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  • 08-12-2008
Stéphane Hessel to receive UNESCO/Bilbao Prize
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  • 05-12-2008
UNESCO launches first-ever survey of historical and contemporary slavery
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  • 05-12-2008
Children’s author and illustrator, Lauren Child, appointed UNESCO Artist for Peace
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  • 03-12-2008
Diversity of cultural expressions: cooperation and sustainable development on agenda of UNESCO intergovernmental meeting
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  • 02-12-2008
Cross fertilization from one shore of the Mediterranean to the other - UNESCO Conference
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  • 02-12-2008
December 2008: UNESCO commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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  • 01-12-2008
UNESCO conference will review adult education for equity and inclusion in Europe, North America and Israel
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  • 01-12-2008
Director-General condemns killing of Pakistani journalists Abdul Razzak Johra and Qari Mohammad Shoaib and voices grave concern about safety of journalists in the country
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  • 28-11-2008
Don’t cut education funding, urge ministers attending UNESCO’s International Conference on Education
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  • 27-11-2008
Director-General condemns killing of journalist Didace Namujimbo in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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  • 26-11-2008
UNESCO is ready to support the worldwide debate on biofuels
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  • 25-11-2008
As Claude Lévi-Strauss turns 100, UNESCO Director-General pays tribute to one of the leading thinkers of the 20th century
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  • 25-11-2008
Inequality undermining education opportunities for millions of children
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  • 25-11-2008
Bamako Call to Action urges new approach to health research
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  • 24-11-2008
Director-General condemns killing of Philippines journalist Aresio Padrigao
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  • 21-11-2008
Publication of practical guide to computer recycling
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  • 21-11-2008
UNESCO-ICOMOS reactive monitoring mission to the World Heritage site of Edinburgh
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  • 19-11-2008
Stéphane Hessel receives the UNESCO/Bilbao Prize for the Promotion of a Culture of Human Rights
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  • 18-11-2008
World Heritage Centre rewarded
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  • 17-11-2008
World Philosophy Day 2008
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  • 14-11-2008
Martin Price : "All glaciers are already affected by climate change."
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  • 13-11-2008
First Lady of Cameroon named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for education and social inclusion
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  • 13-11-2008
100 Countries ratify Anti Doping Convention
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  • 13-11-2008
World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology to meet 12 and 13 November at UNESCO
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  • 10-11-2008
Shanghai TV University and Egyptian Ministry to receive 2008 UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICTs in Education
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  • 08-11-2008
Global Ethics Observatory launches sixth database
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  • 07-11-2008
UNESCO celebrates 100th ratification of Anti Doping Convention
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  • 07-11-2008
Young Europeans present strategies to combat racism in sports to European Parliament
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  • 06-11-2008
2009 Education For All Global Monitoring Report focuses on inequalities
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  • 06-11-2008
Billie Jean King named “Global Mentor for Gender Equality”
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  • 06-11-2008
Fight against racism in sport: young people will present strategies to European Parliament
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  • 05-11-2008
Inclusion: central theme of International Conference on Education
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  • 05-11-2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity comes into being in Istanbul
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  • 06-10-2008
International efforts to meet literacy challenge insufficient, concludes UNESCO report
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  • 03-10-2008
UNESCO conference to review the role of adult learning and education for equity and sustainability in the Asia-Pacific region
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  • 03-10-2008
Director-General condemns killing of Mexican radio journalist Alejandro Xenón Fonseca Estrada
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  • 30-09-2008
World Teachers’ Day 2008: 18 million more teachers needed
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  • 30-09-2008
Teams from Lebanon and Serbia win top honours of the Mondialogo School Contest
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  • 25-09-2008
Meeting of UNESCO’s Executive Board - 30 September to 17 October
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  • 25-09-2008
UNESCO Director-General hails 4.5 bn dollar education pledges, but reminds leaders that promises must be kept
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  • 24-09-2008
Director-General condemns killing of Iraqi TV-workers Musab Mahmood al-Ezawi, Ahmed Salim, Ihab Mu'd & Qaydar Sulaiman
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  • 23-09-2008
Director-General welcomes Myanmar’s release of U Win Tin, laureate of 2001 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize
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  • 23-09-2008
UNESCO and World Air League join forces to safeguard world heritage
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  • 22-09-2008
UNESCO launches new fund to advance Global Literacy
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  • 21-09-2008
The Director-General attends the UN General Assembly
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  • 19-09-2008
World Forum on Sport, Education and Culture in Busan
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  • 19-09-2008
Martti Ahtisaari will receive Felix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize on 2 October
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  • 18-09-2008
The Ocean in a high CO2 world: Symposium in Monaco 6-9 October
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  • 18-09-2008
Director-General voices concern over the safety of journalists in the Caucasus
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  • 17-09-2008
UNESCO-Hewlett-Packard and CNRS project to reduce brain drain in Africa bears first fruit
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  • Updated:23-11-2009 11:33 am
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