About UNESCO Montevideo
UNESCO Montevideo was established in 1949, shortly after the birth of the Organization worldwide, under the name of UNESCO Centre for Scientific Cooperation for Latin America and the Caribbean. It was UNESCO's first scientific cooperation centre in the world. It arose from a request by UNESCO's Second General Conference, held in 1947 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to convene leading experts to advise the Organization on how best to help advance science in Latin America.
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The pen and the camera are not enemies; neither are uniforms
2022
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Tales of Silken Times
avril 2023
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Defending creative voices - Artists in emergencies, learning from the safety of journalists
2023
Publication supported by the UNESCO-Aschberg programme for artists and cultural professionals and by the UNESCO Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of journalists.
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