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The Director General meets the President of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez

How Latin American cities cope with the Coronavirus outbreak: the example of Montevideo

Stories of cities proactively taking swift action to address the unprecedented challenges of the Coronavirus outbreak have made headlines around the world As the virus spawns from city to city lockdowns and emergency measures result in a growing number of local issues to address By assessing and supporting capacity systems of medical care providing widespread public information related to prevention and treatment mobilizing urban stakeholders to monitor the respect of confinement measures setting up emergency hotlines and social media channels and maintaining delivery services cities are at the forefront in the quest for quick solutions to these urgent problems The same applies to cities in Latin America including Montevideo

Disinformation: a silent weapon in times of pandemic

UNESCO and UNDP join forces to promote verified information against COVID 19

How the Republic of Korea flattened the COVID-19 curve: openness, transparency and democracy

The Republic of Korea discovered its first COVID19 case on 20 January 2020 The Korean Centres for Disease Control immediately organized a meeting with biomedicine companies to provide the genetic map of the coronavirus released by the WHO and to ask them to develop test kits After two weeks the test kits were developed and approved for use after one week On 20 February 2020 the number of cases began to explode in and around the City of Daegu to nearly 9000 cases in less than a month making the Republic of Korea one of the most dangerous places in the world The size and the speed of the outbreak seemed to be uncontrollable

Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea pledges support for Phase II of Better Education for Africa’s Rise

Director-General on Official Visit to Uruguay

How to guarantee access to water and sanitation in the context of COVID-19?

In Latin America and the Caribbean more than 65 million people do not have permanent access to clean water or soap for hand washing Experts and decision makers from the water sector shared their experiences and solutions

UNESCO cities mobilize against COVID-19

Over 50000 doctors from public hospitals in Beijing Peoples Repof China offer since January 2020 free consultations related to coronavirus on WeDoctor a private medical care platform An outdoor digital advertisement about social distancing during the COVID19 outbreak in Chicago USA In Rome Italy the international cinema festival Alice nella città launched the Cinema da casa initiative projecting movies on buildings so people could watch from home

January 18, 2022

Cat VII – Seminar and training

Webinar: Access to Information related to Covid-19

Montevideo - July 20, 2022

Cat II – Intergovernmental meeting, other than international conference of States

Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 4 in Latin America and the Caribbean

Online - July 12, 2022

The Director General and the Supreme Court of Uruguay strengthen cooperation on freedom of expression and security of journalists

UNESCO champions freedom of expression with the Supreme Court of Justice of Uruguay

President PARK Geun-hye announces initiatives to widen partnership with UNESCO during visit to the Organization’s Headquarters

December 1, 2015