Here you can download (PDF) the press releases on occasion of the official proclamation of 2016 as the International Year of Global Understanding by the three international councils of the natural, social and human sciences (ICSU, ISSC and CIPSH) have proclaimed at the World Social Science Forum at Durban, South Africa on Sunday, September 13, 2015. Click the links below to view the press release in a specific language:
- Press release Arabic
- Press release Chinese
- Press release English
- Press release French
- Press release German
- Press release Italian
- Press Release Japanese
- Press Release Portuguese
- Press Release Spanish
For more information please read the article about the IYGU proclamation in the WSSF newsletter.
Also read recent press reports on IYGU:
- Ku Leuven, September 13, 2015 (English)
- National Geographic Deutschland, September 14, 2015 (German)
- MYPR, September 15, 2015 (English)
- Die Welt, September 17, 2015 (German)
- Jena TV, September 17, 2015 (German)
- OTZ/TLZ, September 18, 2015 (German)
Contact
2016 International Year of Global Understanding
Proclaimed by the international councils of the natural, social, and human sciences
Executive Director
Benno Werlen
Secretariat
c/o Department of Geography
Löbdergraben 32
Friedrich Schiller
University Jena
07743 Jena
Germany
Phone: +49 36 41 – 94 88 49
Fax: +49 36 41 – 94 88 42
Email: IYGU[at]uni-jena.de