Tag: UNESCO

58 cities join UNESCO Creative Cities Network

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has designated 58 Creative Cities, which now join the Organization’s dedicated Network. With these designations, the Network now includes 408 cities in more than 100 countries, recognized for their commitment to creative industries and cultural life.   UNESCO Creative Cities demonstrate that culture and creative industries can be concrete drivers of development. By welcoming 58 new cities, we are strengthening a Network where creativity supports local initiatives, attracts investment and promotes social cohesion,Audrey AzoulayUNESCO Director-General This year, a new theme, Architecture, has been added to the…

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By signing a new five-year partnership, UNESCO and LVMH expand their joint actions for biodiversity conservation.

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO and LVMH Group announce the renewal of their privileged partnership dedicated to biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. This new agreement, entitled “For the Beauty of the Living”, strengthens and expands the cooperation first initiated in 2019 around UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme. Now extending beyond the scope of this programme, the partnership aims to intensify joint actions by mobilizing all of UNESCO’s education, science and cultural programmes, with the active support of LVMH. It also includes a new project conducted with the Tiffany & Co. Foundation, focused on…

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26 new Biosphere Reserves: UNESCO’s continues unprecedented expansion of its global network

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO designates 26 new biosphere reserves across 21 countries – the highest number in 20 years. The World Network of Biosphere Reserves now includes 785 sites in 142 countries, with an additional one million km² of natural areas brought under protection since 2018 – equivalent to the size of Bolivia. This year, six countries welcome their first biosphere reserve, while São Tomé and Príncipe becomes the first State to have its entire territory designated as a biosphere reserve. With nearly thirty new designations this year, our World Network of Biosphere…

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UNESCO welcomes major step forward for the ocean with the entry into force of the BBNJ agreement

Stuart Mitchell

Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, welcomed the recent entry into force of the BBNJ agreement, reinforcing effective ocean protection. Adopted in 2023 after almost two decades of negotiation, and now surpassing the crucial threshold of 60 ratifications, this treaty offers new hope for the high seas—vast ocean territories that cover nearly half the Earth and have long lacked enforceable safeguards. This agreement marks a historic moment in global ocean governance, paving the way for the protection and sustainable management of our planet’s largest ecosystem. UNESCO will continue to work alongside…

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UNESCO launches the World’s First Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects at a global scale at MONDIACULT 2025

Stuart Mitchell

Three years after its announcement at MONDIACULT 2022, UNESCO is launching an innovative initiative: the Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects. This global platform harnesses cutting-edge digital technology to raise awareness of the illicit trafficking of cultural property, one of the most pervasive challenges for cultural heritage globally. The event will take place at the World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development – MONDIACULT 2025, on Tuesday 29 September in Barcelona, Spain. The launch event of the “UNESCO Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects” will celebrate the public release of the…

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