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Assessment of its Internet Development14 January 2022 Director-General condemns murder of journalists Wilguens Louissaint and John Wesley Amady in Haiti11 January 2022 Director-General condemns killing of media worker Muratkhan Bazarbayev in Kazakhstan11 January 2022 Journalist killings decline in 2021 but alarming threats remain6 January 2022 Director-General condemns killing of journalist Sai Win Aung in Myanmar5 January 2022 Yemen: Joint statement by OHCHR and UNESCO on two detained staff members27 December 2021 UNESCO Director-General calls for investigation into death of photojournalist Soe Naing in Myanmar22 December 2021 43 elements inscribed on UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage lists16 December 2021 Durga Puja inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity15 December 2021 UNESCO conducted a workshop on Curriculum Development for TVET programmes in Iraq within Reviving of Mosul and Basra Old Cities Project, Funded by EU15 December 2021 Director-General calls for justice following assassination of journalist Jesus Yutrago Malabanan in the Philippines14 December 2021 Returning the Loot14 December 2021 UNESCO and EU Conduct Training for Tourist Guides in Samarkand13 December 2021 An entire generation of students could lose up to USD1 trillion throughout the course of their lives in MENA due to COVID1913 December 2021 International Day of Persons with Disabilities13 December 2021 UNESCO calls for better oversight of private education to reduce inequalities13 December 2021 High-level Expert Meeting on strengthening stakeholder partnerships to ratify and implement the Convention on recognition of Higher Educational Qualifications10 December 2021 Intangible cultural heritage: Committee meets to decide on new inscriptions8 December 2021 Audrey Azoulay names Lazare Eloundou Assomo head of the World Heritage Centre7 December 2021 Learning losses from COVID-19 school closures could impoverish a whole generation6 December 2021 Successful policy dialogue concluded for the education sector in Jordan2 December 2021 Media Information Literacy as public good National Conference in Palestine30 November 2021 UNESCO warns of a lack of progress in basic learning achievements since 2013 in Latin America and the Caribbean30 November 2021 Netherlands supports UNESCO Iraq to enhance the safety of journalists29 November 2021 The Netherlands joins UNESCO’s Li Beirut initiative to support the media in upcoming Lebanese elections26 November 2021 Film director Naomi Kawase named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador26 November 2021 UNESCO sets ambitious international standards for open science26 November 2021 Director-General condemns killing of journalist Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled in Somalia25 November 2021 UNESCO member states adopt the first ever global agreement on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence25 November 2021 UNESCO’s General Conference reaches global agreements on artificial intelligence, open science and education25 November 2021 Director-General urges investigation into murder of journalist Buddhinath Jha in India22 November 2021 Science Week: Better Health Through Better Understanding22 November 2021 Director-General calls for justice following killing of journalist Muhammad Zada Agra in Pakistan22 November 2021 EU and UNESCO are Launching a Training for Tourist Guides in Samarkand20 November 2021 Director-General condemns murder of journalist Orlando Dinoy in the Philippines19 November 2021 UNESCO awards the 2021 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy to the foundation Construyendo y Creciendo17 November 2021 The Forest Research Institute Malaysia and the University for International Cooperation in Costa Rica to receive 2021 UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation17 November 2021 Laureates from Ghana, Palestine and Peru win 2021 UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development15 November 2021 Under Li Beirut, UNESCO mobilizes support, partnerships and resources for Lebanon’s Five-Year Education Plan11 November 2021 Director-General denounces assassination of journalist Rasha Abdullah Al Harazi in Yemen10 November 2021 UNESCO Member States unite to increase investment in education10 November 2021 Audrey Azoulay re-elected at the head of UNESCO with massive support9 November 2021 Audrey Azoulay re-elected at the head of UNESCO with massive support9 November 2021 State Parties in the Pacific reassess their priorities concerning the World Heritage5 November 2021 French astrophysicist and cosmologist Jean-Pierre Luminet to receive UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science4 November 2021 “No to impunity for crimes against journalists in the Arab region”3 November 2021 Professors Balzani and Oganessian to receive first UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences3 November 2021 Director-General condemns murder of journalists Fredy López Arévalo and Alfredo Cardoso in Mexico2 November 2021 Barthélémy Toguo designated UNESCO Artist for Peace2 November 2021 Only half of the national curricula in the world have a reference to climate change, UNESCO warns31 October 2021 MoTIV (Uganda) and Kozjansko Park Public Institute (Slovenia) win UNESCO prizes in the field of culture31 October 2021 New study: How UNESCO's World Heritage forests play a vital role in mitigating climate change28 October 2021 Director-General condemns killing of journalist Raman Kashyap in India27 October 2021 Director-General condemns killing of journalist Raman Kashyap in India27 October 2021 Director-General condemns killing of journalist Raman Kashyap in India27 October 2021 Global