Brunei Becomes Unesco’s New Member

Paris (AFP) - Brunei on Thursday became the 191st member state of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation by signing UNESCO's constitution, the UN body announced in a statement.

Koichiro Matsuura, UNESCO Director-General, welcomed Brunei's membership, saying the news "will be greeted with enthusiasm by UNESCO's members and programme partners worldwide".

"We look forward to working together in areas, including science and technology policy development, education and communications networking, and environmental and cultural heritage," Matsuura added.

The UNESCO chief said Brunei brought "special strengths" to the work of the Paris-based organisation "through its promotion of sustainable development and cross-cultural dialogue and peace".

He praised "Calak Brunei" or the “Brunei way of conflict resolution" emphasising dialogue and compromise as a major contribution to the promotion of peace worldwide.

Matsuura said that with Brunei's accession to full membership, the organisation was close to achieving "full universality". -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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