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France's education response to the influx of Ukrainian students

Surviving where life is no longer possible

French astrophysicist and cosmologist Jean-Pierre Luminet to receive UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science

Act for biodiversity: visit the UNESCO and LVMH pavilion at the IUCN congress

From witnessing Charlie Hebdo’s massacre to championing journalists’ solidarity: Ensuring survival of ‘Forbidden Stories’

Eighth Session of the Subsidiary Committee of the Meeting of States Parties to the 1970 Convention

Interview with Tania de Montaigne ̶ "The archaic reflex is stigmatization"

Call for hosts of the 10th International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks in 2023

President of France urges protection of youth online at UNESCO celebration of 30th anniversary of Convention on Rights of the Child

UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay opened World Journalism Education Congress in Paris

Women and football: #ChangeTheGame - towards gender equality in sports

UNESCO at France’s national conference of local radio

Intergovernmental Panel convenes to set priorities for international cooperation on mitigating the effects of Harmful Algae

Women and football #ChangeTheGame

UNESCO solemnly expresses the support of the international community to the President of the French Republic following the fire at Notre-Dame

Fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris: "UNESCO stands by France to safeguard and rehabilitate this historic heritage of outstanding universal value"

MSPforum in Réunion Island highlights synergies with the blue economy

“Me, different?”: UNESCO and the City of Bordeaux launch a global campaign against racism and discrimination

Claire Voisin: exploring mathematics and new ways of thinking

Cities rally against hate, discrimination, racism and violent extremism

UNESCO partners with French Mission on Research and Education about Genocides and Mass Atrocities

UNESCO Director-General calls for more open multilateralism at the Paris Peace Forum

UNESCO’s Communication and Information Sector Invites Experts to contribute to an open discussion on Artificial Intelligence at IGF 2018

#YouthOfUNESCO: Revolutionizing Education!

New handbook previewed at France’s Internet forum

10th IFAP Council meeting successfully concludes its work

Upholding the principle of the rule of law through education

Launch of a study to promote women’s football internationally

Early childhood care and education as a cradle for social cohesion

The Bureau of the Intergovernmental Council of the Information for All Programme (IFAP) held yesterday its 28th meeting

UNESCO Director-General and French Sport Minister issue joint declaration against racism in Sport

UNESCO more necessary than ever, declares Audrey Azoulay

Ghana accepts Garuda bird to mark handover of World Press Freedom Day

Audrey Azoulay nominated by UNESCO Executive Board for the post of Director-General

UNESCO Partners with French National Museum of Natural History

UNESCO Director-General meets the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron

UNESCO Director-General pays tribute to the memory of French actress Jeanne Moreau

UNESCO’s IPDCtalks: Powering Sustainable Development with Access to Information

Director General deplores the death of Franco-Swiss journalist Véronique Robert

UNESCO Director-General meets French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian

Giulia Domna’s Story of Illicit Trafficking

UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture awarded to Bahia Shehab and eL Seed

Annual Meeting of UNESCO Honorary and Goodwill Ambassadors 2017

Agreement on software preservation signed at UNESCO

UNESCO, France and the Emirates launch an International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage

Leadership for Africa

UNESCO celebrating women in the arts on International Women’s Day

MAB Programme meets with the French National Forestry Office at the International Agriculture Fair

UNESCO embarks on board Energy Observer, the first hydrogen ship

France organizes international conference at UNESCO for aid to victims

With President Francois Hollande, UNESCO Director-General inaugurates the exhibition "Eternal Sites" at the Grand Palais

UNESCO Round-Table: How to Respond to Antisemitism

Children's rights

Scholars should help make the internet more human-centred

Cinema stars partner up with UNESCO to raise public awareness around ocean protection

Exhibition on the Power of Sport Values in Saint-Denis

UNESCO Director-General condemns Nice attacks

Meeting between the Director-General and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development of France

Assessing ecosystem services in the Mediterranean Large Marine Ecosystem

French UNESCO Associated Schools commit to climate action, following COP21

Night owls welcome at UNESCO for European Night of Museums

Celebrating young film makers from the developing world - 2005 Convention at Cannes Film Festival

New UNITWIN strategy plan defined for Education for Sustainable Development

Irina Bokova inaugurates UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE) in UNESCO premises together with UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner

UNESCO Director-General at Annual Dinner of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France

UNESCO highlights responsibility to educate on the history of the Holocaust

Radio France International (RFI) and UNESCO work together to promote the General History of Africa

Director-General deplores the death of photographer Leïla Alaoui in Ouagadougou terror attack

French President François Hollande invokes the unity of all cultures at UNESCO’s Leaders’ Forum

UNESCO upgrades its global toolkit for the digital world

UNESCO Member States come together to determine the Organization’s activities, 3 to 18 November

UNESCO says education is key to eradicating the scourge of doping in sport

Union for the Mediterranean partners with UNESCO to undertake joint activities and programmes

Director-General takes part in Women’s Forum in Deauville (France)

UNESCO panel of experts calls for ban on “editing” of human DNA to avoid unethical tampering with hereditary traits

MAB France rewards local actors for original sustainable development initiatives in French biosphere reserves.

François Hollande designates Massif des Bauges Global Geopark as first « Positive Energy Territory »

Irina Bokova: Urgent action for cultural diversity in the Middle East is required

UNESCO highlights artists’ perspective on the memory of slavery

Tour de France races through Haute Provence Global Geopark

The Director-General participates in the “Summit of Conscience for the Climate”

Director-General receives the National Order of the Legion of Honour

Director-General receives Mr Gérard Larcher, President of the French Senate

“Jazz is a universal language” says Director-General Irina Bokova at the International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert in Paris

Francois Hollande receives UN Secretary-General and UNESCO Director-General

Irina Bokova and Herbie Hancock announce 185 countries confirmed to participate in fourth annual International Jazz Day

Director-General Irina Bokova and Artist for Peace Marcus Miller launch Jazz Day 2015

Inauguration of the operational centre for ocean observation in Brest

“Education is a human rights imperative – it is a development imperative – it is a security imperative”

Global citizenship must be placed at the centre of education systems

UNESCO hosts ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau

Day of Debate at UNESCO: Journalism after Charlie

Director-General condemns “unprecedented” and “appalling crime” against Charlie Hebdo

Aladdin Project honoured by Anti-Defamation League Daniel Pearl Award

Assessment of inclusive policies: UNESCO supports evidence-based approaches and the participation of the populations concerned