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Simone Veil
Simone Veil
1927-2017
French stateswoman and magistrate.
1979, Paris. Speech by Simone Veil, then French Minister of Health, at a conference organized by the International Union of Family Organisations on the theme, "The Responsibilities of the Family in the Child's Upbringing," during the International Year of the Child proclaimed by UNESCO in 1979.
1927-2017
French stateswoman and magistrate.
1979, Paris. Speech by Simone Veil, then French Minister of Health, at a conference organized by the International Union of Family Organisations on the theme, "The Responsibilities of the Family in the Child's Upbringing," during the International Year of the Child proclaimed by UNESCO in 1979.
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Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
1881-1973
Spanish painter, sculptor.
29 March 1958, Vallauris, France. Interview with Pablo Picasso, along with Jean Cocteau and Georges Salles, at the presentation of Picasso’s oeuvre commissioned by UNESCO, La chute d’Icare.
1881-1973
Spanish painter, sculptor.
29 March 1958, Vallauris, France. Interview with Pablo Picasso, along with Jean Cocteau and Georges Salles, at the presentation of Picasso’s oeuvre commissioned by UNESCO, La chute d’Icare.
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Miguel Angel Asturias
Miguel Angel Asturias
1899-1974
Guatemalan poet, diplomat and laureate of the 1965 Nobel Prize for Literature.
1967, Paris. Miguel Angel Asturias discusses literature, his early poems, UNESCO's role in Latin America's economic development, and the meaning of the Nobel Prize for him. He follows with a reading of one of his poems.
1899-1974
Guatemalan poet, diplomat and laureate of the 1965 Nobel Prize for Literature.
1967, Paris. Miguel Angel Asturias discusses literature, his early poems, UNESCO's role in Latin America's economic development, and the meaning of the Nobel Prize for him. He follows with a reading of one of his poems.
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Amadou Hamp?té B?
Amadou Hamp?té B?
1900-1991
Malian writer and ethnologist. Member of the UNESCO Executive Board from 1962 to 1970.
16 July 1974. Interview of Amadou Hamp?té B? on the topic of “Considerations on the Sacred.” During his lifetime Hamp?té B? was considered the “living memory of Africa.” The legendary phrase “In Africa, when an old man dies, a library burns” is attributed to him. In reality, Hamp?té Ba declared, during a UNESCO meeting, “I consider the death of each of these holders of tradition akin to a fire that burns across unharvested cultural riches.”
1900-1991
Malian writer and ethnologist. Member of the UNESCO Executive Board from 1962 to 1970.
16 July 1974. Interview of Amadou Hamp?té B? on the topic of “Considerations on the Sacred.” During his lifetime Hamp?té B? was considered the “living memory of Africa.” The legendary phrase “In Africa, when an old man dies, a library burns” is attributed to him. In reality, Hamp?té Ba declared, during a UNESCO meeting, “I consider the death of each of these holders of tradition akin to a fire that burns across unharvested cultural riches.”
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Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
South African statesman
1918-2013
Speech by Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the presentation of the 1991 Felix Houphou?t-Boigny Peace Prize.
03-02-1992
South African statesman
1918-2013
Speech by Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the presentation of the 1991 Felix Houphou?t-Boigny Peace Prize.
03-02-1992
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Gisèle Halimi
Gisèle Halimi
1927-2020
French-Tunisian lawyer, feminist activist and politician.
Interview with Me Gisèle Halimi on the occasion of the round table on International Women's Year (assessment and prospects).
25-11-1975
1927-2020
French-Tunisian lawyer, feminist activist and politician.
Interview with Me Gisèle Halimi on the occasion of the round table on International Women's Year (assessment and prospects).
25-11-1975
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Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
1917-1984
Indian stateswoman.
Interview with Indira Gandhi, as a member of UNESCO's Executive Board.
1961
1917-1984
Indian stateswoman.
Interview with Indira Gandhi, as a member of UNESCO's Executive Board.
1961
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Claude Lévi-Strauss
Claude Lévi-Strauss
1908-2009
French anthropologist and ethnologist.
22 March 1971, Speech by Claude Lévi-Strauss at the opening session of the conference on the theme of Race and Culture, held at UNESCO during the International Year for Combating Racism and Racial Discrimination.
1908-2009
French anthropologist and ethnologist.
22 March 1971, Speech by Claude Lévi-Strauss at the opening session of the conference on the theme of Race and Culture, held at UNESCO during the International Year for Combating Racism and Racial Discrimination.
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