[UNESCO CI News] CI highlights

UNESCO Communication and Information Weekly Newsletter

• 19.02.16 Director-General condemns killing of media workers Munir al-Hakimi and Suad Hujaira in Yemen The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has condemned the killing of two media workers in Yemen, Suad Hujaira and Munir al-Hakimi.

• 19.02.16 UNESCO and Caritas open a Youth Community Centre in Qobayat Within the framework of their emergency responses to the Syrian refugees' crisis in Lebanon, UNESCO and Caritas Lebanon inaugurated a Community Centre in the Northern city of Qobayat, Akkar, Northern Lebanon.

• 18.02.16 Director-General condemns killing of journalist El Hadj Mohamed Diallo in Guinea The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, condemned the death of El Hadj Mohamed Diallo during clashes at a political meeting in Conakry, capital of the Republic of Guinea.

• 16.02.16 UNESCO to organize a high-level international expert meeting on youth radicalization in cyberspace with Quebec (Canada) On 12 February, Mr Philippe Couillard, Premier of Québec, announced that half a million dollars would be allocated to holding an international conference of high-level experts in autumn 2016. The conference, to be organized under the aegis of UNESCO, will address radicalization leading to violence and extremism through the Internet.

• 16.02.16 Somalian security forces trained on safety of journalists and freedom of expression UNESCO, in cooperation with United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), organised a three-day training workshop for security forces on safety of journalists and freedom of expression from 28 to 30 January 2016 in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Back to top