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EducationVeniceYaoundéABCDFGHIJKLMPRSUZ Nisha assumes office as UNESCO Director & Representative for Southern Africa6 March 2024 Ukraine: UNESCO estimates the damage to culture and tourism after 2 years of war at $3.5 billion14 February 2024 UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities: 64 new members from 35 countries14 February 2024 AI Ethics: 8 global tech companies commit to apply UNESCO’s Recommendation5 February 2024 Spain to host MONDIACULT 20252 February 2024 Online disinformation : UNESCO unveils action plan to regulate social media platforms6 November 2023 Audrey Azoulay appoints Lidia Brito and Vidar Helgesen as UNESCO Assistant Directors-General for Science2 November 2023 Gaza: UNESCO calls for an immediate halt to strikes against schools27 October 2023 Middle East Crisis: UNESCO deplores "the deadliest week for journalists in any recent conflict"17 October 2023 UNESCO experts deployed to Libya to aid with the recovery after Storm Daniel9 October 2023 Armenia: UNESCO to send an emergency mission to assist with refugee welcome5 October 2023 World Teachers’ Day: Audrey Azoulay pleads for an upgrade of teachers’ status to reduce the global shortage3 October 2023 Audrey Azoulay calls for greater global investment for girls’ and women’s education29 September 2023 Ukraine: 20 cultural properties receive enhanced protection by UNESCO’s Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention7 September 2023 World Heritage Committee meets in September to inscribe new sites on the World Heritage List6 September 2023 UNESCO Jordan Office celebrates the successful conclusion of field activities implemented on three heritage sites in Irbid Governorate6 September 2023 New research underscores the vital role played by the World Heritage Convention in protecting biodiversity30 August 2023 Italian Government and UNESCO to support local communities in the World Heritage sites of Petra and Wadi Rum23 August 2023 UNESCO issues urgent call for appropriate use of technology in education11 August 2023 The Ministry of Education Convenes a Validation Workshop on the TVET System Review as Part of its TVET Reform Agenda10 August 2023 Ministry of Education holds Joint Education Strategic Plan Annual Review10 August 2023 Ministry of Education launches its Crisis and Risk Management Strategy with UNESCO support10 August 2023 Endorsement of the Jordan Declaration on Inclusion and Diversity in Education10 August 2023 MOE and HCD endorse definition of Inclusion and Diversity in Education as firm commitment to the right to education for all10 August 2023 European Union confirms 1 million Euro contribution for Jordan’s Education Management Information System in partnership with UNESCO9 August 2023 UNESCO and Italy will rehabilitate Beirut’s iconic train station24 July 2023 UNESCO to support more than 50 countries in designing an Ethical AI Policy this year17 July 2023 The United States becomes the 194th Member State of UNESCO11 July 2023 UNESCO concludes one-year Dutch funded project on media and elections in Lebanon7 July 2023 UNESCO to celebrate Southern Africa's heroine liberators in Mozambique5 July 2023 Inclusive Lifelong Learning Conference begins in Bali / #ImALifelongLearner campaign launched3 July 2023 The United States of America returns to UNESCO: A very large majority of Member States vote in favour30 June 2023 UNESCO diagnosis identifies conservation state of Rapa Nui heritage resources and proposes suggestions for their preservation30 June 2023 Artificial intelligence: Partnership between UNESCO and the EU to speed up the implementation of ethical rules27 June 2023 2023 Edition of the World Kiswahili Language Day20 June 2023 UNESCO announces US$ 100,000 financing towards the development of the creative industries in Lebanon29 May 2023 The United Nations System and the Government of Chile sign the Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2023-202613 April 2023 UNESCO joins forces with European Commission to tackle rising antisemitism through education in 12 EU States3 April 2023 Imminent risk of a global water crisis, warns the UN World Water Development Report 202322 March 2023 Internet For Trust: UNESCO global conference to tackle online disinformation and hate Speech15 February 2023 Earthquake in Syria and Türkiye: UNESCO offers support7 February 2023 UNESCO calls for intensified collective efforts to combat antisemitism online27 January 2023 ‘Reviving Mosul and Basra Old Cities’: UNESCO showcases emblematic reconstruction with a photo exhibition and concert in Brussels24 January 2023 UNESCO Statement on the situation in Iran9 December 2022 World Summit* on Groundwater at UNESCO, 7-8 December2 December 2022 Global Forum against Racism and Discrimination: UNESCO paves way for Post-COVID Recovery21 November 2022 MONDIACULT 2022 : States adopt historic Declaration for Culture30 September 2022 Director-General denounces killing of journalists Frantzsen Charles and Tayson Latigue in Haiti15 September 2022 13 days to go until MONDIACULT, the World Conference on Culture15 September 2022 Transforming Education Summit: UNESCO rallies coalitions for change15 September 2022 Successful archaeological mission for UNESCO and 8 Member States in the Mediterranean3 September 2022 Angela Merkel is awarded