Press Releases

A new campaign and digital platform, Explore UNESCO South West Trails, has launched…

The UK National Commission for UNESCO is pleased to support this hybrid side event at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Regional Forum on Sustainable Development 2026.

The UNESCO Dyfi Biosphere has secured core funding from the Welsh Government for the financial year 2026-27. This is in support of its five-year development plan and marks a significant step forward…

A new brochure explains the recently adopted UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Neurotechnology - the first global agreement to ensure that emerging neurotechnologies are developed and used with…

Daisy Fancourt, Professor of Psychobiology and Epidemiology and Head of the Social Biobehavioural Research Group at UCL, has been announced as the new UNESCO … Chair in Arts and Global Health.

Durham has joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities, continuing its long history as a significant site of scholarship and learning for over a thousand years.

Communities invited to submit beloved traditions - from Highland dancing to Pancake Day - for recognition as UK living heritage.

At Vindolanda Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall, a new pilot by the Vindolanda Trust, Kassandra and the UK National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC)…

UNESCO UK has launched a new Framework and Research Agenda, positioning UNESCO sites as living laboratories for climate resilience.

A new mural celebrating the value of music has been unveiled at the Telegraph Building in Donegall Street…

As UNESCO marks its 80th anniversary, new analysis reveals that since 1994…

16 November 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in London.