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Ukraine: Restoring scientific infrastructure will cost over $1.26 billion (UNESCO)

Generative AI: UNESCO study reveals alarming evidence of regressive gender stereotypes

Democratic Republic of Congo: UNESCO and AFD promise to provide better training and support for teachers

Nisha assumes office as UNESCO Director & Representative for Southern Africa

UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of journalist Yasser Mamdouh El-Fady in Palestine

UNESCO – successfully concludes Timor-Leste delegation visit to Cambodia for International Benchmark Training on Conflict Reconciliation and Peacebuilding

UNESCO Director-General condemns the killing of journalist Myat Thu Tan in Myanmar

Ministries of Education of Latin America and the Caribbean commit to increase efforts to reactivate, recover, and transform educational systems

UNESCO welcomes ambitious African Union education goals

G20: Audrey Azoulay in Rio for foreign ministers' meeting

UNESCO Member States adopt global framework to strengthen Culture and Arts education

Ukraine: UNESCO estimates the damage to culture and tourism after 2 years of war at $3.5 billion

UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities: 64 new members from 35 countries

Ukraine’s recovery: UNESCO mobilizes an additional $14.6 million thanks to Japan

UNESCO Director-General condemns the killing of journalist Luis Alonso Teruel in Honduras

UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of journalist Mardonio Mejía Mendoza in Colombia

AI Ethics: 8 global tech companies commit to apply UNESCO’s Recommendation

Vinícius Junior named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador

Spain to host MONDIACULT 2025

The “Ministerial Meeting of Education” begins in Santiago, with an urgent call to recover and reactivate the educational systems of Latin America and the Caribbean

The effects of the pandemic on education in Latin America and the Caribbean will last for many years; there is an urgent need to accelerate learning, UNESCO points out

Auschwitz: Historic agreement signed at UNESCO between the Successor States of Yugoslavia

Ocean Literacy: UNESCO and Prada Group extend their SEA BEYOND educational program to 56 countries

UNESCO Director-General deplores death of media worker Yazan Emad Al-Zwaidi in Palestine

Chile will host an extraordinary meeting of the Ministers of Education of Latin America and the Caribbean

UNESCO dedicates the International Day of Education 2024 to countering hate speech

UNESCO Director-General deplores the death journalist Mohamed Naser Abu Huwaidi in Palestine

UNESCO Director-General deplores the death of journalist Ahmad Bdeir in Palestine

UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of journalist Francisco Ramirez Amador in Honduras

UNESCO Director-General condemns killings of journalists Gleymer Renan Villeda and César Augusto Leiva Pimentel in Guatemala

UNESCO Director-General condemns killings of Hamza Al Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya in Palestine

UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of journalist João Fernando Chamusse in Mozambique

UNESCO Director-General deplores death of media worker Samer Abu Daqqa in Palestine

2023 : Alarming increase in journalists killed in conflict zones

UNESCO Director-General deplores the death of media worker Montaser Al-Sawaf in Palestine

UNESCO Director-General deplores the death of journalist Ayat Khadoura in Palestine

UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of journalist Sun Lin in China

UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of journalist Assem Al-Barsh in Palestine

COP28: New report quantifies the impact of climate disruption on 15 UNESCO designated sites

UNESCO and the US deepen their partnership on environmental protection

UNESCO celebrates 20 Years of Living Heritage, adding 55 new inscriptions to its list

In Naples, Audrey Azoulay stresses that efforts to protect heritage must always also be in the interests of the local population

Fast growth of digital technology is challenging education priorities and practices in South-East Asia

COP28: New UNESCO report warns of ethical risks of Climate Engineering

UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of media workers Farah Omar and Rabih Me’mari in Lebanon

UNESCO Director-General deplores death of journalist Bilal Jadallah in Palestine

UNESCO Director-General deplores death of journalist Bilal Jadallah in Palestine

UNESCO Director-General deplores the deaths of journalists Sari Mansour and Hassouneh Salim in Palestine

UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage: The 18th session of the Intergovernmental Committee

UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of journalist Ismael Villagómez Tapia in Mexico

UNESCO Director-General deplores death of media worker Ahmed Fatima in Palestine

Kakhovka Dam destruction: US$ 485 million needed for the recovery of culture, environment and education (UNESCO)

UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of Abdoul Aziz Djibrilla in Mali

UNESCO Director-General deplores the death of Roshdi Sarraj in Palestine

UNESCO Director-General deplores the death of Mohammed Ali in Palestine

UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of Juan Jumalon in the Philippines

UNESCO Director-General deplores the death of Saed al-Halabi in Palestine

UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of Roee Idan in Israel

Online disinformation : UNESCO unveils action plan to regulate social media platforms

UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of Abdifatah Moallim Nur in Somalia

Audrey Azoulay appoints Lidia Brito and Vidar Helgesen as UNESCO Assistant Directors-General for Science

UNESCO-Japan Prize on education for sustainable development awards projects from Guatemala, Japan and Zimbabwe

Ahead of super-election year, UNESCO appeals to governments around the world to protect journalists’ rights

55 new cities join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network on World Cities Day

UNESCO Director-General deplores the death of journalist Abdulhadi Habib in Palestine

UNESCO Director-General deplores the death of journalist Mohammad Balousha in Palestine

Gaza: UNESCO calls for an immediate halt to strikes against schools

UNESCO Report: Africa, a new global fashion leader

UNESCO Director-General deplores the deaths of journalists Mohammad Jarghoun and Mohammad El-Salhi in Palestine

UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of journalist Ibrahim Mohammad Lafi in Palestine

Middle East Crisis: UNESCO deplores "the deadliest week for journalists in any recent conflict"

UNESCO Director-General deplores death of photographer Mohamed Fayez Abu Matar in Palestine

UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of Halima Idris Salim in Sudan

UNESCO Director-General deplores death of journalist Issam Abdallah in Lebanon

UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of Yaniv Zohar in Israel

UNESCO Director-General deplores deaths of journalists Saeed Al-Taweel, Mohammed Sobboh and Hisham Alnwajha in Palestine

UNESCO experts deployed to Libya to aid with the recovery after Storm Daniel

UNESCO names Rio de Janeiro as World Book Capital for 2025

Armenia: UNESCO to send an emergency mission to assist with refugee welcome

World Teachers’ Day: Audrey Azoulay pleads for an upgrade of teachers’ status to reduce the global shortage

UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of Jesús Gutiérrez Vergara in Mexico

Audrey Azoulay calls for greater global investment for girls’ and women’s education

UNESCO World Heritage: 42 new sites inscribed

UNESCO: Global number of out-of-school children rises by 6 million

Ukraine: UNESCO sites of Kyiv and L’viv are inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

UNESCO and WMF join Forces to inventory the Jewish Heritage Worldwide

Photo exhibition dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Convention for the Protection of the Intangible Cultural Heritage starts in Almaty

Uganda’s Tombs of the Kings of Buganda at Kasubi to be removed from the World Heritage in Danger List

UNESCO and Italy announce the completion of their project to rehabilitate and valorize the Qadisha Valley

MoEYS and UNESCO emphasise the importance of literacy and lifelong learning for human resource development on International Literacy Day

UNESCO: Governments must quickly regulate Generative AI in schools

Ukraine: 20 cultural properties receive enhanced protection by UNESCO’s Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention

World Heritage Committee meets in September to inscribe new sites on the World Heritage List

UNESCO Jordan Office celebrates the successful conclusion of field activities implemented on three heritage sites in Irbid Governorate

2023 UNESCO International Literacy Prizes reward six innovative programmes

UNESCO Director-General deplores killing of media worker Najm el-Din Faisal Haj Sinan in Syria

On a visit to Rwanda, Audrey Azoulay calls for greater global efforts to protect the great apes

New research underscores the vital role played by the World Heritage Convention in protecting biodiversity

Italian Government and UNESCO to support local communities in the World Heritage sites of Petra and Wadi Rum

UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of journalist Jan Mohammad Mahar in Pakistan