the Félix Houphouët-Boigny-UNESCO Peace Prize23 August 2022 Five years after liberation, Mosul's landmarks are coming back to life20 July 2022 Education: UNESCO calls for "global mobilization”30 June 2022 Ukraine: over 150 cultural sites partially or totally destroyed23 June 2022 Xueli Abbing to become UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the fight against discrimination and racism10 June 2022 Belarusian Association of Journalists awarded the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 202226 April 2022 Roundtable on Inclusion and Diversity in Education20 April 2022 D-10 International Jazz Day 2022, a Call for Global Peace and Unity20 April 2022 Ocean: UNESCO launches emergency plan to boost World Heritage-listed reefs’ resilience14 April 2022 Ukraine: UNESCO mobilizes support for learning continuity29 March 2022 Ukraine: UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of journalist Oksana Baulina24 March 2022 Endangered heritage in Ukraine: UNESCO reinforces protective measures8 March 2022 Ukraine: UNESCO statement following the adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution3 March 2022 UNESCO’s statement on the recent developments in Ukraine24 February 2022 One Ocean Summit: UNESCO pledges to have at least 80% of the seabed mapped by 203010 February 2022 Film director Naomi Kawase named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador26 November 2021 Social media campaign: UNESCO invites youth in South East Europe and Turkey to join #ThinkBeforeSharing campaign to celebrate Global Media and Information Literacy Week19 October 2021 Accra named UNESCO World Book Capital 202322 September 2021 UNESCO celebrates US handover of 3,500-year-old Gilgamesh Tablet to Iraq20 September 2021
Ukraine: UNESCO estimates the damage to culture and tourism after 2 years of war at $3.5 billion14 February 2024
Audrey Azoulay appoints Lidia Brito and Vidar Helgesen as UNESCO Assistant Directors-General for Science2 November 2023
Middle East Crisis: UNESCO deplores "the deadliest week for journalists in any recent conflict"17 October 2023
World Teachers’ Day: Audrey Azoulay pleads for an upgrade of teachers’ status to reduce the global shortage3 October 2023
Ukraine: 20 cultural properties receive enhanced protection by UNESCO’s Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention7 September 2023
World Heritage Committee meets in September to inscribe new sites on the World Heritage List6 September 2023
UNESCO Jordan Office celebrates the successful conclusion of field activities implemented on three heritage sites in Irbid Governorate6 September 2023
New research underscores the vital role played by the World Heritage Convention in protecting biodiversity30 August 2023
Italian Government and UNESCO to support local communities in the World Heritage sites of Petra and Wadi Rum23 August 2023
The Ministry of Education Convenes a Validation Workshop on the TVET System Review as Part of its TVET Reform Agenda10 August 2023
Ministry of Education launches its Crisis and Risk Management Strategy with UNESCO support10 August 2023
MOE and HCD endorse definition of Inclusion and Diversity in Education as firm commitment to the right to education for all10 August 2023
European Union confirms 1 million Euro contribution for Jordan’s Education Management Information System in partnership with UNESCO9 August 2023
Inclusive Lifelong Learning Conference begins in Bali / #ImALifelongLearner campaign launched3 July 2023
The United States of America returns to UNESCO: A very large majority of Member States vote in favour30 June 2023
UNESCO diagnosis identifies conservation state of Rapa Nui heritage resources and proposes suggestions for their preservation30 June 2023
Artificial intelligence: Partnership between UNESCO and the EU to speed up the implementation of ethical rules27 June 2023
UNESCO announces US$ 100,000 financing towards the development of the creative industries in Lebanon29 May 2023
The United Nations System and the Government of Chile sign the Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2023-202613 April 2023
UNESCO joins forces with European Commission to tackle rising antisemitism through education in 12 EU States3 April 2023
Imminent risk of a global water crisis, warns the UN World Water Development Report 202322 March 2023
Internet For Trust: UNESCO global conference to tackle online disinformation and hate Speech15 February 2023
‘Reviving Mosul and Basra Old Cities’: UNESCO showcases emblematic reconstruction with a photo exhibition and concert in Brussels24 January 2023
Global Forum against Racism and Discrimination: UNESCO paves way for Post-COVID Recovery21 November 2022
Director-General denounces killing of journalists Frantzsen Charles and Tayson Latigue in Haiti15 September 2022
Successful archaeological mission for UNESCO and 8 Member States in the Mediterranean3 September 2022
Xueli Abbing to become UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the fight against discrimination and racism10 June 2022
Belarusian Association of Journalists awarded the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 202226 April 2022
Social media campaign: UNESCO invites youth in South East Europe and Turkey to join #ThinkBeforeSharing campaign to celebrate Global Media and Information Literacy Week19 October 2021