Reconciling Climate Change with Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

When, local time: Wednesday, 6 April 2016 – 9:00am to Friday, 8 April 2016 – 5:30pm Where: France, Paris Type of Event: Category 7-Seminar and Workshop Contact: Salvatore Aricò, s.arico@unesco.org IPBES – the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services – acts as the mechanism to bear the findings of scientific research and other […]

Stepping up stakeholders’ involvement in the fight against trafficking of culture

As the full extent of the damage to Palmyra is being revealed, now that extremists have been pushed out of the Syrian World Heritage site, evidence of looting there highlights how important it is to contain the illicit trade in cultural properties in order to preserve heritage. Participants at a day-long series of roundtables on […]

New UNITWIN strategy plan defined for Education for Sustainable Development

The Second International Conference of the UNESCO Chair for Education, Training and Research into Sustainable Development took place at Bordeaux Institut National Polytechnique on 14-15 March, 2016. The conference entitled ‘What strategy 2016-2019 for education, training and research into sustainable development’ drew together representatives from 35 universities and 21 Member countries from UNESCO’s UNITWIN network […]

UNESCO Director-General and President Vladimir Putin discuss the protection of Palmyra’s cultural heritage

Following the liberation of Palmyra, the Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova, discussed with HE Mr Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, during a telephone conversation on 27 March 2016, the protection and preservation of the cultural heritage of Palmyra. “I stand ready to send a UNESCO emergency assessment experts’ mission‎ to map the […]

Director-General of UNESCO meets the new Bureau of the Group of 77 & China, Paris Chapter

H.E. Ms Rudo Mabel Chitiga, Ambassador Permanent Delegate of the Republic of Zimbabwe to UNESCO, Chairperson of the Group of 77 & China, Paris Chapter, together with the members of the Bureau, today held a meeting with the Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of their appointment. The Director-General thanked all of the Permanent Delegates […]