UNESCO International Days
WEB1 day ago · UNESCO International Days. Unite the communities around universal aspirations. These are the international commemorations observed by UNESCO. The United Nations designates specific days, weeks, years and decades as occasions to mark particular events or topics in order to promote, through awareness and action, the …
UNESCO Youth at the Summit of the Future | UNESCO
WEB3 days ago · During the roundtable discussion, Ms. Ramos made a key intervention, emphasizing UNESCO's dedication to fostering a youth-inclusive strategy for climate action and peacebuilding through a video message. Looking beyond the Summit of the Future, UNESCO is ready to continue its support to the Pact and the Declaration. Marie-Claire …
World Teachers' Day 2024 and Eighth edition of the awarding ...
WEB2 days ago · In 2024, World Teachers' Day will focus on the theme "Valuing teacher voices: Towards a new social contract for education." This year's celebrations will emphasize the pivotal role that teachers play in shaping the future of education and the urgent need to incorporate their perspectives into ...
Water security - UNESCO
WEB5 days ago · With over 50 year of experience in water sciences, UNESCO supports Member States to better understand and manage water resources sustainably, and to achieve SDG 6, through two international programmes. The only intergovernmental, science-based water cooperation programme of the United Nations system. Understanding the state, use and …
Charting the future of World Heritage in South-East Asia
WEB2 days ago · UNESCO/Chairat Chongvattanakij. 4 October 2024. The UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok has launched a series of training programmes designed to enhance the ability of culture experts in South-East Asia to identify and nominate future World Heritage sites. Feng Jing, Chief of the Culture Unit at UNESCO Bangkok said the series, which …
World Heritage Glaciers: Sentinels of climate change | UNESCO
WEB4 days ago · It outlines the importance of glaciers for sustaining life, their role as indicators of climate change, and their accelerated retreat due to global warming. The report emphasizes the urgent need to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming to 1.5°C, which could save glaciers in two-thirds of World Heritage sites.
Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) | UNESCO
WEB5 days ago · The Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme is an intergovernmental scientific programme that aims to establish a scientific basis for enhancing the relationship between people and their environments. It combines the natural and social sciences with a view to improving human livelihoods and safeguarding natural and managed …