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Publications Alerts
‫ سهسهخ صىرُبد انهغبد انًكزىثخ‬. ‫ انهىسا وانفىالني وانسىاحيهي‬:‫ صىذياخ نغاخ انشعىب اإلسالييح في إفزيقيا‬.‫ األيٍُ أثى يُقخ‬،‫يحًذ‬
.1999 ،‫ انًُظًخ اإلساليُخ نهزشثُخ وانعهىو وانثقبفخ‬:‫ انشثبط‬.ٍَ‫ثبنحشف انقشآ‬
ISESCO 496.0415 M9521 :‫سقى االسزذعبء‬
‫ انًششوع انخبص‬،‫َعزجش هزا انكزبة إحذي انًششوعبد انحضبسَخ انكجشي انزٍ رعٍُ انًُظًخ اإلساليُخ نهزشثُخ وانعهىو وانثقبفخ ثزُفُزهب‬
‫ثئعبدح كزبثخ نغبد انشعىة اإلساليُخ ثبنحشف انعشثٍ وَأرٍ االهزًبو ثزًُُظ هزِ انهغبد انزٍ كبَذ ركزت قجم انًشحهخ االسزعًبسَخ‬
.‫ ورنك ثهذف رعًُق انىعٍ انعهًٍ وانثقبفٍ وانحضبسٌ ثهغبد انشعىة اإلساليُخ‬.ٍ‫ثبنحشف انعشث‬

‫ سهسهخ ثحىس‬.‫ رحشَش يحًذ يحًىد اإليبو‬. ‫ انجىانة انًؤسسيح واإلداريح نهركايم االقرصادي انعزتي‬.‫انًُظًخ انعشثُخ نهزًُُخ اإلداسَخ‬
.1998 ،‫ انًُظًخ انعشثُخ نهزًُُخ اإلداسَخ‬:‫ انقبهشح‬.347 ‫ودساسبد؛‬
ARADO 330.90174927 J418 :‫سقى االسزذعبء‬
‫ وهزا يٍ حُش دساسخ انزجشثخ انعشثُخ‬.ٍ‫َزُبول هزا انكزبة انجىاَت انهُكهُخ وانًؤسسُخ واإلداسَخ نًحبوالد انزكبيم االقزصبدٌ انعشث‬
.‫عهً انًسزىي انقىيٍ وانًسزىي اإلقهًٍُ ثبإلضبفخ إنً األعش انًؤسسُخ فٍ رجبسة إقهًُُخ يقبسَخ‬

Mediterranean Development Forum. MENA Trade & Investment in the New Economy:
Fourth Mediterranean Development Forum MDF4. Edited by Raed Safadi. Cairo, New York:
American University in Cairo Press, 2003.
BA Call Number: ERF 338.956 M1111
This book provides an insightful analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing MENA
countries in the light of multilateral and regional negotiations. Based on papers by a number of
distinguished trade specialists from the region, and presented at the Fourth Mediterranean
Development Forum, the book also highlights related tensions and tradeoffs, and proposes
some policy directions to maximize on the potential gains from trade and Foreign Direct
Investment in the context of the new economy.

Leyendecker, Ramon, Wout Ottevanger, and J.J.H.Van Den Akker. Curricula, Examinations,
and Assessment in Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa. World Bank Working
Paper. Washington D.C: World Bank, 2008.
BA Call Number: WB 373.190967 L683
Economic and social changes, fast evolution of technology, and the growing importance of
internet services and international communications-all these require secondary education
providers to adapt what is taught and learned in schools. However, in Africa the content of
secondary curricula is in most cases ill-adapted to 21st century challenges, where young people

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 are mobile, have access to "more and instant information," and face health threats such as
HIV/AIDS. In addition, implementation problems exist, and the time for instruction is often much
less then what is required by the prescribed secondary curriculum. This study analyzes that
challenge: the quality of curricula and assessment, and their development processes in
secondary education in Africa against the background of existing contexts, conditions, and
ambitions on the one hand and current pedagogical thinking on the other.

Kasek, Leszek, Thomas Laursen, and Emilia Skrok. Sustainability of Pension Systems in the
New EU Member States and Croatia: Coping with Aging Challenges and Fiscal Pressures.
World Bank Working Paper. Washington D.C: World Bank, 2008.
BA Call Number: WB 331.252094 K1915
Sustainability of Pension Systems in the New EU Member States and Croatia is part of the
World Bank Working Paper series. This study finds that pension reforms in recent years have
improved the efficiency and sustainability of pension systems in the new member states of the
European Union and Croatia. However, for many countries, these probably have not gone far
enough to ensure long-term sustainability, given the aging of the population. Reforms have
included changes to Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) systems, including increases in retirement ages
(not at least for women), new benefit formulas, and new indexation mechanism.

