A key highlight of the session, which opened on 30 October 2025, was the formal appointment of Khaled El-Enany as UNESCO’s next Director-General during the Plenary on 6 November, following his ...

Uzbekistan has used the opening of UNESCO’s 43rd General Conference to present a reform-driven vision for global cooperation – one centred on modernising education, expanding AI ethics, strengthening ...

The subsequent session of the Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage will take place in December 2026 in China's Xiamen city, according to a senior UNESCO ...

Uzbekistan has used the opening of UNESCO’s 43rd General Conference to present a reform-driven vision for global cooperation – one centred on modernising education, expanding AI ethics, strengthening ...

Originally aligned with UNESCO’s annual World Philosophy Day (observed on the third Thursday of November), the 2025 event was ...

Every two years, the UNESCO General Conference convenes to determine the policies and major lines of work for the coming years. This is the first time the session is not held in Paris. According to ...

Over 900 participants, including over 45 Ministers and Vice Ministers of Tourism and Culture, international experts, speakers and guests from 100 countries, gathered at the UNWTO/UNESCO World ...

Young participants from the 9th UNESCO Youth Forum have been hard at work at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, presenting the final recommended actions from the Forum. The recommendations were ...

Ocean science is critical for the sustainable management of UNESCO marine World Heritage sites. Yet despite their iconic status, many sites lack essential capacity, technology and financing for ...