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58 cities join UNESCO Creative Cities Network

By signing a new five-year partnership, UNESCO and LVMH expand their joint actions for biodiversity conservation.

Four international figures appointed UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors by Audrey Azoulay

General History of Africa: UNESCO completes pioneering historical oeuvre and launches new educational resources

UNESCO recognizes four initiatives promoting the responsible use of AI in education

Khaled El-Enany nominated by UNESCO’s Executive Board for the post of Director-General

MONDIACULT 2025: Faced with global divisions, UNESCO calls for culture to be made a priority

AI in Africa: UNESCO unveils new solutions for its development at the G20

26 new Biosphere Reserves: UNESCO’s continues unprecedented expansion of its global network

UNESCO welcomes major step forward for the ocean with the entry into force of the BBNJ agreement

Audrey Azoulay pays tribute to Claudia Cardinale

Audrey Azoulay calls for unhindered access to education for girls, particularly in science and technology fields

MONDIACULT 2025: over 100 ministers in Barcelona to shape the future of cultural policies

UNESCO warns on dramatic increase in attacks against schools in 2024

In Beirut, Audrey Azoulay launches the restoration of iconic cultural sites

Afghanistan: Four years on, 2.2 million girls still banned from school

Pacific Ocean tsunami: UNESCO's early warning system proves once again its effectiveness

Withdrawal of the United States of America from UNESCO: statement by Audrey Azoulay, Director-General

UNESCO World Heritage: 26 new sites inscribed

Three sites on the African continent removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger

AI Large Language Models: new report shows small changes can reduce energy use by 90%

Financing for development: a matter of urgency for education, culture and sciences

Africa's book industry: UNESCO highlights its economic and cultural potential in a new report

Ocean protection: UNESCO expands its educational programmes

UN Ocean Conference: UNESCO urges investment in oceanographic research

Five Exceptional Researchers win the 2025 L’Oréal–UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards

UNESCO Statement following Nicaragua's decision to withdraw from the Organization

Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa wins UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2025

Chicago designated Host City of International Jazz Day 2026

Documentary heritage: 74 new entries on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register

UNESCO names 16 new Global Geoparks

Sudan: UNESCO steps up its actions as the conflict enters its third year

Venice Biennale: UNESCO honours Mosul's architectural renaissance

Genocide against the Tutsi: UNESCO and Rwanda to step-up the role of education in the memorial sites

Education: UNESCO calls for better quality school meals

The global celebration of International Jazz Day 2025 culminates in Abu Dhabi, a UNESCO Creative City of Music

Glaciers and mountains: melting water towers will aggravate global crises (report)

UNESCO and Nestlé to support 100 youth projects worldwide

Kilimanjaro: UNESCO invests $8 million to protect water resources

UNESCO increases its support for the protection of Zanzibar (Tanzania)

Internet Access: UNESCO and ICANN join forces to improve linguistic diversity online

Audrey Azoulay celebrates the return of the “Spirit of Mosul” as UNESCO reconstruction nears completion

Ukraine: UNESCO Director-General in Lviv to strengthen support for culture

80 years after the Liberation of Auschwitz: UNESCO mobilizes for Holocaust Remembrance

UNESCO and WMO launch the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation 2025

UNESCO dedicates the International Day of Education 2025 to Artificial Intelligence

UNESCO and SEVENTEEN award grants to 100 youth-led projects around the world

Audrey Azoulay pays tribute to the memory of Federico Mayor

Pharrell Williams appointed UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador by Audrey Azoulay

Ukraine: two more cultural properties under “enhanced protection” of UNESCO

Journalists killed in 2024: a heavy death toll in conflict zones for the second year running

UNESCO has mapped 4,500 species thanks to its pioneering eDNA programme

Audrey Azoulay salutes the rebirth of Notre-Dame in Paris, a UNESCO World Heritage site

UNESCO Intangible Heritage: 63 new inscriptions

10 cities receive UNESCO Award for their outstanding achievements in lifelong learning

Lauréats du Concours international de la jeunesse au service de la paix 2024

UNESCO will be the privileged partner of the G20 in 2025, with a focus on artificial intelligence

UNESCO launches the International Decade of Science for Sustainable Development (2024-2033)

2/3 of digital content creators do not check their facts before sharing, but want to learn how to do so (UNESCO survey)

UNESCO and Relais & Châteaux Announce a Partnership To Protect Biodiversity

Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust awarded 2024 UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation

G20: Leaders’ Summit: Brazil, UNESCO and UN launch Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change

Lebanon: 34 cultural properties placed under enhanced protection

Odesa: UNESCO condemns strikes on World Heritage site

Intangible cultural heritage: 63 nominations examined in December

In Banda Aceh, UNESCO calls for increased investment in tsunami preparedness

UNESCO commends G20 commitment to prioritizing culture in policymaking

Vendée Globe: 25 skippers will support UNESCO’s oceanographic research

Violence and bullying in schools: UNESCO calls for better protection of students

85% of journalist killings remain unpunished worldwide (UNESCO report)

251M children and youth still out of school, despite decades of progress (UNESCO report)

G20: UNESCO calls for greater gender equality in science

20 years after the 2004 Tsunami : What progress has been made? (brochure)

New UNESCO research reveals sharp increase in the use of financial laws to silence journalists

António Costa designated 2024 winner of the UNESCO - Félix Houphouët-Boigny Prize

UNESCO bridges art and science at Art Basel Paris

UNESCO names Rabat as World Book Capital for 2026

Global lag on water cooperation undermines resilience to worsening floods and droughts (UNESCO–UNECE report)

UNESCO awarded for its action to protect the ocean

Three-starred chef Daniel Humm named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Food Education

Passing of Amadou Mahtar M'Bow: Audrey Azoulay praises the memory of an “architect of the equality between peoples”

UNGA: UNESCO creates a twinning network for sites and museums of memory of slavery

UNGA: UNESCO welcomes the importance placed on culture in the ‘Pact for the Future”

Sudan: UNESCO raises the alarm on reports of illicit trafficking of cultural heritage

UNESCO sounds the alarm on global spike in attacks on education

The National Library of Indonesia to receive 2024 UNESCO-Jikji Memory of the World Prize

Afghanistan: 1.4 million girls still banned from school by de facto authorities

UNESCO World Heritage: 26 new sites inscribed

The Monastery of Saint Hilarion/Tell Umm Amer in Palestine is inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

Paris 2024: the first ever opening ceremony to take place in a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Niokolo-Koba National Park in Senegal removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger

Paris 2024: UNESCO calls on countries to invest far more in physical education

46th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee from 21 to 31 July 2024

Paris 2024: UNESCO hosts The Associated Press at its Paris Headquarters

UNESCO designates 11 new biosphere reserves

Paris 2024: UNESCO to host two exhibitions at headquarters

UNESCO raises global alarm on the rapid degradation of soils

UNESCO and K-pop group SEVENTEEN announce $1 million grant scheme for youth well-being and creativity

UNESCO and media regulators form global network to coordinate regulation of digital platforms

New UNESCO report warns that Generative AI threatens Holocaust memory