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.

This monumental work was accomplished in 57 years with contributions from 1800 historians and experts from the different regions of the world, published in 6 collections comprising of 51 volumes: The History of Humanity, the General History of Africa, the General History of the Caribbean, the General History of Latin America, the History of the Civilisations of Central Asia and the Different Aspects of the Islamic Culture.