Education Ministers Conference, towards a shared action plan to counter hate speech26 October 2021 UNESCO General Conference: landmark global agreements expected on Artificial Intelligence and Open Science as the agency celebrates its 75th anniversary26 October 2021 Emblematic Mayan stela returns to Guatemala25 October 2021 A pool of experts to be created in the Pacific for the safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage25 October 2021 UNESCO Exhibition: ‘Creative Resilience’ to feature artworks by female Scientists reflecting on their pandemic experiences20 October 2021 The future of 800 million children across Asia at risk as their education has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic19 October 2021 Social media campaign: UNESCO invites youth in South East Europe and Turkey to join #ThinkBeforeSharing campaign to celebrate Global Media and Information Literacy Week19 October 2021 South East Europe Regional Conference “Media and Information Literacy for the public good”18 October 2021 UNESCO launches global eDNA project to study vulnerability of species to climate change at marine World Heritage sites18 October 2021 The Opening of the Old Hebron Museum15 October 2021 Laureates from Brazil and Mozambique to receive 2021 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education15 October 2021 Director-General condemns murder of journalist Shahid Zehri in Pakistan14 October 2021 Netflix & UNESCO launch groundbreaking competition in Sub-Saharan Africa to find Africa’s next generation of filmmakers14 October 2021 In Lebanon, a panel discussion on the policies of media organizations with regard to gender issues, organized by the National Commission for Women and UNESCO13 October 2021 UNESCO launches a series of trainings on craftsmanship, design and entrepreneurship in Margilan12 October 2021 Director-General condemns murder of journalist Manuel González Reyes in Mexico11 October 2021 UNESCO Director-General welcomes recognition of crucial role of journalists by Nobel Peace Prize9 October 2021 Under Li Beirut, UNESCO gathers experts at AUB to identify and protect modern cultural heritage after the blasts8 October 2021 Regional Workshop to Strengthening Regional Cooperation in the Fight Against Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property in Southern Africa6 October 2021 On World Teachers’ Day, UNESCO and partners urge governments to prioritise teachers in education recovery2 October 2021 New UNESCO publication highlights growth potential of Africa’s film industry2 October 2021 UNESCO launches 2021 State of the Education Report for India: No Teacher, No Class2 October 2021 L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science recognize five women researchers for pioneering work in environmental and life sciences30 September 2021 UN agencies in Brazil release report on post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery28 September 2021 Director-General condemns killing of journalist Marcos Efraín Montalvo Escobar in Colombia28 September 2021 Limitless Horizons Ixil awarded with UNESCO – King Sejong International Literacy Price In Guatemala28 September 2021 Building a planet at peace with nature: UNESCO joins Minecraft’s latest challenge27 September 2021 UNESCO brings together stakeholders to discuss the role of social media in promoting peace27 September 2021 Building Back Better with Access to Information27 September 2021 Bamako, capitale des humanités africaines : Valoriser les savoirs endogènes africains pour imaginer un autre futur27 September 2021 International Day for Universal Access to Information 2021 – Building Back Better with Access to Information24 September 2021 Seven year old from Bangalore Awarded International Photo Award22 September 2021 Accra named UNESCO World Book Capital 202322 September 2021 Most countries in Asia-Pacific off-track to achieve SDG4 targets despite increasing numbers of children going to school21 September 2021 UNESCO celebrates US handover of 3,500-year-old Gilgamesh Tablet to Iraq20 September 2021 Afghanistan - UNESCO Director-General expresses deep concern over the exclusion of girls from school reopening18 September 2021 National Museum/UFRJ launches a campaign to rebuild collections and disseminate advances in its reconstruction16 September 2021 UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme names laureates of Young Scientists and Michel Batisse awards16 September 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Promotion of digital education in Guatemala: delivery of IGER scholarships and Huawei tablets to adolescents and young indigenous women of Totonicapán18 January 2022
Director-General condemns murder of journalists Wilguens Louissaint and John Wesley Amady in Haiti11 January 2022
UNESCO Director-General calls for investigation into death of photojournalist Soe Naing in Myanmar22 December 2021
Durga Puja inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity15 December 2021
UNESCO conducted a workshop on Curriculum Development for TVET programmes in Iraq within Reviving of Mosul and Basra Old Cities Project, Funded by EU15 December 2021
Director-General calls for justice following assassination of journalist Jesus Yutrago Malabanan in the Philippines14 December 2021
An entire generation of students could lose up to USD1 trillion throughout the course of their lives in MENA due to COVID1913 December 2021
High-level Expert Meeting on strengthening stakeholder partnerships to ratify and implement the Convention on recognition of Higher Educational Qualifications10 December 2021
UNESCO warns of a lack of progress in basic learning achievements since 2013 in Latin America and the Caribbean30 November 2021
