UNESCO – Ethio Negari

18 Sep

UNESCO inscribes two sites of Ethiopia as world hermitages

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The Bale Mountains and Gedeo landscape are registered as world heritage by UNESCO. Ethiopia has increased the number of heritage sites registered by UNESCO to 11 and is the only one in Africa. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO is holding its 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Bale Mountains National Park and Gedeo cultural landscape has been declared as a World Heritage Site. As UNESCO announced on its website, the Gedeo cultural landscape and Bale, which is home to rare wild animals, have been registered as the 10th and 11th global heritage sites. Ethiopia…

Ethiopia elected to UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage

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Ethiopia has been elected to Intergovernmental Committee of Intangible Cultural Heritage at UNESCO, according to Ethiopian Embassy in Paris. The election was took place during the 9th session of the General Assembly of States Parties to the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage being held from 5 to 7 July 2022. Ethiopia is very proud for being elected to Intergovernmental Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage. As one of the representatives of Africa, Ethiopia will work for a more balanced and truly representative list of inscribed intangible heritage, reflecting the beauty and diversity of our world. Preservation…

President Sahle-Work Attends UNESCO’s Transforming Education Pre-Summit in Paris

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Ethiopian delegation, led by President Sahle-work Zewde, is participating in the ongoing UNESCO’s Transforming Education Pre-Summit high-level discussion in Paris. This meeting is a precursor to the Transforming Education Summit (TES), to be held in September at the UN General Assembly in New York. The two-day high-level engagement has started today in France’s capital where 154 education ministers from across the globe are in attendance. The President is Chair of the UNESCO International Commission for Futures of Education, which produced the Sahlework Report, a blueprint for transforming education in the 21st century. Speaking at the pre-summit, President Sahle-work highlighted the…