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White House Conference on Global Literacy in September
Mrs. Laura Bush, Honorary Ambassador for the United Nations Literacy Decade, will host the first-ever White House Conference on Global Literacy in New York City in September 2006. The Conference, to be held at the time of the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly, will highlight a variety of literacy programs, including some of the work that the United States government, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and private/local entities have supported around the world.



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