Hiroshima A-Bomb Dome lighting event stirs controversy
An event to illuminate trees around the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima has drawn controversy over whether it is appropriate for an area devastated by the U.S. atomic bombing in the closing days of World...
View ArticleThe Buenos Aires Declaration enshrines agreements on educational priorities...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Aware of the fact that inequality is the greatest challenge for socioeconomic development in the region, the...
View ArticleUNESCO and Colombia strengthen cooperation to consolidate peace (UNESCO -...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Irina Bokova met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar, whom she congratulated for the...
View ArticleDirector-General condemns murder of Guatemalan journalist Manuel Salvador...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today called for an enquiry into the murder of journalist Manuel...
View ArticleSustainability science: supporting Indonesia’s efforts to address social...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Indeed, they were to host the participants of the MOST School on Sustainability Science, visiting the village to...
View ArticleStudent’s personal testimony on bullying shared at international symposium...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'I was one of the kids who got bullied. In primary school I was a bit of an outsider, one of the bigger kids of whom...
View ArticleProtecting Cultural Heritage: Lessons from the Gorkha Earthquake (UNESCO -...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The Department of Archaeology (DoA), UNESCO and the National Society for Earthquake- Nepal (NSET) jointly organized...
View ArticleNine most populous countries meet in Bangladesh to align on Education 2030...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Ministers and senior representatives of nine of the most populated countries in the global South will gather in...
View ArticleDirector-General meets the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos, Nobel...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The Director-General congratulated the President on his commitment to end a devastating civil war, reaffirming...
View ArticleNew UNESCO handbook encourages media reflection on terrorism coverage (UNESCO...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) As many countries around the world grapple with the terrible violence wrought by terrorist attacks by a range of...
View ArticleIn Dhaka, Director-General Opens E-9 Ministerial Meeting: An Alliance for...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The event, hosted by the Government of Bangladesh, is the first E-9 Ministerial meeting since the adoption of the...
View ArticleUnited Nations General Assembly calls for ratification of UNESCO 2001...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) In its recent resolution A/RES/71/257 on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, adopted on 23 December 2016, the UN General...
View ArticleWinners of UNESCO Prize for sustainability education forge new ties in Japan...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'Some of the most significant discussions on ESD I've had in a long time,' said one of the winners of the prize,...
View ArticleIlha do Mozambique - Towards Safeguarding its Underwater Cultural Heritage...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The historical harbour at Mozambique Island is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Until not long time ago it was an...
View ArticleBuilding international ocean governance through science and management in...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Marine spatial planning (MSP) is the public process of analyzing and distributing ocean-related human activities...
View ArticleHow can education prevent school violence and bullying based on ethnic...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'I've learnt so much and I want to open a small printing press when I go back home,' says Bares, a live-in domestic...
View ArticleDirector-General condemns killing of journalist Abdul Hakim Shimul in...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today denounced the killing of journalist Abdul Hakim Shimul in...
View ArticleThe Director-General highlights the importance of education in consolidating...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, took part in the 16th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, held in...
View ArticleUNESCO Director-General pays tribute to philosopher and historian of ideas...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) With the disappearance of Tzvetan Todorov, on 7 February 2017, the world loses a genuine humanist, semiologist,...
View ArticleNew UNESCO handbook encourages media reflection on terrorism coverage (UNESCO...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) As many countries around the world grapple with the terrible violence wrought by terrorist attacks by a range of...
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