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Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance of the United Arab Emirates inaugurate Room I30 October 2017 NewsUkrainian conductor Herman Makarenko to be appointed UNESCO Artist for Peace23 November 2016 NewsUNESCO champions freedom of expression with the Supreme Court of Justice of Uruguay29 June 2016 NewsThe Director General and the Supreme Court of Uruguay strengthen cooperation on freedom of expression and security of journalists28 June 2016 NewsThe Director General meets the President of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez28 June 2016 NewsDirector-General on Official Visit to Uruguay25 June 2016 NewsDirector-General Meets Ruler of Dubai15 March 2016 NewsDirector-General deplores killing of Ukrainian journalist Sergii Nikolaiev23 June 2015 NewsDirector-General Chairs Information Meeting on “Follow up of the Situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukraine)”2 June 2015 NewsMembership of UNESCO to the UK is Worth 6 Times the Investment26 September 2013
NewsThe United Nations Youth Forum erupts in applause for the call by a Mixtec youth woman to demand justice to eradicate inequalities17 April 2024
NewsInternational Women’s Day: New factsheet highlights gender disparities in innovation and technology7 March 2023
StoryInternational Women’s Day: How Jeska and Fajelina turned their lives around in Tanzania through education7 March 2022
NewsDirector-General and H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance of the United Arab Emirates inaugurate Room I30 October 2017
NewsThe Director General and the Supreme Court of Uruguay strengthen cooperation on freedom of expression and security of journalists28 June 2016
NewsDirector-General Chairs Information Meeting on “Follow up of the Situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukraine)”2 June 2015