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Director-General calls for an investigation into death of journalist Francisca Sandoval in Chile

The DirectorGeneral of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay has called for an investigation into the death of the Chilean television reporter Francisca Sandoval who died on 12 May jn Santiago

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UNESCO’s Director General visited Chile’s Tsunami Early Warning Provider

On 5 May 2022 the Director General of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO Audrey Azoulay made an official visit to the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy SHOA located in Valparaiso Chile to review the work carried out by SHOA towards the development of science and prediction of sea behavior in the event of a tsunami on the Chilean coast

Director-General condemns murder of journalists Yessenia Mollinedo Falconi and Sheila Johana García Olivera in Mexico

The DirectorGeneral of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay has denounced the killings of two online journalists Sheila Johana García Olivera and Yessenia Mollinedo Falconi who were shot dead in the state of Veracruz Mexico on 9 May

Director-General condemns killing of prominent television journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Palestine

The DirectorGeneral of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay has called for a thorough investigation into the killing of television reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in the West Bank city of Jenin Palestine on 11 May

Girls’ performance in mathematics now equal to boys (UNESCO report)

In mathematics the gender gap favouring boys in early grades gradually disappears according to a new publication by UNESCOs Global Education Monitoring Report The report calls for us to think harder about gender inequality and the barriers that still hold girls back from realising their potential

Director-General condemns murder of journalist Mohiuddin Sarkar Nayem in Bangladesh

The DirectorGeneral of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay has denounced the killing of journalist Mohiuddin Sarkar Nayem who was shot dead in the city of Cumilla on 13 April

Ocean: UNESCO launches emergency plan to boost World Heritage-listed reefs’ resilience

All World Heritagelisted reefs are at risk of disappearing by the end of this century On the occasion of the Our Ocean Conference in Palau Audrey Azoulay UNESCO DirectorGeneral announces an emergency plan to give them the best chance of survival with the support of the Global Fund for Coral Reefs She also calls for an international mobilization to prevent coral reef extinction

Small Islands Development States

Adapting to climate change and educating for sustainable development

UNESCO International Days

Unite the communities around universal aspirations

Ocean Decade dives into action

Celebrating World Oceans Day on 8 June 2021 UNESCOs Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission IOCUNESCO announced the first 166 actions endorsed as part of the Ocean Decade or UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 20212030 as it is officially called

Boys face a significant risk of not completing their education warns UNESCO report

Although girls have more difficulty accessing education and make up the majority of out of school children at primary level boys face increasing challenges at later stages according to UNESCOs new report Leave no child behind Global report on boys disengagement from education