UNESCO panel recommends adding 33 Japan festivals to heritage list
A UNESCO preliminary review panel recommended that 33 traditional Japanese festivals be registered on the Intangible Cultural Heritage list, the Japanese Cultural Affairs Agency said Monday. Listing of...
View ArticleDirector-General meets the Premier of Quebec (UNESCO - United Nations...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) This meeting took place in the framework of the International Conference on 'Internet and the Radicalization of...
View ArticleSoft Power for the 21st Century (UNESCO - United Nations Educational,...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Speaking before a large audience of decision-makers, business leaders, university rectors and professors, media,...
View ArticleA call for justice for killed journalists ahead of International Day to End...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) This encouraging sign comes as UNESCO and its partners prepare to mark the International Day to End Impunity for...
View ArticleIsrael acts to blunt criticism of the occupation as its grip tightens
Israel has just emerged from its three-week high holidays, a period that in recent years has been marked by extremist religious Jews making provocative visits to Al Aqsa mosque compound in occupied...
View ArticleYoung Girls and ICT: The Perfect Combination to Fight Poverty in Burkina Faso...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) ICTs are fundamental for youth development. Their spectacular growth gives them an enormous potential for sustainable...
View ArticleUNESCO Trains Young Women Leaders in Burkina Faso in Mobile App Development...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) In this context, in July and August 2016, UNESCO supported the African Youth Network, an African NGO promoting...
View Article70 years ago, on 4 November 1946, the UNESCO Constitution came into force...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 70 years ago, on 4 November 1946, the UNESCO Constitution came into force, with the 20th ratification. To mark the...
View ArticleUNESCO calls for justice for killed journalists on International Day to End...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) This encouraging sign comes as UNESCO and its partners prepare to mark the International Day to End Impunity for...
View ArticleWomen’s Entrepreneurship, Digital Dialogue and Exchange Among Young Girls:...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) It is in this context that a series of activities to build the capacity of girls on the use of mobile applications to...
View ArticleUNESCO supports African national broadcasters to develop gender equality...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The transition experienced by Africa, with the recent liberalization of the media space, has been marked by the...
View ArticleThe First Asian Conference on Biocultural Diversity highlights the importance...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Under the umbrella of the UNESCO-SCBD Joint Programme on the Links between Biological and Cultural Diversity, the...
View ArticleUNESCO calls for justice for killed journalists on International Day to End...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) This encouraging sign comes as UNESCO and its partners prepare to mark the International Day to End Impunity for...
View ArticlePress Freedom Groups Launch Video Campaign Calling for an End to Attacks...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'No to Impunity' is the key message several international press freedom groups and Yemeni journalists share on 2...
View ArticleDirector-General Signs Two Funding Agreements with Finland (UNESCO - United...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The agreements foresee support of Euros 200,000 for IPDC and Euros 100,000 to the Global Education Monitoring Report....
View ArticleUNESCO’s Centre of Excellence for Business Skills Development (CEBSD)...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Start Your Own Business students with trainers Ko Linn Myat and Kyaw Min Oo As an innovative public-private...
View ArticleUNESCO expert mission examines the state of conservation of Laas Geel Rock...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) In the framework of UNESCO's support towards the sustainable development of the Culture Sector in Somalia, and in...
View ArticleBamiyan Cultural Centre Moving Forward with Construction (UNESCO - United...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Following the first-stone laying ceremony in June 2016, and an open bidding to select the construction company...
View ArticleNo to impunity for Crimes Against Journalists in the Arab Region (UNESCO -...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The event featured press interviews and a photo exhibition to mark this day, highlighting some cases of murdered or...
View ArticleThe Ocean Is Losing Its Breath – And Climate Change Is Making It Worse
Global climate change produces many effects – warming air energizes the atmosphere and intensifies storms; warmer water expands and raises sea level; storage of more carbon dioxide in the oceans is...
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