The Netherlands joins UNESCO’s Li Beirut initiative to support the media in upcoming Lebanese elections26 November 2021
UNESCO member states adopt the first ever global agreement on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence25 November 2021
UNESCO’s General Conference reaches global agreements on artificial intelligence, open science and education25 November 2021
Director-General urges investigation into murder of journalist Buddhinath Jha in India22 November 2021
Director-General calls for justice following killing of journalist Muhammad Zada Agra in Pakistan22 November 2021
UNESCO awards the 2021 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy to the foundation Construyendo y Creciendo17 November 2021
The Forest Research Institute Malaysia and the University for International Cooperation in Costa Rica to receive 2021 UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation17 November 2021
Laureates from Ghana, Palestine and Peru win 2021 UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development15 November 2021
Under Li Beirut, UNESCO mobilizes support, partnerships and resources for Lebanon’s Five-Year Education Plan11 November 2021
Director-General denounces assassination of journalist Rasha Abdullah Al Harazi in Yemen10 November 2021
French astrophysicist and cosmologist Jean-Pierre Luminet to receive UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science4 November 2021
Professors Balzani and Oganessian to receive first UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences3 November 2021
Director-General condemns murder of journalists Fredy López Arévalo and Alfredo Cardoso in Mexico2 November 2021
Only half of the national curricula in the world have a reference to climate change, UNESCO warns31 October 2021
MoTIV (Uganda) and Kozjansko Park Public Institute (Slovenia) win UNESCO prizes in the field of culture31 October 2021
New study: How UNESCO's World Heritage forests play a vital role in mitigating climate change28 October 2021
Global Education Ministers Conference, towards a shared action plan to counter hate speech26 October 2021
UNESCO General Conference: landmark global agreements expected on Artificial Intelligence and Open Science as the agency celebrates its 75th anniversary26 October 2021
A pool of experts to be created in the Pacific for the safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage25 October 2021
UNESCO Exhibition: ‘Creative Resilience’ to feature artworks by female Scientists reflecting on their pandemic experiences20 October 2021
The future of 800 million children across Asia at risk as their education has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic19 October 2021
Social media campaign: UNESCO invites youth in South East Europe and Turkey to join #ThinkBeforeSharing campaign to celebrate Global Media and Information Literacy Week19 October 2021
South East Europe Regional Conference “Media and Information Literacy for the public good”18 October 2021
UNESCO launches global eDNA project to study vulnerability of species to climate change at marine World Heritage sites18 October 2021
Laureates from Brazil and Mozambique to receive 2021 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education15 October 2021
Netflix & UNESCO launch groundbreaking competition in Sub-Saharan Africa to find Africa’s next generation of filmmakers14 October 2021
In Lebanon, a panel discussion on the policies of media organizations with regard to gender issues, organized by the National Commission for Women and UNESCO13 October 2021
UNESCO launches a series of trainings on craftsmanship, design and entrepreneurship in Margilan12 October 2021
UNESCO Director-General welcomes recognition of crucial role of journalists by Nobel Peace Prize9 October 2021
Under Li Beirut, UNESCO gathers experts at AUB to identify and protect modern cultural heritage after the blasts8 October 2021
Regional Workshop to Strengthening Regional Cooperation in the Fight Against Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property in Southern Africa6 October 2021
On World Teachers’ Day, UNESCO and partners urge governments to prioritise teachers in education recovery2 October 2021
L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science recognize five women researchers for pioneering work in environmental and life sciences30 September 2021
Director-General condemns killing of journalist Marcos Efraín Montalvo Escobar in Colombia28 September 2021
Limitless Horizons Ixil awarded with UNESCO – King Sejong International Literacy Price In Guatemala28 September 2021
UNESCO brings together stakeholders to discuss the role of social media in promoting peace27 September 2021
Bamako, capitale des humanités africaines : Valoriser les savoirs endogènes africains pour imaginer un autre futur27 September 2021
International Day for Universal Access to Information 2021 – Building Back Better with Access to Information24 September 2021
Most countries in Asia-Pacific off-track to achieve SDG4 targets despite increasing numbers of children going to school21 September 2021
Afghanistan - UNESCO Director-General expresses deep concern over the exclusion of girls from school reopening18 September 2021
National Museum/UFRJ launches a campaign to rebuild collections and disseminate advances in its reconstruction16 September 2021
UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme names laureates of Young Scientists and Michel Batisse awards16 September 2021
UNESCO steps up efforts for biodiversity conservation with the designation of 20 new biosphere reserves15 September 2021
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UNESCO stands with all Afghans to ensure youth and adults in Afghanistan, especially women and girls, achieve literacy and numeracy by 203015 September 2021