UNESCO opens 125th session today

The 125th session of UNESCO's executive council will be opened today in Paris.

The council, comprising 58 states, will discuss the cultural and educational conditions in the occupied Arab lands, a draft statement to protect the future generations and overcome unemployment, and a project concerning peace education with different specializations.

UNESCO's role in overcoming poverty, the issue of celebrating the 50th anniversary of drawing out the human rights world declaration and reviewing the human rights in laws and practices will also be discussed.

Meanwhile, a celebration was held on October 5 by UNESCO on the occasion of World Teachers Day, by a call addressed by UNESCO's director general in collaboration with chairwoman of the world unions of the International Labor Organization and UN Program for Development.

The call called the international community for admitting the teachers' key role and supporting them. He referred to the teachers' active role achieving their goal of offering education for all.