Liepina, Sanda, Jacqueline G Coolidge, and Lars Grava. Improving the Business
Environment in Latvia: the Impact of FIAS Assistance. Occasional Paper. Washington D.C:
World Bank, 2008.
BA Call Number: WB 338.94796 L7196
Improving the Business Environment in Latvia: the Impact of FIAS Assistance tracks the
process through which the Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS) of the World Bank
Group advised the government of Latvia from 1998 to 2004 on ways to improve the business
environment, achieve higher rates of economic growth, and thereby alleviate poverty. IAS
Occasional Papers report the results of research on practical issues identified by the staff of
FIAS in the course of their work. The research has either been carried out or sponsored by
FIAS.

‫األياو انعانًيح نهذا انشهز‬

International Days of the Month
4 June ‫ َىَُى‬4
International Day of Innocent Children ٌ‫انُىو انذونٍ نألعفبل األثشَبء ضحبَب انعذوا‬
Victims of Aggression
5 June ‫ َىَُى‬5
World Environment Day ‫انُىو انعبنًٍ نهجُئخ‬
17 June ‫ َىَُى‬17
World Day to Combat Desertification and ‫انُىو انعبنًٍ نًكبفحخ انزصحش وانجفبف‬
Drought
20 June ‫ َىَُى‬20

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 World Refugee Day ٍُ‫انُىو انعبنًٍ نالجئ‬
23 June ‫ َىَُى‬23
United Nations Public Service Day ‫َىو األيى انًزحذح نهخذيخ انعبيخ‬
26 June ‫ َىَُى‬26
International Day against Drug Abuse and ‫انُىو انعبنًٍ نًكبفحخ إسبءح اسزعًبل انًخذساد‬
Illicit Trafficking ‫واالرجبس غُش انًششوع ثهب‬
26 June ‫ َىَُى‬26
International Day in Support of Victims of ‫انُىو انذونٍ نًسبَذح ضحبَب انزعزَت‬
Torture

‫انًجانيح‬ ‫ إسأل عٍ َسخزك‬.ًٍ‫ كًب سىف رىصع يغىَخ عٍ هزا انُىو انعبن‬، ‫ رُظى يكزجخ اإلَذاع يعشض نهكزت‬،‫احزفبالً ثهزا انُىو‬
.‫ثبنًكزجخ‬
In commemoration of the International Day, a book display and a brochure will be prepared by
means of the Depository Library. Pick up you free brochure from the Library.

‫ ينظًح األيى انًرحذج نهرزتيح وانعهى وانثقافح‬:‫في اإلطار‬

In Focus: UNs Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)
UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded on
16 November 1945. UNESCO functions as a laboratory
of ideas and a standard-setter to forge universal
agreements on emerging ethical issues. It promotes
international co-operation among its 193 Member States
and six Associate Members in the fields of education,
science, culture and communication.
Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, from Japan, has been appointed
as the Director-General of UNESCO since November
15, 1999. He was reappointed by the Organization's
General Conference to serve a second four-year term.

Geneva, Switzerland

UNESCO Member states are grouped into six regions:

 Africa
 Arab States
 Asia & Pacific
 Europe

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  North America
 Latin America & the Caribbean
The General Conference consists of the representatives
of the States Members of the Organization. It meets
every two years, and is attended by Member States and
Associate Members, together with observers for non-
Member-States, intergovernmental organizations and
non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The Executive
Board, in a sense, assures the overall management of
UNESCO. It prepares the work of the General
Conference and sees that its decisions are properly
carried out. The functions and responsibilities of the
Executive Board are derived primarily from the
Constitution and from rules or directives laid down by the
General Conference.
 Education.
 Natural Sciences.
 Social and Human Sciences.
 Culture.
 Communication and Information.

http://portal.UNESCO.org/
The site is available in six languages: English, French,
Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, and Russian.

Through its strategies and activities, UNESCO is actively

pursuing the Millennium Development Goals, especially
those aiming to:
 Half the proportion of people living in extreme
poverty in developing countries by 2015.
 Achieve universal primary education in all
countries by 2015.
 Eliminate gender disparity in primary and
secondary education by 2005.
 Help countries implement a national strategy for
sustainable development by 2005 to reverse
current trends in the loss of environmental
resources by 2015 Enhancing partnerships.
UNESCO and the United Nations Millennium
Goals.
UNESCO World Heritage Desk Diary2008
The perfect planner for all those with a passion for World
Heritage. It also introduces the Convention Concerning
the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage: its
objectives, the selection criteria, the institutions which

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 ensure its implementation, as well as a list of sites and
states that are party to the Convention.
UNESBIB Bibliographic Database - UNESCO
Thesaurus, 2007
The UNESCO Thesaurus is a controlled and structured
list of terms used in subject analysis and retrieval of
documents and publications in the fields of education,
culture, natural sciences, social and human sciences,
and communication and information. Continuously
enriched and updated, its multidisciplinary terminology
reflects the evolution of the Organization's programmes
and activities. The UNESCO Thesaurus contains 7,000
terms in English and Russian, 8,600 terms in French and
Spanish.
Developing Programmes for Adult Learners in Africa
This book identifies quantitative, qualitative and multi-
method approaches, and is based upon existing
research methods teaching in Africa. It is grounded in
African adult education contexts and draws on material
and experiences from research courses taught in African
universities. It emphasizes the importance of combining
quantitative methods with qualitative research that is
embedded in adult education contexts and that builds
on indigenous knowledge.

