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The Organization focuses, in particular, on two global priorities, Africa and Gender equality, and supports the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted at the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly, through all its programmes.
Announcement of Conferences and Call for Proposals ‘Accelerating Ocean Science Solutions for Sustainable Development’ Hosted by the Government of Thailand and co-organized with the UNESCO/IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC), the 2nd UN...
8 June 2023, Bangkok — The Thai Government and UNESCO celebrated the recent designation of the Khorat Global Geopark as the country’s second official UNESCO Global Geopark after the successful inscription of Satun to the Global Geoparks Network in 2018. In...
Mekong region of South-East Asia represented by Thailand’s latest addition in Khorat UNESCO’s Executive Board has endorsed the addition of 18 sites to the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network (GGN). This brings the total number of UNESCO Geoparks to 195 in 48...
‘What is the current development status of the National Decade Committees (NDCs) in the region?’ ‘How could the NDCs better help promote and support the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development?’ These questions and others came up in...
National governments must continue to support the development of transformative ocean science solutions and enhance mutual assistance and cooperation. Gathering at an SGOs Roundtable at the Fourteenth Intergovernmental Session of the Sub-Commission for the...