From 15 to 18 September 2026, the 6th International Seminar on Water Culture was successfully held in Turpan City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Seminar was jointly hosted by the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), the UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia, and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Karez Research Association, and under…
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The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), in partnership with UNESCO, successfully concluded a five-day advanced capacity-building workshop entitled “Community-Based Inventorying for the Sustainable Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage”, held in Al Ain from 21 to 25 September 2026. The workshop brought together 40 participants from across the United Arab…
To mark International Literacy Day 2026 and its 60th anniversary, UNESCO, in collaboration with the Government of Mexico, convened the Global Conference on “Literacy for people, the planet and prosperity” in the State of Chiapas, Mexico, on 8 and 9 September 2026.
Invited by UNESCO, Pope Leo XIV made his first visit to a UN agency outside Italy, 46 years after Pope John Paul II visited UNESCO on 2 June 1980.
UNESCO’s Culture x El Niñoinitiative will benefit national authorities for culture, cultural and natural heritage sitemanagers, museums and other cultural institutions, cultural practitioners, local andIndigenous communities, school and youth groups.It brings together UNESCO’s key institutional partners:UnitedNations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), ICCROM,ICOMand the Smithsonian Institution.
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I condemn the killing of Bashir Mohamed Abdullahi. Journalists play a crucial role in informing the world and ensuring the local population’s right to information. I call for the respect of UN Security Council Resolution 2222 unanimously adopted in 2015 on the protection of journalists, media professionals and associated personnel as civilians in situations of conflict,.…
H.E. the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Angola to UNESCO, representing the host country and co-organizer of the Biennale of Luanda;
Gov’t to organise celebrations for Boma-Badingilo’s UNESCO World Heritage listing – Eye Radio
