Security Council extends UN mission in Iraq by another year

28 July 2011 – Literacy programmes in Burundi, Mexico, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the United States won the 2011 International Literacy Prizes of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The awards, worth $20,000 each, will be distributed in September at International Literacy Day celebrations in New Delhi, India, the agency announced today. UNESCO identified the winners as: The National Literacy Service of Burundi won one of two King .... [More]