UN lobbies MPs on culture Bill
Mar 17, 2010
THE Uganda National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has lobbied MPs to support a law that will create a national secretariat to promote culture and education in the country.
By Raymond Baguma
THE Uganda National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has lobbied MPs to support a law that will create a national secretariat to promote culture and education in the country.
A proposed law to set up the UNESCO Commission in Uganda, UNATCOM, is due to be presented before Parliament after it was discussed and passed by the Cabinet.
This emerged during a consultative workshop at the Grand Imperial Hotel on Tuesday where MPs discussed the upcoming Uganda National Commission for UNESCO (UNATCOM) Bill.
UNESCO is a specialised agency of the UN which aims at contributing to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, culture, justice, rule of law, human rights and freedoms. Uganda is a member state of UNESCO.
The Bill also intends to establish a permanent delegation to the UNESCO. The commission will advise the Government on UNESCO programmes and link the Government to the UNESCO secretariat in Paris, France.
Rosie Agoi, the assistant secretary general, said the national commission’s priorities include education, vocational training, preventing HIV/AIDS in the education sector, water resource management and promotion of media freedom.
Augustine Omare-Okurut, the secretary general, said ratifying the UNESCO instrument would help to improve the conditions of life of Ugandans.
However, he lamented that there is little knowledge and awareness among the Members of Parliament about the UNESCO country commission, which affects efforts to collaborate.
THE Uganda National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has lobbied MPs to support a law that will create a national secretariat to promote culture and education in the country.
A proposed law to set up the UNESCO Commission in Uganda, UNATCOM, is due to be presented before Parliament after it was discussed and passed by the Cabinet.
This emerged during a consultative workshop at the Grand Imperial Hotel on Tuesday where MPs discussed the upcoming Uganda National Commission for UNESCO (UNATCOM) Bill.
UNESCO is a specialised agency of the UN which aims at contributing to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, culture, justice, rule of law, human rights and freedoms. Uganda is a member state of UNESCO.
The Bill also intends to establish a permanent delegation to the UNESCO. The commission will advise the Government on UNESCO programmes and link the Government to the UNESCO secretariat in Paris, France.
Rosie Agoi, the assistant secretary general, said the national commission’s priorities include education, vocational training, preventing HIV/AIDS in the education sector, water resource management and promotion of media freedom.
Augustine Omare-Okurut, the secretary general, said ratifying the UNESCO instrument would help to improve the conditions of life of Ugandans.
However, he lamented that there is little knowledge and awareness among the Members of Parliament about the UNESCO country commission, which affects efforts to collaborate.