• History of Humanity
• General History of Africa (new website under construction)
• History of Civilizations of Central Asia
• General History of Latin America
• The Different Aspects of Islamic Culture
• General History of the Caribbean

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Through this broad perspective, readers gain a global understanding of the evolution of societies, flourishing of cultures, major currents of exchange and interaction with other parts of the world.

These collections also aim to provide a culturally relevant perspective. They provide the point of view of the populations concerned, whose past has often been distorted, discredited or treated as peripheral to the history of the colonizers and the dominant nations – those who usually write history. The idea here is to rediscover a people's consciousness and the vision it develops of its own destiny. This shift in perspective is reflected by the significant number of local historians, with impeccable academic credentials, who contributed to these collections as editors and authors.

• The UNESCO General and Regional Histories: A Contribution to the Rapprochement of Cultures (Video, 10mn)

UNESCO conference to design general history syllabus for African schools (Tripoli, 10-17 June)

Director-General opens Symposium of the UNESCO General and Regional Histories

UNESCO presents unique collection of General and Regional Histories

Publication of final volume of UNESCO’s General History of Latin America

Symposium on the UNESCO General and Regional Histories, 5 and 6 October 2009: Final Report
Celebrating the completion of the publication of its General and Regional Histories and launching a new phase for their promotion, UNESCO organised a Symposium at its headquarters on 5 and 6 October, 2009.

Remarks by H. E. D. Hamadziripi, Chairman of the Africa group in UNESCO at the meeting of the Scientific Commitee for the pedagogical use of the general history of Africa, Paris, 20 March 2009
(...)The Africa Group is equally ready to play other roles to complement your own scientific and intellectual preoccupations. Some members of the Africa Group are scholars in their own right who are animated by this challenge of elaborating common history curricula and textbooks, introducing a regional dimension, developing new concepts and strengthening the linkages between culture and education.(...)

Allocution de Mme Françoise Rivière, Sous-Directrice générale de la culture : Réunion d’experts sur le projet « l’Utilisation pédagogique de l’Histoire générale de l’Afrique au siège de l'UNESCO
(...)Comme vous le savez, cette deuxième phase du projet, qui consiste à développer des contenus et outils pédagogiques, poursuit une des plus grandes entreprises intellectuelles et scientifiques de l’UNESCO : l’élaboration et la publication des huit volumes de l’Histoire générale de l’Afrique. Dix ans après son achèvement en 1999, cette contribution à une meilleure connaissance de l’Afrique reste encore une source de fierté pour l’UNESCO et pour tous ceux qui ont contribué à sa réalisation. (...)

History of Humanity - Volume IV: From the Seventh to the Sixteenth Century
After almost fifteen years of intensive work, UNESCO presents an entirely revised and updated edition of this major work in seven volumes.

Historia General de América Latina - Volumen VIII: América Latina desde 1930
This volume of the General History of Latin America (Vol. VIII - Latin America since 1930) is published within the framework of the Multiple History series.