UNESCO in the Spotlight: Science and Communications

UNESCO invites young researchers in developing countries to apply for grants through the UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowship Program, fi...

Mrs. Maniko reads her email at a telecenter in Mali Photo: Serge Daniel, copyright: UNESCO UNESCO provides the International Community Telec...

Image from SciDev.Net In January 2007, the African Union will hold its 8th annual summit, focusing on science, technology and innovation and...

This week, as part of the 60 week celebration of six decades of UNESCO's existence, the organization is spotlighting UNESCO's work o...

The Overall Review Committee for UNESCO Major Programs II (Natural Sciences) and III (Social and Human Sciences) has now met three times (13...

Reel Intercultural Dialogue is a series of five short fiction films supported by UNESCO and made by students from India, Israel, Mexico, Rom...

Lizzie at work Originally uploaded by Tim in Mexico . In a health center in Patzun, Guatemala, a woman in traditonal dress and a fo...

Children in a refugee camp in the Congo Photo: F. Loock, Copyright: UNESCO “It is time to take a more comprehensive look at the various dime...

Image from the UNESCO website. Go to the UNESCO webpage providing more information on UN agencies and communication for development. "...

The results of the 18th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) 2006, which was held in Mexico August 13th-20th, 2006 have finally been...

Created in 2004 within the framework of a joint programming initiative between UNESCO and ISESCO * the jeunessearabe.info portal is designe...

This UNU/UNESCO International Conference was held 23 & 24 August 2006 in Yokohama, Japan. It was intended to provide "a forum for d...

Read the full press release online. "In a bid to foster the role of libraries as key players in building people-centred, inclusive and ...

World Water Week was celebrated last week, and we belatedly feature UNESCO's Water Portal on this blog today. Water is an important the...

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was one of the most important U.N. events in the last decade. It was organized by UNESCO...

Hardly a day goes by without Mr. Koїchiro Matsuura, Director General of UNESCO, condemning the killings of journalists worldwide. >> M...

Asia has witnessed a profound transformation of its media landscape since the mid-1980s when deregulation of state television monopolies res...

UNESCO and the Government of India signed an agreement in New Delhi, India, 14 July 2006 for the establishment of a Regional Centre for Biot...

Below are some statements made during the 3rd meeting of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and M...

The Radom Biosphere Reserve in Darfur, Sudan has a great variety of climate and ecosystems; each with distinct group of faunal and floral co...