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Morocco was unanimously re-elected to the Executive Council of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) for the period 2023-2025, during the 32nd session’s elections of the IOC Assembly at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. This re-election reflects once again the international community’s acknowledgment of Morocco’s active role and commitment to global affairs under the enlightened leadership of […]
The operators of luxury Safari camps in Zimbabwe, which charge more than $1,000 a night, have lodged objections against a planned oil exploration program in the country’s UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mana Pools National Park. The Zimbabwean top tourist attraction, the pristine Mana Pools, could be under threat after a mining company applied for a […]
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to receive Wednesday February 06 in the Ivorian capital of Yamoussoukro the Félix Houphouët-Boigny-UNESCO Peace Prize which she was awarded last year. Audrey Azoulay, Director of UNESCO and Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara will hand the award to the former German state woman during a ceremony, the state-run news […]
UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, stressed, on Tuesday in Paris, the commitment of King Mohammed VI to strengthening cooperation ties between Morocco and the UN organization. “We know the commitment and importance His Majesty the King and the Royal Family grant to enhancing further the Morocco-UNESCO cooperation”, said Ms. Azoulay during the signing ceremony, held under […]
Princess Lalla Hasnaa, President of the Foundation for the Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage of Rabat, chaired, on Tuesday in Paris, the signing ceremony of a five-year partnership agreement between the Foundation and UNESCO. The agreement was inked, in presence of UNESCO Chief Audrey Azoulay, by Ernesto Ottone, UNESCO Assistant Director-General and Nouzha Alaoui, Secretary […]
Faithful to its unwavering commitment to the development of South-South cooperation, Morocco has just signed with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) an agreement on the safeguarding and protection of the intangible culture in Africa. This cooperation agreement, the first of its kind, was signed this Tuesday, November 29, 2022 in Rabat […]
King Mohammed VI announced on Monday the setting up of a national center for the intangible cultural heritage to enable the North African kingdom to build on the gains achieved in this field. The royal announcement was made in a message addressed to participants in the 17th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the […]
An exhibition and an international symposium on “the universal scope of Morocco’s prehistoric heritage”, placed under the High Patronage of King Mohammed VI, opened, Friday, at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris. The exhibition and the symposium are meant to present the richness and diversity of the […]
A convention on the creation of the African Institute for Lifelong Learning, at the proposal of King Mohammed VI, was signed on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the UNESCO’s 7th International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII), held in Marrakech under the theme “Adult learning and education for sustainable development – A transformative agenda.” The […]
King Mohammed VI has proposed the setting up of an African Institute for Lifelong Learning to strengthen South-South coordination and cooperation in the field of adult learning and lifelong education. The suggestion was made in the message he addressed to the UNESCO’s Seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII), held in Marrakech under the […]