“This is a moment for debate about a key issue for lasting peace and sustainable development today – how to engage young people and to empower them to lead the world towards greater justice, stability and inclusive development." said UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova at the 3rd meeting of the High Panel on Peace and Dialogue among Cultures held on 19 November in UNESCO Headquarters. ... More...

The meeting, organized by UNESCO, brought together representatives from 15 United Nations bodies, including Frank Larue, the UN Special Rapporteur for the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion, and Christof Heyns, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. More than 40 non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations, ... More...

Invocation: I invoke Thee, the Goddess Tara! Thou art the Pristine Spirit, the Ultimate Nature and the clear Light of Heaven. Thou art the One Who encloses the Universe. Help us to rise above the sorrows and follies of this material world!
Oracle: Have Peace. Peace is now, in your heart, if you will accept it. You will not attain Spiritual Light by refusing to face the darkness. ... More...

To strengthen UNESCO’s activities pertaining to dialogue among cultures, the pursuit of peace, and the promotion of cultural diversity in a globalized world, the Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova, has established a High Panel to foster reflection on the new dimensions of peace in the Twenty-first Century. Gathering decision-makers, intellectuals and artists from all regions of the world, ... More...

The metaphysics of today is the physics of tomorrow. By studying spiritual metaphysics, you get a head start in understanding the mysteries of the universe.
For example, two hundred years ago, electricity was still a huge mystery. Back then, a few visionaries uncovered more and more information about the nature of electricity. Once it became possible to generate electricity, ... More...

UN Photo/Fardin Waezi - One of the 3, 000 Afghan teachers trained by the United Nations Children's Fund on Healthy School Initiative, jointly sponsored by the government and the children's agency, teaches children about their environment, including safe play areas and sanitation in schools. UNESCO is launching its teacher strategy for 2012-2015 to introduce its priorities, ... More...

On Thursday, 27 September 2012, in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, the Republic of Italy organized a debate on civil society and human rights education for the promotion of religious tolerance. In a context marked by the Internet dissemination of an anti-Islam video and the ensuing escalation of violence, panellists highlighted the need for greater tolerance, ... More...

“Our generation’s greatest challenge is sustainable development,” stated Jeffrey Sachs in his opening remarks for the launch of the new sustainable development solutions network, on September 22, at Columbia University. Professor Jeffrey Sachs has been appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to convene this new global network with the purpose to mobilize civil society, ... More...

UNESCO’s Office in Rabat launches this week a series of activities in partnership with the Moroccan Ministry of Education to integrate Media and Information Literacy (MIL) into the Moroccan national teacher-training curriculum. The programme aims to help Moroccan citizens more effectively engage with media and the Internet and to develop critical competencies ... More...

On 14 September 2012, during her official visit to Uruguay, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova attended the opening ceremony of the Regional Meeting on Memory Archives, within the framework of the 20th commemoration of the Memory of the World Programme: Human Rights Archives, Memory and Truth in the Southern Cone.The ceremony was opened by the Minister of Foreign Relations, ... More...

“The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.” ~Julia Cameron Keeping our subtle bodies clean is very important for the flow of our vital energy. The assembly of these bodies composes what we call our Energetic, or Auric, Field. Our Energetic Field feeds on vital energy. ... More...

Invocation: Shining Selene, Queen of magic. Goddess of lovers, mirror of Truth, enliven us in our graveyard of this world with visions of our future Heaven! We long to hear the Oracle of the Moon Goddess Selene.
Oracle:To achieve purity of purpose you need to receive a shaft of the Light of Truth from Deity. Within you dormant is the uncreated Flame, Source of all that is. ... More...

From 4 to 6 September, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova undertakes her first official visit to the Republic of Poland on the occasion of the XXII Economic Forum in Krynica-Zdroj and the inauguration of a new Transboundary Biosphere Reserve.At the Economic Forum, the Director-General will participate in a plenary debate with the Presidents of Poland ... More...

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova today expressed her grave concern over the destruction and desecration of Sufi shrines and libraries in Zliten, Misrata and Tripoli Libya. Ms Bokova called on the perpetrators to cease the destruction immediately. Referring to destruction at the Islamic Centre of Sheikh Abdussalam Al-Asmar in Zliten, the Mosque of SidiSha'ab in Tripoli, ... More...

This wonderful DVD was produced and narrated by Steven Jones, filmed and edited by Dennis Murphy. You can order it from their website: Logic Reality
The Shrine of Virgo resides in the Egyptian passage of the Temple in Clonegal Castle. Isis raising Osiris is the central statue and was carved by David Durdin-Robertson when he was 16 years old. A few years ago, Olivia painted Her gold.
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