The “Integral Study of the Silk Roads, Roads of Dialogue” project, launched by UNESCO in 1988, brought together hundreds of researchers from around the world, both from the organization and from ...

This year’s festival, held under the theme "Join Hands Along the Silk Road to Build a World of Peace", will feature keynote speeches and discussions on pressing global issues, including conflict ...

The Inclusive Policy Markers will help you design and deliver more inclusive, equity-weighted, and SDG-oriented policies. Using the markers offers quality- and process-related safeguards to ensure ...

The vast trade networks of the Silk Roads carried more than just merchandise and precious commodities. In fact, the constant movement and mixing of populations brought about the widespread ...

Since its involvement in promoting international reflection on the ethics of life sciences in the 1970s, UNESCO continues to build and reinforce linkages among ethicists, scientists, policy-makers, ...

With accelerated climate change the fragility of our planet is becoming more and more apparent. Persistent inequalities, social fragmentation, and political extremism are bringing many societies to a ...

There are 86 biosphere reserves in Africa. They participate in the African Biosphere Reserves Network (AfriMAB), created in 1996 to promote regional co-operation in the fields of biodiversity, ...

On 7 February 2018, The Permanent Delegation of the People’s Republic of China to UNESCO, the UNESCO’s Arab Group and UNESCO, have jointly organized a Roundtable on “Maritime Silk Roads: Connections ...

The Silk Roads are amongst some of the most important routes in our collective history. It was through these roads that relations between east and west were established, exposing diverse regions to ...

The inland routes of the Silk Roads were dotted with caravanserais, large guest houses or hostels designed to welcome travelling merchants and their caravans as they made their way along these trade ...

Cities grew up along the Silk Roads as essential hubs of trade and exchange, here merchants and travellers came to stop and rest their animals and begin the process of trading their goods. From Xi’an ...

The rapid digitalization has led to significant disparities between the Global North and South, raising urgent concerns about 'digital colonialism.' Bitange Ndemo emphasizes the need for international ...