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to foster peace and sustainable development4 December 2022 News Iberian transboundary biosphere reserves get together to find potential solutions to challenges of shared management30 November 2022 Story In Odesa, UNESCO supports cultural institutions to protect cultural heritage28 November 2022 News Governing Board sets path for UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning in 202325 November 2022 Story In the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, building back communities through culture and creative economy24 November 2022 News Women-led research teams receive unique catalyst grants for climate action17 November 2022 News Franca Ma-ih Sulem Yong, winner of the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize 202214 November 2022 News Connecting the water agenda to the climate agenda: the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme’s contribution to COP 2711 November 2022 News The Ocean Pavilion Announces Schedule of Events for COP279 November 2022 Story UNESCO and the European Union celebrate 10 years of strategic partnership9 November 2022 News Nature-based Solutions for reducing disaster risks: African perspective7 November 2022 News Cabo Verde ratifies the 1960 Convention against Discrimination in Education4 November 2022 Story Jobs for the protection of cultural heritage in Yemen3 November 2022 News Towards an Early Warning System for Harmful Algal Blooms in Namibia24 October 2022 News IPBES and IPCC share Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity19 October 2022 News World leaders in ocean science and philanthropy come together to create first-ever Ocean Pavilion at UN Climate Summit7 October 2022 News PhD Fellowships support 22 women scientists in the developing world30 September 2022 News Seventh Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions held in Astana15 September 2022 News Global Alliance for Literacy welcomes Morocco as a new member14 September 2022 News International Day to Protect Education from Attack 20229 September 2022 Story Mosul on the path to reconstruction five years after its liberation20 July 2022 Story IPBES Values Assessment: integrating indigenous and local knowledge with scientific knowledge leads to more just and sustainable social and ecological outcomes11 July 2022 News National Consultations for the Transforming Education Summit6 June 2022 News Stockholm+50: taking stock of the first international UN conference on the environment30 May 2022 News Sustainable Rural Regeneration Conference24 May 2022 News Forest Whitaker: “Empowerment has become central to my vision of the future”16 May 2022 News Mourning Shireen Abu Akleh during World Press Freedom Day in Gaza14 May 2022 Story UNESCO celebrates Forest Whitaker's decade of action10 May 2022 Story The celebrated ‘Gilgamesh Tablet’ handed back to Iraq12 April 2022 Story UNESCO adopts first global standard on the ethics of artificial intelligence8 April 2022 News UNESCO, OECD and IDB launch a new report on The Effects of Artificial Intelligence on the Working Lives of Women8 March 2022 News UNESCO to collaborate with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on digital inclusion and gender mainstreaming strategy8 March 2022 Story International Women’s Day: How Jeska and Fajelina turned their lives around in Tanzania through education7 March 2022 Story Empowering girls and communities through quality education3 March 2022 News From commitments to action for nature: UNESCO at the UN Environment Assembly1 March 2022 Story Going Hybrid: Biennale of Luanda 2021 Lessons Learned23 February 2022 Story Accra hosts first World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture16 February 2022 News Transforming Education: an Imperative for the Future We Want27 January 2022 News UNESCO Artist for Peace Renaud Capuçon honors the memory of the victims of the Holocaust26 January 2022 News UNESCO commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day and promotes Holocaust education amidst rising denial24 January 2022
Story Fifth edition of the "Beca Gestoras Culturales" awards scholarship to cultural managers from Ayacucho, Puno, Arequipa, Junín and Lima.21 December 2022
News UNESCO celebrates the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention in Palestine19 December 2022
Story The introduction of 3D printing technology to a Gambian training institute gives hope to students, teachers and the country14 December 2022
News Enhancing gender equality and coverage of gender-based violence in Palestinian media outlets9 December 2022
News First Global Forum on Ethics of AI held in Prague, one year after the adoption of UNESCO’s Recommendation8 December 2022
News Launch of Transboundary Water Cooperation Coalition to foster peace and sustainable development4 December 2022
News Iberian transboundary biosphere reserves get together to find potential solutions to challenges of shared management30 November 2022
Story In the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, building back communities through culture and creative economy24 November 2022
News Connecting the water agenda to the climate agenda: the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme’s contribution to COP 2711 November 2022
News World leaders in ocean science and philanthropy come together to create first-ever Ocean Pavilion at UN Climate Summit7 October 2022
News Seventh Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions held in Astana15 September 2022
Story IPBES Values Assessment: integrating indigenous and local knowledge with scientific knowledge leads to more just and sustainable social and ecological outcomes11 July 2022
News Stockholm+50: taking stock of the first international UN conference on the environment30 May 2022
News UNESCO, OECD and IDB launch a new report on The Effects of Artificial Intelligence on the Working Lives of Women8 March 2022
News UNESCO to collaborate with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on digital inclusion and gender mainstreaming strategy8 March 2022
Story International Women’s Day: How Jeska and Fajelina turned their lives around in Tanzania through education7 March 2022
News UNESCO Artist for Peace Renaud Capuçon honors the memory of the victims of the Holocaust26 January 2022
News UNESCO commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day and promotes Holocaust education amidst rising denial24 January 2022