It is an honor and a pleasure to join you today at this Seminar to further promote Inclusive Education in China.  On behalf of UNESCO, I wish to thank the China Education Association for International Exchange for the kind invitation extended to UNESCO to this event and compliment their efforts to make this knowledge exchange happen, where experts, teaching professionals, and parents gather to share information and innovative practices to further meet the educational needs of the persons with disabilities. More

Paris, 14 May—UNESCO will make its digital publications available to millions of people around the world free-of-charge with an open license. Following a decision by the Organization’s Executive Board in April, UNESCO has become the first member of the United Nations to adopt such an Open Access policy for its publications.  The new policy means that anyone will be able to download, translate, adapt, distribute and re-share UNESCO publications and data without paying. More