Chetan Soni

Communication & Information

Upholding Information as a Public Good

UNESCO’s Communication and Information Sector (CI Sector) empowers key actors to safeguard fundamental human rights, both in online and off-line spaces, focusing on the following fields:

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

2 November 2025

Freedom of expression and the safety of journalists

Media development and media in emergencies

Media and information literacy and digital competencies

Universal access to information and digital inclusion

Digital policies and digital transformation

Documentary heritage - Memory of the World programme

In Numbers

journalists killed since 1993

Memory of the World inscriptions

on the International Register since 1995

139

UN Member States

have adopted various Access to Information legal guarantees

70%

of World’s languages in danger of disappearing

Nearly 73%

of women surveyed have experienced online violence

12%

of AI researchers globally are women

86%

impunity for crimes committed against journalists

Nearly 66%

of the World’s population is online

News

The Global Media Defence Fund launches 6th Call for Partnerships to Strengthen Legal Protection for Journalists

4 November 2025

Political Leaders Unite Against Hate Speech at National Conference in Gambia

4 November 2025

UNESCO and partners reaffirm their commitment to gender equality

3 November 2025

Thinkers and practitioners meet at UNESCO to contribute to future priorities

3 November 2025

UNESCO Director-General condemns the killing of journalist Mohammed Al-Talmas

3 November 2025

UNESCO Director-General condemns the killing of journalist Hassan Douhan

3 November 2025

UNESCO Director-General condemns the killing of media worker Ahmed Abu Mutair in Palestine

3 November 2025

UNESCO Director-General condemns the killing of photojournalist Rasmi Jihad Salem in Palestine

31 October 2025

Upcoming Events

Cat IV – International Congress

The International Conference on Digital Platform Governance

11 February 2026 - 13 February 2026

Cat VII – Seminar and training

Protecting and promoting cultural and linguistic diversity in the digital environment

17 December 2025

Cat V – Advisory Committee

17th Meeting of the Global Task Force for Making a Decade of Action for Indigenous Languages (IDIL 2022-2032)

27 November 2025

General Conference Side-event

Presentation of the World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Global Report 2025

5 November 2025

Publications

Latest titles

Documentary heritage for intercultural dialogue

Preserving documentary heritage in AlUla

Alula's inscriptions

Assessing Internet development in Fiji

Assessing Internet development in Vanuatu

Assessing Internet development in the South Pacific

Assessing Internet development in Ethiopia

Internet Universality

13 December 2024

More publications

OLD - Communication & Information

Promoting free flow of ideas by word and image

OLD - #InternetForTrust - Highlights Video

A global dialogue to guide regulation worldwide

21-23 February 2023, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

UNESCO hosted in Paris the “Internet for Trust” conference to discuss a set of draft global guidelines for regulating digital platforms, to safeguarding freedom of expression and access to information.

To access all #InternetForTrust sessions visit: https://www.unesco.org/en/internet-conference

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