Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2015

Director-General of UNESCO. Irina Bokova.

Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care.

We live in a world transforming deeply, rocked by multiple crises, on a planet facing rising pressure.

Environmental change has never been so deeply interconnected with our societies as it is today, in this era that many scientists call the Anthropocene, when human activity is the major force shaping the planetary system. The impact that individual women and men are having on the sustainability of...

            I welcome this first-ever commemoration of World Youth Skills Day.  On July 15th each year, the international community will underscore the value of helping young people to upgrade their own abilities to contribute to our common future.             While overall more young people have greater educational opportunities than in the past, there are still some 75 million adolescents who are out of school, denied the quality education they deserve and unable to acquire the skills they...

Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa UNESCO, Bi Irina Bokova.

DUNIA endelevu haiwezi kuwapo kama hakutakuwepo na bahari yenye kuendeleza uhai.

Miezi michache kabla ya kufanyika  kwa kongamano la kihistoria  la COP21 (21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) la kutengeneza ajenda mpya ya maendeleo endelevu, ujumbe huu ulikuwa hauna tija.

Lakini sasa ujumbe huu una tija sana na muhimu sana.

Iwe nchi iko mbali na bahari au karibu, kila nchi na kila aina ya...

Sustainable Development Goals-It is Everyone’s Agenda

Alvaro Rodriguez is the UN Resident Coordinator in Tanzania

This World AIDS Day comes at a critical moment in Tanzanian history—and for its future. The world has recently committed to end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030 as part of the new Sustainable Development Goals. Ending the AIDS epidemic means the reduction of new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths to levels that no longer represent a major health threat to...

Today is the World Day against Death Penalty. It is also the European Day against Death Penalty.
The European Union and the Council of Europe have together reaffirmed their strong and absolute opposition to capital punishment in all cases and under all circumstances, and their commitment to its worldwide abolition.
Death Penalty is against all the European Union stands for: our principles and values are about the promotion and protection of Human Rights which are universal and...

H.E Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania has sent a congratulatory message to H.M Queen Margrethe II of Denmark on the occasion to celebrate the Constitution Day of Denmark on 5th June 2014.

“Your Majesty Queen Margrethe II,

   The Queen of Denmark,

   Copenhagen,

   DENMARK. It is my pleasure on behalf of the people and the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania to extend to Your Majesty and through you to the people of Denmark my heartfelt...

H.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania has sent a congratulatory message to H.E. Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation on the occasion of the National Day of Russia –Victory Day, on 9th May 2014. The message reads as follows:
“H.E. Vladimir Putin,  President of the Russian Federation,   Moscow RUSSIA
Your Excellency and Dear Colleague,
On the occasion of the celebration of your country’s National Day, I would like to convey to you and...

H.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania has sent a congratulatory message to His Excellency Miloš Zeman, President of the Czech Republic on the occasion his country’s Liberation Day on the 8th May.
The message reads as follows;
“His Excellency Miloš Zeman,  President of the Czech Republic,  Prague,  CZECH REPUBLIC.
Your Excellency,
On behalf of the people and government of the United Republic of Tanzania and on my own behalf, I wish to convey my...

By Isaac Malugu
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international, non-profit organization founded in 1993 by environmentalists, social interest groups, responsible retailers and leading forest companies to develop standards. These standards are based on the ‘10 principles for forest stewardship’, by which forests can be responsibly managed. They also make sure that environmental, social and economic needs are balanced, and that long-term and healthy forest management plans are put...