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UNESCO mourns passing of Boutros Boutros-Ghali..

UNESCO Director-General, Ms Irina Bokova, expressed her deep sadness at the passing today of Mr Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, the first Secretary-General of La Francophonie....

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Egypt chosen for senior post at UNESCO’s..

The United Nations' Cultural Agency UNESCO’s committee on the management of social transformations convened on Tuesday 17/11/2015 with its new line-up in Paris....

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At UNESCO General Conference, Liberian Youth..

The 38th Session of the General Conference of UNESCO opened today in Paris, France with the organization’s outgoing President HAO Ping, the Minister of Education of the People’s Republic of China and President of the 36th Session of the General...

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UNESCO Calls for General Mobilization..

The Director General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, called today for a general mobilization against the phenomena that threaten the world, such as violent extremism....

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The Chairperson of the Executive Board of..

The Chairperson of the Executive Board of UNESCO condemns the recent tragic and violent acts of barbarism that hit Paris and affected the peoples of France and the world. On behalf of the 58 members of UNESCO's Executive Board, he expresses his...

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Egypt Joins Four Unesco Committees..

Egypt has joined four international committees of UNESO for terms ending in 2019, following a vote that occurred earlier Friday during the 38th session of the General Conference of the UN agency....

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The road to 2030 to take shape at UNESCO’s..

The 38th session of UNESCO’s General Conference opened today with an eye on the future. The biennial meeting of the governing body will set the path for UNESCO as it reviews programme and policy plans aimed at achieving the 2015-2030 Sustainable...

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UNESCO Member States come together to..

The General Conference, the governing body of UNESCO, which brings together all of the Organization’s 195 Member States, will meet in Paris from 3 to 18 November to determine the direction of the Organization’s programmes and activities for the next...

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UNESCO to save New Qurna village in Luxor..

Mohamed Sameh Amr, Egypt's ambassador to UNESCO, said the organization is dispatching a team of experts to restore and maintain the New Qurna village, which was built by renowned architect Hassan Fathy in Luxor....

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A new vision of the History of UNESCO..

What has been the impact of UNESCO’s ideas and initiatives? How have UNESCO’s values and ideals been translated into practice over the past 70 years? Why does history matter for UNESCO? These are the questions that 17 historians address during this...

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  • Mohamed Sameh Amr (Ph.D.)

    Professor & Chair of International Law Deptartment, Faculty of Law, Cairo University
    Attorney-at-Law and Arbitrator
    Ambassador of Egypt to UNESCO, April 2012 to April 2016
    Chair of the Executive Board of UNESCO, November 2013 to November 2015

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  • Mohamed Sameh Amr (Ph.D.)

    Professor & Chair of International Law Deptartment, Faculty of Law, Cairo University
    Attorney-at-Law and Arbitrator
    Ambassador of Egypt to UNESCO, April 2012 to April 2016
    Chair of the Executive Board of UNESCO, November 2013 to November 2015

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