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UNESCO » About us » Director-General

Irina Bokova

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Highlights

  • 16 May 2013
    Afghanistan: Director-General to Advocate for Education and Culture as Peace building Pillars

  • 15 May 2013
    China's Vice-Premier Expresses New Leadership's Strong Support for UNESCO

  • 13 May 2013
    Irina Bokova makes Global Appeal at Hangzhou to Integrate Culture in the Post 2015 Development Agenda

  • 08 May 2013
    Director-General on Official Visit to Nicaragua

  • 06 May 2013
    Director-General on Official Visit to El Salvador

  • 06 May 2013
    The Director-General meets the President of Costa Rica

  • 05 May 2013
    The Director-General Takes Part in the Award Ceremony of the 2013 UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

  • 02 May 2013
    Director-General on Official Visit to Costa Rica

  • 29 Apr 2013
    UNESCO Partners with Educate A Child for Quality Primary Education through UN Global Education First Initiative

  • 20 Apr 2013
    Director-General Addresses Organization of American States

  • 19 Apr 2013
    UNESCO puts spotlight on equity and teachers during Learning for All meetings in DC

  • 18 Apr 2013
    GEFI Steering Committee agrees collective actions to catalyze education progress

  • 12 Apr 2013
    The Director-General Meets the President of the Republic of Congo

  • 11 Apr 2013
    “Journeys to School” exhibition at UNESCO

  • 07 Apr 2013
    Irina Bokova on Official Visit to Slovenia

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News

  • 19 May 2013

    With the Girls of Afghanistan: “The Pen is the Sword”

  • 19 May 2013

    Stand by Us Says Afghan Women’s Journalists’ Association

  • 18 May 2013

    “Afghanistan has to take its future in its own hands” declares President Hamid Karzai

  • 18 May 2013

    Director-General condemns killing of Colombian radio director and presenter Alberto Lázaro del Valle

  • 17 May 2013

    The Director-General Pays Tribute to the Memory of Professor Christian de Duve

  • 16 May 2013

    Afghanistan: Director-General to Advocate for Education and Culture as Peace building Pillars

  • 16 May 2013

    Tongji University Honours Director-General

  • 15 May 2013

    "Culture opens new avenues for development," says the Director-General at the Hangzhou Congress

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