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Publications

UNESCO’s publications contribute to accomplishing the Organization’s goals. They are an important means of maintaining, advancing and sharing knowledge, between and across all parts of the world. While some aim to inform the general public, many provide specialists with expert knowledge drawn from UNESCO’s fields of competence. These diverse publications and co-editions all serve the common goal of bringing about positive change.

Discover our selection of recent publications

After the pandemic, building back a stronger media
UNESCO
2022
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Youth and water security in Africa
UNESCO Office Nairobi
UNESCO
2022
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Read our latest global reports

The United Nations World Water Development Report 2022 - Groundwater: making the invisible visible
UNESCO
2022
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Re|shaping policies for creativity: addressing culture as a global public good
UNESCO
2022
Publication supported by Sweden
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UNESCO Science Report: the race against time for smarter development; executive summary
UNESCO
2021
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Global education monitoring report, 2021/2: non-state actors in education: who chooses? who loses?
UNESCO
2021
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Journalism is a public good: World trends in freedom of expression and media development; Global report 2021/2022
UNESCO
2022
With the support of the UNESCO Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP)
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Global ocean science report 2020: charting capacity for ocean sustainability
UNESCO
2020
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UNESCO Periodicals

The UNESCO Courier - Translation: from one world to another
UNESCO
avril-juin 2022
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World Heritage Review - New Sites
UNESCO
Publishing for Development Ltd.
January 2022
UNESCO
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Our General Histories

Since the mid-1960’s, UNESCO undertook to producing regional histories series in an attempt to reduce the lack of understanding among peoples in the grip of a process of rapid globalization. Although outstanding international scholars were asked to share views, the most exceptional quality of these series remains that they have been predominantly written by native historians and researchers.

Archivos: Latin American and Caribbean identity (1988–2003)

  • As the world started to discover Latin American literature, the absence of dialogue between the readers and specialists from the different countries in the region was made evident. In October 1988, the first 12 volumes of the Archives of 20th-century Latin American and Caribbean Literature, a collection launched in 1983 with the assistance of UNESCO, were published.
  • Over the years, a total of 58 titles were produced, featuring the major works in Spanish, Portuguese and French from some of the best writers in Latin American and the Caribbean, along with critical essays, chronologies and background papers produced by the top specialists at the time. This collection remains unparalleled today.
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Open Access policy

UNESCO has adopted an Open Access policy for its publications, which grants an irrevocable right of access to copy, use, distribute, transmit and make derivative works in any format within certain constraints. With this publishing model, UNESCO reinforces its commitment to encourage and protect universal access to information and knowledge, which is the key to the advancement of innovative solutions for the challenges of international development.

Creative Cities of Literature

The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) was created in 2004 to promote cooperation with and among cities that have identified creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development.

The Network covers seven creative fields: Crafts and Folk Arts, Media Arts, Film, Design, Gastronomy, Literature and Music.

The 246 cities which currently make up this network work together towards a common objective: placing creativity and cultural industries at the heart of their development plans at the local level and cooperating actively at the international level.