UN General Assembly declares 2010 International Year of Biodiversity

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UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, opening the “Science and Policy in Biodiversity" conference stressed, that biodiversity diversity is a global problem, equal to global warming. As the press office of UNESCO reported, since the 2010 has been declared to be the International Year of Biodiversity, the UNESCO Director-General is committed to concentrate all the activities of UNESCO on adopting the comprehensive measures for biodiversity management and conservation.



The UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on 16 November 1945. Its stated purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and the human rights and fundamental freedoms proclaimed in the UN Charter. It is the heir of the League of Nations' International Commission on Intellectual Cooperation. UNESCO has 193 Member States and seven Associate Members. The organization is based in Paris, with over 50 field offices and many specialized institutes and centres throughout the world. Most of the field offices are "cluster" offices covering three or more countries; there are also national and regional offices. UNESCO pursues its objectives through five major programs: education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and communication and information. Projects sponsored by UNESCO include literacy, technical, and teacher-training programmes; international science programmes; the promotion of independent media and freedom of the press; regional and cultural history projects, the promotion of cultural diversity; international cooperation agreements to secure the world cultural and natural heritage (World Heritage Sites) and to preserve human rights; and attempts to bridge the worldwide digital divide.