I am pleased to announce that #GlobalMILWeek 2025 will be held in Cartagena de Indias 🇨🇴 on 23-24 October. Theme: "Minds over AI: #MediaAndInfoLiteracy for Digital Spaces".Join us to explore how MIL fosters critical engagement in the digital age.

🌍9th August is the International #IndigenousPeoplesDay dedicated to IA. Empowering Indigenous voices via the media is crucial for fostering pluralism & diversity - essential elements for a vibrant society. Consult our video & article #IndigenousLanguages.

UNESCO's Youth Hackathon 2024 gathered 202 teams from 68 countries — a global force against disinformation & for #Media&InfoLiteracy. 📝Registration at is now OPEN for the #YouthHackathon2025!.🔗 Winners will be invited to Colombia for #GlobalMILWeek!🔗

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A new World Economic Forum report 'Rethinking Media Literacy,' developed with inputs from UNESCO, reimagines how we can build healthier information ecosystems. MIL must be contextual, inclusive & lifelong, in schools, workplaces & online. Critical thinking matters more than ever.

Delighted to meet with H.E. Ms Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, Ambassador to France and Permanent Delegate of the Islamic Republic of #Pakistan to UNESCO. We exchanged on a broad range of topics related to the work of UNESCO’s CI Sector. I look forward to up-scaling our ongoing cooperation.

Pleased to meet with Mr Mohammad Alajmi, Permanent Delegate a.i. of the State of #Kuwait to UNESCO, and discuss our ongoing cooperation, in particular the relaunch of the UNESCO/Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Prize for the digital inclusion of people with disabilities.

A substantial meeting with HE Dr Asaad Turki Swari, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of #Irak to UNESCO, to discuss cooperation with the Communication and Information Sector, in particular in the field of documentary heritage and the Memory of the World program. #MoW

Congratulations to Oman for the new inscription in the international register of the UNESCO Memory of the World programme!.

Delighted meeting with HE Ms. Amna Al Balushi, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of the Sultanate of #Oman to UNESCO. We discussed our on-going cooperation, in particular in the field of documenary heritage. #MoW

Very pleased to meet @alokoficial, @AlokInstituto VP Fabiao Soares & Spiritual Leader Mapu Huni Kuin with @LidiaArthurBri1. Through "The Future is Ancestral", the Alok Institute uplifts Indigenous voices via music, art & storytelling, advancing the goals of @ILDecade #IDIL.

2/2 To protect freedom of expression and access to information—especially across Africa—media councils must lead with editorial independence, transparency, inclusivity, and public accountability. Together, we uphold information as a public good. #MediaFreedom #DigitalGovernance.

1/2 Honoured to be part of the Inaugural Annual Meeting of the Network of Independent Media Councils in Africa (NIMCA). #NIMCA’s endorsement of the Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms is a bold step toward strengthening information integrity.

Enjoyed presenting during the 2nd Pan African Media Councils the work of UNESCO on AI and digital transformation, capacity building, and AI ethics & accountability in media. #AIEthics

Delighted to present to members of #NIMCA the UNESCO Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms as well as our work on Media and Information Literacy and on the impact of #AI on journalism. #MIL

Pleased meeting H.E. Palamagamba Kabudi, Minister of Information, Culture, Arts & Sports, and expressing UNESCO’s commitment to collaborate with the Government of Tanzania to foster the media sector, promote MIL, reinforce journalists’ safety and promote multilingualism.

#UNESCO will collaborate with the Government of #Zanzibar to address mis- and dis-information, promote media & digital literacy, and ensure that information remains a public good.

Honored having a meeting with HE Hussein Ali Mwinyi, President of #Zanzibar. I expressed #UNESCO’s commitment to support Zanzibar preserving its rich documentary heritage, including through the Memory of the World Program. #MoW

2/2 to strengthen media and communication regulations to uphold free, independent and pluralistic media. #PritoryAfrica.

1/2 In my speech at the 2nd Pan-African Media Councils Summit held in Arusha and opened by HE Dr Philip Isdor Mpango, Vice-President of the United Republic of Tanzania, I expressed #UNESCO’s commitment to work with all Member States in #Africa (cont'd)