Rwanda National Commission for UNESCO

WELCOME

On behalf of the RNCU staff I welcome you to the website of Rwanda National Commission for UNESCO and I hope that you will enjoy and find useful information, mostly on the main domains of UNESCO, Education, Science, Culture and Information and Communication. One of the missions assigned to the National Commissions in the Charta adopted by the UNESCO General Conference at its 28th session in 1978, is to be information bodies, used as links between UNESCO and the national intellectual and (...) Read more

Latest Publications

Ordinary meeting of the Rwanda National Commission for UNESCO (RNCU)
Thursday, 29 of September 2011, the General Assembly of the Rwanda National Commission for UNESCO held an ordinary meeting in Kigali. Eighteen of its twenty five members were present. There were two major points of the agenda: The election of the President and the Vice President of the Commission for a 5 year term. The rapport of activities from July 2010 to June 2011 (...)Read more

Summary on the 36th session of the General Conference of UNESCO
The 36th session of the General Conference of UNESCO opened at the HQ in Paris on Tuesday, 25 October 2011 at 10 a.m. It will conclude its work on Thursday, 10 November 2011. One day before this opening, the Interregional Meeting of National Commissions for UNESCO was opened by Mrs Irina BOKOVA, Director-General of UNESCO. Major topics discussed included: a review of the (...)Read more

Amb. Kabale presents credentials to UNESCO chief, 2nd October 2011
The Rwandan Ambassador to France, Jacques Kabale, early this week, presented his letter of credence to the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Georgieva Bokova. A statement from the Rwandan embassy in Paris says the ceremony was held at the UNESCO headquarters located at Place de Fontenoy. “After the (...)Read more

Message from Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the International Day of Peace, 21 September 2011 “Peace and Democracy: Make Your Voice Heard” 21 September 2011
The statement from Rwanda National Commission for UNESCO reveals that peace is more than the absence of war. It lies in the dignity of every woman and man. It is the tie that binds societies together in harmony with our environment. It is the foundation of legitimate states and the basis for stable international relations. This vision created the United Nations. It is the (...)Read more

RNCU Doors Open Day, June 28th/2011
On June 28th, the RNCU Office opened their doors and our staff welcomed the public on our premises in Remera, Kigali.Read more

Message from Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of World Environment Day, 5 June 2011, “Forests: Nature at Your Service”
Worldwide celebrates World Environment Day .According to the statement from Rwanda National Commission for UNESCO , World Environment Day is an opportunity to celebrate the unique value of forests for humanity and the earth. Forests are pillars of life. They are hosts to the world’s great biodiversity. They feed the world’s rivers, nourish its soil and replenish its air. (...)Read more

World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2011 in Musanze
This year in Rwanda, World Press Freedom day was celebrated in Northern Province Musanze District on the 3rd May 2011. The World Press Freedom Day was born twenty years ago in the vision of a group of journalists gathered in Windhoek, Namibia and has been established as an annual celebration by the UN since then. The Windhoek Declaration was a call to arms to (...)Read more

Message de Mme Irina Bokova, Directrice générale de l’UNESCO, à l’occasion de la Journée internationale pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale, 21 mars 2011
La Journée internationale 2011 pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale est l’occasion pour nous tous de réaffirmer notre volonté de défendre et promouvoir ce principe fondamental. L’article premier de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme affirme que « tous les êtres humains naissent libres et égaux en dignité et en droits ». Selon le communiqué de presse, signé (...)Read more