Mozambique: Education for All is Unesco Priority

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has defined improvement of basic education programmes as a priority in order to give access to education for all in Africa. This pronouncement was made on Tuesday, the last day of a meeting of the UNESCO general director for Africa with the continent's National Commissions for UNESCO, that gathered about 200 participants in Maputo. UNESCO is also pledging to assist in assuring water supply, the promotion of human rights, of cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue, and promoting communications at community level.