UNESCO in brief | UNESCO
UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It contributes to peace and security by promoting international cooperation in education, sciences, culture, communication and information. UNESCO promotes knowledge sharing and the free flow of ideas to accelerate mutual understanding and a more perfect knowledge of each other's lives.
Education transforms lives | UNESCO
Education transforms lives and is at the heart of UNESCO’s mission to build peace, eradicate poverty and drive sustainable development. It is a human right for all throughout life.
Education for sustainable development | UNESCO
Education for Sustainable Development empowers people with the knowledge, skills, values, attitudes and behaviors to live in a way that is good for the environment, economy, and society. It encourages people to make smart, responsible choices that help create a better future for everyone. UNESCO’s ESD for 2030 programme produces and shares ...
Culture: at the heart of Sustainable Development Goals
Culture has a crucial role to play in SDG 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. Target 11.4 calls for strengthening efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage. UNESCO’s work has addressed this goal even before its formal introduction in 2015.
UNESCO World Heritage: 42 new sites inscribed
Sep 25, 2023 · The 45th session of the World Heritage Committee concluded on Monday 25 September in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This year, the Committee inscribed 42 new sites and approved the extension of 5 sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Royal Commission for AlUla. 25 September 2023. At the end of its fortnight's work, the Committee inscribed 42 new sites ...
UNESCO House | UNESCO
Discover UNESCO’s Headquarters, a treasure of modern architecture and the fruit of collaboration between several iconic architects of the twentieth century such as Bernard Zehrfuss, Marcel Breuer and Pier Luigi Nervi. The mission and …
UNESCO World Heritage: 26 new sites inscribed
1 August 2024. The Committee inscribed 26 new properties, including making 2 major extensions to properties which are considered as new inscriptions. The other inscriptions include 20 cultural properties, 5 natural properties and 1 mixed site. These properties thus benefit from the highest level of heritage protection in the world.
United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration | UNESCO
The UN Decade positions the restoration as a major nature-based solution towards meeting a wide range of global development goals and national priorities, as does UNESCO's strategy for Biodiversity. UNESCO is one of the six core UN collaborating agencies to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration that is led by UNEP and FAO.
Sustainable Development | UNESCO
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has a long history of promoting sustainable development. The organization was founded in 1945 with the aim of promoting peace and security through international cooperation in …
19 New Sites Inscribed on World Heritage List - UNESCO
Jun 28, 2013 · World Inequality Database on Education. UNESCO Classroom. UNESCO Campus. UNESCO Shop. All UNESCO websites. Biennale of Luanda. Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace. Core Data Portal. Public access to information is a key component of UNESCO's commitment to transparency and its accountability.