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Costa Rican Named To U.N. Education Post

COSTA Rican educator VernorMuñoz has been named SpecialRapporteur on the Right to Education forthe U.N. Commission on Human Rights.Muñoz will assume the post nextweek. His responsibilities include reportingto the United Nations about globalaccess to primary education and internationalprogress on the right to education.

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