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UNESCO supports launch of an Online media ethics school in Bosnia and...

(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'For more than 10 years, I have been organizing successful summer schools on media ethics for journalists students....

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UNESCO 'has to know' of planned land clearing in Great Barrier Reef...

Queensland landholders are planning to clear nearly 70,000 hectares of bush in Great Barrier Reef catchments in a move that will further damage the icon, according to a conservation group ......

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UNESCO Director-General: “Thank you and happy 2017 to all members of the...

(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) I wish to take this opportunity to thank each of you for the commitment that you bring to UNESCO. UNESCO is a great...

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Japan pays UNESCO dues after reforms soften ire over Nanjing Massacre documents

Japan has made its annual contribution to UNESCO after withholding the funds over the U.N. heritage body’s decision to include “Documents of Nanjing Massacre” in its Memory of the World program,...

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Sweden supports UNESCO’s Cultural Conventions in the Arab Region and media...

(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) On 28 November 2016, the Government of Sweden and UNESCO signed three letters of agreement to support the protection...

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West and Central Africa Regional Coordination Group on SDG4-Education 2030...

(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) In attendance at the meeting were regional representatives of United Nations agencies, multilateral organizations and...

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Ocean Elder Sven Lindblad on why Protecting UNESCO’s Marine World Heritage Is...

(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Last August, the UNESCO's Marine World Heritage Managers Conference was held on board Lindblad Expedition's National...

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Mobile Learning Week 2017 – Education in emergencies and crises (UNESCO -...

(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) A mobile device is often one of the few possessions taken by people forced to leave their homes, and in many...

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Participate in the 2017 MAB Youth Forum: "Committed to sustainable...

(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The MAB Secretariat offers, in collaboration with the Regional Bureau located in Venice, an opportunity for young...

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INTERPOL Conference to Strengthen the Fight against Illicit Trafficking of...

(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Seizing stolen cultural artefacts from Iraq and Syria, preventing their sale on the international markets and...

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Can the universal basic income solve global inequalities? (UNESCO - United...

(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The idea of an unconditional basic income (UBI) is quite simple: every legal resident in a country receives a monthly...

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Open license is a fair return on investments (UNESCO - United Nations...

(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The lack of educational resources remains one of the major problems in the world. 'Even in the United-States, two...

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Can Malaysia avoid the middle-income trap? (UNESCO - United Nations...

(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Innovation for inclusive development has risen in the public policy agenda and is currently being widely discussed in...

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Inventory of salvaged artefacts prepared

Kathmandu, December 27 Over 1,565 artefacts, including three copper inscriptions, five stone idols, and other carved wooden members such as doors and windows were re-assembled during the rescue...

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Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Education, a project...

(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 60 participants representing the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Women, Children and Social...

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Director-General urges investigation into murder of journalist Larry Que in...

(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today called on the authorities of the Philippines to investigate the...

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Israeli Minister: ‘Obama Is History, We Have Trump’

TEL AVIV – “Obama is history. We have Trump," Israel's Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev said on Tuesday, adding that President Barack Obama never supported Israel. ......

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The Indy Eye: Villa Ocampo, UNESCO Cultural Observatory

Out in the leafy northern suburb of San Isidro, the mansion belonging to renowned Argentine writer and intellectual, now a UNESCO-run cultural observatory, offers an interesting escape from the...

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Culture lies at the heart of urban renewal and innovation (UNESCO - United...

(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Culture has the power to make cities more prosperous, safer and sustainable, according to UNESCO's , launched this...

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Reception center evacuated after major fire destroys UNESCO listed building...

A World Heritage listed building that serves as reception centers in Rjukan in Telemark, was badly damaged in a fire on Friday night. Police evacuated......

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