UNESCO calls to harness the role of heritage in peace-building (UNESCO -...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The event opened a two-day expert meeting on the contribution of culture to peacebuilding and recovery. Irina Bokova,...
View ArticleWorld Oceans Day: from words to action (UNESCO - United Nations Educational,...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) In a round table debate entitled 'Moving from Agreement to Action' at UNESCO Headquarters, policy makers, experts,...
View ArticleUNESCO addresses the OIF conference on the Fight against Terrorism and the...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The Conference confirmed the necessity for an active involvement at all levels in the fight against terrorism and...
View ArticleThe Director-General addresses Flemish Parliament on the “New Multilateralism...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The Director-General opened by expressing her condolences for the loss of life that followed the recent terrorist...
View ArticleScience, technology and innovation to forge partnerships in and for least...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) During the conference on the Midterm Review of the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA), a UN conference to assess the...
View ArticleArchaeological Site in Petra Reveals Monumental Platform
The ancient city of Petra may be one of the world’s best-known archaeological sites that yet it continues to reveal its secrets, CNN reported Thursday. The latest secret is the discovery of a massive...
View ArticleFrom Science to Policy to Action-Promoting the Virtuous Cycle of STI for SDGs...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The discussions, which were moderated by Dr Flavia Schlegel, ADG for Natural Sciences,UNESCO, addressed in an...
View ArticleUNESCO prize-winners spread Green Office model across Europe (UNESCO - United...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) In 2012 four students brainstorming in the Green Office at Maastricht University in the Netherlands came up with an...
View ArticleESD guideline disseminated to thousands of schools in Japan (UNESCO - United...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT) has developed a 'Guideline on the...
View ArticleCuba reaffirms commitment to safeguarding national heritage
During the Sixth Session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Gladys Collazo, president of the National Cultural...
View ArticleBreakfast session on Water and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The session will focus on how major urban centres can use their financial and technological resources to meet the...
View ArticleUNESCO urges Internet stakeholders to embrace the 2030 sustainable...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Eurodig is the European Internet Governance Forum, and its 2016 conference was titled 'Embracing the digital...
View ArticleESD guideline reaching to thousands of schools in Japan (UNESCO - United...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT) has developed a 'Guideline on the...
View ArticleWorld Heritage pilgrimage trails in Kii mountains to be expanded
UNESCO said Friday it has decided to propose approving Japan’s request to expand the World Heritage area of religious sites and pilgrimage trails in the Kii mountains straddling central and western...
View ArticleArchaeologist points to hidden monument in Jordan’s Petra
AMMAN: A US archaeologist says satellite and drone images have led to a new discovery in the ancient city of Petra — a massive platform...
View ArticleZeyneb, 15, lights up her Ethiopian village and wins education prize (UNESCO...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Zeyneb, 15, won the award with three inventions, a mobile charger that works by solar light, an incubator and an...
View ArticleAustralia Plans A$1 Billion Fund to Protect Great Barrier Reef
Australia’s government plans a A$1 billion ($736 million) fund to protect the Great Barrier Reef from the effects of climate change and declining water quality. Warming waters are bleaching the reef’s...
View ArticleUNESCO’s Director-General condemns the Destruction of Nabu Temple (UNESCO -...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Satellite imagery collected on 3 June 2016 and information from the authorities confirm the extensive damage on the...
View ArticleDirector-General condemns murder of journalist Víctor Hugo Valdez Cardona in...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'I condemn the killing of Víctor Hugo Valdez Cardona,' said the Director-General. 'I trust that the Guatemalan...
View ArticleUNESCO joins global gathering of Jewish leaders (UNESCO - United Nations...
(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The forum was also an opportunity to share the outcomes of the UNESCO Conference for International Holocaust...
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