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 Education is a human right, a public good and a public responsibility.The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as International Day of Education (link is external)(link is external), in celebration of the role of education for peace and development.
Without inclusive and equitable quality ... Open
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 The city of Fuzhou (China) will host the next session of the World Heritage Committee in 2020. This decision concluded the work of the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee, meeting in Baku since 30 June.During this year’s session, the World Heritage Committee inscribed a total of 29 new sites on the World Heritage List (one in Africa, ... Open
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 In 1945, the Charter of the United Nations (link is external) became the first international agreement to affirm the principle of equality between women and men. The UN celebrated its first official International Women's Day on 8 March during International Women’s Year in 1975. Two years later, in December 1977, ... Open
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 The theme of this year’s World Wildlife Day aligns with Sustainable Development Goal 14: life below water. It is also the first World Wildlife Day highlighting marine biodiversity.World Heritage marine sites are home to the world’s most exceptional species on earth such as the Bengal tiger, marine iguanas, ... Open
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 Audrey Azoulay will highlight UNESCO’s leadership in promoting inclusive and quality education when she attends her first UN General Assembly in New York as Director General, from 23 to 26 September. In addition, the Director-General will represent the United Nations Secretary-General at the High-Level ... Open
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 Within the framework of the International Literacy Day, the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes honour outstanding efforts of individuals, institutions, organizations or other entities that promote literacy. Since 1967, UNESCO has awarded International Literacy Prizes to outstanding and innovative programmes that promote literacy. ... Open
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 The event is organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) with UNESCO and the Permanent Delegation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to UNESCO. It will bring together key practitioners and experts who developed a 21st century version of the 1867 Convention, the ReACH Declaration, ... Open
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 The Director-General, Irina Bokova, of UNESCO welcomes the #NobelPrize awarded to the International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons. “It is a resounding call to global responsibility and a stronger diplomacy for peace”, she declared.UNESCO was founded in the wake of World War II, the first ... Open
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 The 44th APAN Meetings will be held in Dalian, China from 26 August - 1 September 2017. This meeting aim to strengthening capacity development and collaboration on disaster mitigation by networked open framework.
During this event, UNESCO will organise MasterClass Session on ICT and Water Disaster Management ... Open
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 The “World Humanities Conference. Challenges and Responsibilities for a Planet in Transition” will take place in Liège, Belgium, from 6 to 12 August 2017. Co-organized by UNESCO, the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH), the “World Humanities Conference – Liège 2017 Foundation” and LiègeTogether, Open
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