‫جذول انًحاضزاخ اإلرشاديح نهذا انشهز‬

Instruction Program of the Month
‫يرطهثاخ‬
‫انخًيس‬ ‫األرتعاء‬ ‫انثالثاء‬ ‫االثنين‬ ‫األحذ‬ ‫انىقد‬ ‫انًحاضزج‬
‫انحضىر‬
‫ َىَُى‬17 UN Databases
(UNCDB)
4:30 – 3:00
‫ َىَُى‬19 UN Databases
‫دساَخ‬ (MBS)
‫ثبسزخذاو‬ ‫ َىَُى‬1 UN Databases
‫انكًجُىرش‬ (ODS)
‫وانهغخ‬ 4:30 – 3:00 UN Databases
‫االَجهُضَخ‬ ‫ َىَُى‬5 ‫ َىَُى‬3 (Treaty
Collection)

‫ َىَُى‬4 2:30 – 1:00 UN Orientation

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 ‫ َىَُى‬18
12:30 – 11:00
"‫"إعبدح‬

‫ َىَُى‬19 2:30 – 1:00

World Bank
‫ َىَُى‬26 Database
4:30 -3:00
"‫"إعبدح‬
COMTRADE
‫ َىَُى‬24 4:30 – 3:00
Database
‫ َىَُى‬12
‫ َىَُى‬10 4:30 – 3:00 UN Website
"‫"إعبدح‬

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:‫حقائق وأرقاو هذا انشهز‬

Fact Sheet of the Month:
[1] Tobacco Users:

 Fewer than 5% of young people in Bahamas, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Malawi,

Montserrat, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Ukraine and Venesuela think girls who smoke
look more attractive.
 Over 30% of children smoked their first whole cigarette before age 10 in Ghana,
Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Palau, Poland, N Mariana Islands and St Lucia.
 Over 40% of young people in Fiji, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Sri Lanka and
Zimbabwe think boys who smoke have more friends.
 50% of young people who continue to smoke will die from smoking.

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Source:
“Tobacco Atlas: Youth.” World Health Organization. http://www.who.int/tobacco/en/atlas7.pdf [accessed on 3 June 2008]

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 [2] The Egypt Global Youth Tobacco Survey was a school-based survey of students in
grade 2nd prep., 3rd prep., and 1st secondary conducted in 2005.

Prevalence
 13.6% of students had ever smoked cigarettes (Male = 19.7%, Female = 5.7%)
 14.4% currently use any tobacco product (Male = 17.6%, Female = 8.6%)
 4.1% currently smoke cigarettes (Male = 6.0%, Female = 1.2%)
 12.0% currently use other tobacco products (Male = 13.9%, Female = 7.9%)
 19.4% of never smokers are likely to initiate smoking next year

Knowledge and Attitudes

 30.9% think boys and 24.1% think girls who smoke have more friends
 26.0% think boys and 21.1% think girls who smoke look more attractive

Access and Availability—Current Smokers

 21.3% usually smoke at home
 36.7% buy cigarettes in a store
 83.0% who bought cigarettes in a store were NOT refused purchase because of their age

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

 38.0% live in homes where others smoke in their presence
 42.2% are around others who smoke in places outside their home
 84.7% think smoking should be banned from public places
 66.6% think smoke from others is harmful to them
 52.9% have one or more parents who smoke
 8.1% have most or all friends who smoke

Cessation—Current Smokers
 78.4% want to stop smoking
 69.8% tried to stop smoking during the past year
 88.2% have ever received help to stop smoking

Media and Advertising

 73.0% saw anti-smoking media messages, in the past 30 days
 59.8% saw pro-cigarette ads on billboards, in the past 30 days
 52.7% saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines, in the past 30 days
 16.4% have an object with a cigarette brand logo
 14.5% were offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative

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 School
 56.8% had been taught in class, during the past year, about the dangers of smoking

 48.1% had discussed in class, during the past year, reasons why people their age smoke

 50.8% had been taught in class, during the past year, the effects of tobacco use

Source:
“Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS): Egypt Fact Sheet.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/global/GYTS/factsheets/emro/2005/Egypt_factsheet.htm [accessed on 2 June 2008]

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