org.br/ |
