Tag: UNESCO

Indigenous Languages Preserved and Promoted by Lenovo Foundation, Motorola and UNESCO

Stuart Mitchell

Lenovo Foundation and Motorola are collaborating with UNESCO to digitize, preserve and promote indigenous languages, in honor of UNESCO’s International Decade of Indigenous Languages In 2022, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2022 – 2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL). The declaration is an effort to draw global attention to the endangered status of many indigenous languages and mobilize stakeholders and resources for their preservation, revitalization and promotion. As a global company focused on delivering smarter technology for all, Motorola Mobility, a Lenovo company has developed the…

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UNESCO leads global dialogue to improve the reliability of information

Stuart Mitchell

As part of its mandate, UNESCO has launched a global dialogue to provide guidelines for regulating digital platforms, to fight disinformation and hate speech and protect freedom of expression and human rights. The high point will be an international conference organized at the Organization’s Paris headquarters on 21-23 February. This will result in the presentation by UNESCO, in mid-2023, of global guidelines for governments, regulatory bodies and digital companies. A flawed business model Social media and other digital platforms have empowered people all over the world to communicate, share information,…

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UNESCO calls for intensified collective efforts to combat antisemitism online

Stuart Mitchell

On the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, 27 January, UNESCO urges social media companies to intensify their fight against antisemitism and denial and distortion of the Holocaust online. The Organization has already established partnerships with Meta and Tik-Tok as a key first step, but significant work remains. As we enter a world with fewer and fewer survivors who can testify to what happened, it is imperative that social media companies take responsibility to fight misinformation and to better protect those…

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Fight against Antisemitism: UNESCO and Partners launch an ambitious training programme for American Educators

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO, in partnership with the University of Southern California’s Shoah Foundation, the American Federation of Teachers and the American Jewish Committee launched a US-wide online professional training programme for school teachers, superintendents and principals to address the antisemitism, the distortion and denial of the Holocaust in schools. Antisemitism is an attack on our shared humanity. It must be confronted head-on, without naivety and with perseverance. This is the commitment of UNESCO, the UN agency mandated to promote education on the Holocaust and the prevention of genocide. We are proud to…

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UNESCO finds that some iconic World Heritage glaciers will disappear by 2050

Stuart Mitchell

50 UNESCO World Heritage sites are home to glaciers (A total of 18,600 glaciers have been identified in these 50 sites, covering around 66,000 km2), representing almost 10% of the Earth’s total glacierized area. They include the highest (next to Mt. Everest), the longest (in Alaska), and the last remaining glaciers in Africa, amongst others, giving a representative overview of the general situation of glaciers in the world. But a new study by UNESCO, in partnership with IUCN, shows these glaciers have been retreating at an accelerated rate since 2000 due…

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