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after Hurricane Otis through UNESCO's Heritage Emergency Fund10 May 2024 News The United Nations Youth Forum erupts in applause for the call by a Mixtec youth woman to demand justice to eradicate inequalities17 April 2024 News Artisans from Yucatan continue working with UNESCO on the safeguarding plan for Mayan-Yucatecan embroidery29 March 2024 News From UN Headquarters, Maya embroiderer from Mexico calls for safeguarding Yucatecan textile art and the condition of Mexican women artisans29 March 2024 Story Multilingual education, the bet to preserve indigenous languages and justice5 March 2024 News Cultural life reactivation, a strategic pillar for the economic and social recovery of Acapulco4 March 2024 News 18 collections join the Mexico’s national registry of the Memory of the World26 February 2024 News Announce the Sustainable Tourism Project at the Islas Marías Tourist Center in Mexico, SECTUR, TURIIMAR, UNESCO, SECTUR Nayarit, and Airbnb20 February 2024 News A new book to appreciate the World Heritage inhabited and enjoyed in Mexican cities8 December 2023 News Bolero is registered as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of humanity8 December 2023 Story Mexico celebrates 20 years of the instrument that mobilizes the world for living heritage and its communities2 December 2023 News "For Women in Science" celebrates the first hundred Mexican scientists supported by the L'Oréal-UNESCO national programme29 November 2023 News The illicit trafficking of cultural goods shall be recognized as a security issue23 November 2023 News The new season of the Mexican Kids' series Arqueólogos en Apuros includes episodes with UNESCO23 November 2023 Story Rural cooperatives from southeastern Mexico aim for reconciliatory tourism31 October 2023 Story Women artisans boost the textile art economy in Mexico through cultural revaluation19 October 2023 News Mexico launches an international reminder for culture by naming a hall "MONDIACULT 2022"3 October 2023 News A new programme to strengthen community rural tourism in Yucatan, Mexico14 September 2023 Story Abejas de Barrio, a dignified tourism in Mexico accelerates Food Security10 September 2023 Story Mexico is also Afro!1 September 2023 Story From the Body to the Digital: Promoting Freedom of Expression and Creation to Counter Hate Speech11 August 2023 Story In Memoriam of Pablo González Casanova, International UNESCO/José Martí Prize Laureate 200319 April 2023 Story Identity and inclusion: sports stories of possible futures from Mexican present6 April 2023 News More than 20 local initiatives in Mexico City are already operating with a new model of responsible tourism3 April 2023 Story Neighbourhoods and groups in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, built a model for their Cultural Rights and the Right to the City2 April 2023 News Toluca and UNESCO Mexico establish the basis for direct cooperation10 March 2023 News United Nations in Mexico urges to eliminate the gaps that prevent women and girls from fully accessing the digital age8 March 2023 News UNESCO Bolsters Support to Indigenous Cultural Start-ups in Mexico27 October 2022 News The Director-General of UNESCO and the President of Mexico ratified compromises for sustainable development2 March 2020 News International Congress of Endangered Languages at Risk begins in advance of UNESCO's High-Level Event2 March 2020 News Megadiverse Mexico welcomes UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay28 February 2020 News To a culture of peace, the Ofrenda of the UN Agencies in Mexico31 October 2019
News Metalingua and UNESCO call to collect original languages of Mexico words related to sexual and gender diversity16 May 2024
News Mexico strengthens Acapulco and Coyuca cultural revival after Hurricane Otis through UNESCO's Heritage Emergency Fund10 May 2024
News The United Nations Youth Forum erupts in applause for the call by a Mixtec youth woman to demand justice to eradicate inequalities17 April 2024
News Artisans from Yucatan continue working with UNESCO on the safeguarding plan for Mayan-Yucatecan embroidery29 March 2024
News From UN Headquarters, Maya embroiderer from Mexico calls for safeguarding Yucatecan textile art and the condition of Mexican women artisans29 March 2024
News Cultural life reactivation, a strategic pillar for the economic and social recovery of Acapulco4 March 2024
News Announce the Sustainable Tourism Project at the Islas Marías Tourist Center in Mexico, SECTUR, TURIIMAR, UNESCO, SECTUR Nayarit, and Airbnb20 February 2024
News A new book to appreciate the World Heritage inhabited and enjoyed in Mexican cities8 December 2023
Story Mexico celebrates 20 years of the instrument that mobilizes the world for living heritage and its communities2 December 2023
News "For Women in Science" celebrates the first hundred Mexican scientists supported by the L'Oréal-UNESCO national programme29 November 2023
News The illicit trafficking of cultural goods shall be recognized as a security issue23 November 2023
News The new season of the Mexican Kids' series Arqueólogos en Apuros includes episodes with UNESCO23 November 2023
Story Women artisans boost the textile art economy in Mexico through cultural revaluation19 October 2023
News Mexico launches an international reminder for culture by naming a hall "MONDIACULT 2022"3 October 2023
Story From the Body to the Digital: Promoting Freedom of Expression and Creation to Counter Hate Speech11 August 2023
Story In Memoriam of Pablo González Casanova, International UNESCO/José Martí Prize Laureate 200319 April 2023
News More than 20 local initiatives in Mexico City are already operating with a new model of responsible tourism3 April 2023
Story Neighbourhoods and groups in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, built a model for their Cultural Rights and the Right to the City2 April 2023
News United Nations in Mexico urges to eliminate the gaps that prevent women and girls from fully accessing the digital age8 March 2023
News The Director-General of UNESCO and the President of Mexico ratified compromises for sustainable development2 March 2020
News International Congress of Endangered Languages at Risk begins in advance of UNESCO's High-Level Event2 March 2020