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As the Turkish President signed a decree on Friday converting the ancient Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque, the UN cultural agency (UNESCO) said that it “deeply regrets the decision” made “without prior discussion”. UNESCO had earlier in the day called on Turkey to abide by its “legal commitments and obligations” in accordance with […]
UNESCO has appointed Moroccan artificial intelligence expert, Mrs. Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, to the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST). The Moroccan researcher joins the commission for a four-year term, from 2020 to 2023. “It is an honor for me to serve ethics within this beautiful institution that is UNESCO,” […]
Moroccan university professor Fatima Roumate has been appointed by UNESCO member of the international experts group to draft global recommendations on the ethics of artificial intelligence. The 24-member international experts group is composed of the world’s leading experts on social, economic and cultural challenges of artificial intelligence. They are tasked with elaborating internationally applicable recommendations […]
The UNESCO will organize October 28-31 in Morocco’s capital city Rabat a symposium on the sustainable management of water resources, called the Open Water Symposium. The symposium on water resource management responds to the problem of water stress faced by African and Middle Eastern countries. The use of software to manage irrigation, wastewater treatment and […]
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday asked judges to approve war crimes and crimes against humanity charges against a Malian jihadi suspected of committing atrocities in the west African nation. The International Criminal Court has detained Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz on charges of sex slavery and destruction of Timbuktu’s UNESCO […]
King Mohammed VI visited, on Monday, several projects launched in 2014 by the Sovereign to rehabilitate and upgrade the old medina of Rabat, Morocco’s capital city. The royal visit shows the importance the Monarch grants to the conservation of the architectural identity of the Rabat medina, a UNESCO world heritage site, the promotion of its […]
The GENIE program, developed by Morocco’s education ministry, won the UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for Innovation in Education. Launched in 2005, GENIE is a large-scale, long-term national policy and initiative developed and implemented by the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research of Morocco, the prize organizers […]
Audrey Azoulay, a former French Minister of Moroccan origins, was confirmed as new head of the UNESCO, succeeding to Irina Bokova. Azoulay, who is daughter of André Azoulay, Advisor to King Mohammed VI, took over the leadership of the UN’s culture organization after 195 member states voted to confirm her. Azoulay, 45, a former French […]
UNESCO and Morocco signed an agreement to cooperate in the field of facilitating access to information, a right that is stipulated by the Moroccan 2011 constitution. The three-year agreement was signed by UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, and the Moroccan Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of the Reform of the Administration and […]
The northern Moroccan pearl, Tetouan, has been designated as a UNESCO Creative city for Crafts and Fold Art, joining a network of 64 cities from 44 countries. This designation by UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova will enable the Moroccan city to be part of a Network at the front-line of UNESCO’s efforts to foster innovation […]