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Official English Twitter account of Korean National Commission for UNESCO (KNCU) 한국어: @unescokr
Seoul, South Korea
Joined July 2018
💙 Fill in the Blank Challenge with SEVENTEEN 💙.Fill in the blank #EducationCanChange_____ and share your thoughts with #SEVENTEEN .SEVENTEEN autographed postcards will be given to 13 randomly selected participants. ▶ How to participate:
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KNCU is thrilled to announce the launch of a global campaign ‘GoingTogether’ with SEVENTEEN to raise awareness of the importance of education and to think about the future direction education should take. #GoingTogether #EducationCanChange_ #TeamSVT #UNESCO #SEVENTEEN
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[#GoingTogether].In celebration of the International Day of Education, #SEVENTEEN and #KNCU introduce a new font based on the beloved Bongbong character. Join us today to help create a brighter future for all!. #세븐틴 #EducationCanChange_MyDream #UNESCO
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[#GoingTogether].We all deserve to dream through a better education opportunity. UNESCO and Seventeen go together for the future of education. #SEVENTEEN #세븐틴.#EducationCanChange_ #UNESCO
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“SEVENTEEN and #CARAT will go together for a better future”. SEVENTEEN wants you to join in the walk forward to reimagine the future of education. Please hear them out!.#GoingTogether with #SEVENTEEN and #UNESCO.#EducationCanChange_
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Education can bring dramatic change to our lives. Please join SEVENTEEN and UNESCO in the walk forward to reimagine the futures of education. #GoingTogether with #SEVENTEEN and #UNESCO .#EducationCanChange_.
😍 The #SEVENTEEN members grew as artists through various learning opportunities. 🫵 Now they are calling on you to join them on a journey towards #TransformingEducation #GoingTogether with @pledis_17 and @UNESCO 🎉.
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Say the name, Seventeen! KNCU is honored to receive a generous donation from @pledis_17 in celebration of their 7th anniversary! Thank you for supporting our work to provide education to marginalized groups in Asia and Africa 🥰 #HAPPY_SVT_DAY
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We are SO THRILLED to have @ericnamofficial on board as our new global ambassador for 2020 #GlobalMILWeek! Watch this amazing human being talking about what Media & Information Literacy is and why it matters. For full video:
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@ericnamofficial Thank you for giving us your platform to talk about such an important issue! We are most grateful for our amazing perfect global ambassador 🥳.
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Wait, there's more! To help us celebrate the Global MIL Week, @ericnamofficial powered through a 5-page script to give you a step-by-step guide on how to become media & information literate:
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I mean, Beyoncé did say girls run the world 😎.
Turned out the reps from seven UN agencies were ALL women! Not surprising that women are the drivers of vital, global & digital conversations 😎🤳🏻@UNESCO @UNHumanRights @UNmigration @WFP @UNIDO @Refugees @UNICEF . #GirlPower👩🏻💻🙋🏻♀️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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If you want in on the global celebrations, register NOW at We are going fully online to respect everyone's safety in the midst of a global pandemic, but we'll be sure to make it just as fun and meaningful.
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Today marked the 65th anniversary of KNCU! We celebrated with a small volunteer project, in which we delivered food to the elderly in need in time for the Lunar New Years holiday. Here’s to many more great years!.
오늘은 유네스코한국위원회의 65번째 생일입니다! 🎂.창립 65주년을 맞아 유네스코한국위원회 전직원은 십시일반으로 성금을 모아, 쌀, 즉석요리, 고추장, 커피믹스 등으로 구성된 ‘사랑의 희망상자’ 70세트를 직접 준비하여 후암동 쪽방촌 홀몸 어르신들께 전달했습니다 🥰
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PRO TIP: why stop at YouTube? If you live in Seoul, South Korea 🇰🇷 check out the giant ad at @coexseoul with @ericnamofficial! Tag us if you spot the ad ✌🏼 #ericwatchesoverseoul
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What a day! We are thrilled for #HeritageforPeace, and hope that the work of @UNESCO continues to inspire peace in the minds of men and women! #씨름 #Ssireum #CulturalHeritage.
Inscription of traditional Korean Wrestling on the List of #CulturalHeritage following a merged application of the two #Koreas :« It is a highly symbolic step on the road to inter-Korean #reconciliation that reminds us of the peace-building power of heritage” #HeritageforPeace.
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Thank you @TwitterKorea for verifying KNCU! If you're just following us, check out the 2018 UNESCO Strategy Forum we are hosting next week! Come join the conversation about the relevance of @UNESCO's mandate in 21st century, and how #Korea should shape its relations with UNESCO!
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Twitter! With help from Korea's beloved world-renowned soprano (and our Goodwill Ambassador) Ms. Su-mi Jo (@sumijo2011), we have opened a new community learning center in #Botswana! Watch her congratulatory message here! 👇 #educationforall
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Nothing but love for our global ambassador 🙏 Learn more about Media & Information Literacy (MIL) with Eric!.
Excited to share that I'm UNESCO's New Global Ambassador for 2020 #GlobalMILWeek #UNESCO.
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KNCU and UN family in Korea are working with @TwitterKorea to find ways to better promote our goals and programmes, and raise awareness 🥳 Thank you #Twitter for being our global platform! #TwitterPublicPolicyKR
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Could not be more thrilled to be working with @TwitterKorea @ChenieYoon to promote @UNESCO's goals, starting with #GlobalMILWeek! Looking forward to many, many more opportunities to make a difference! #MediaLiteracy.
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YAASSSS!!! @unescobangkok and @ericnamofficial — worlds colliding so hard I might just faint. Thanks for the shoutout, Bangkok!!.
🤔 What is media & information literacy (#MIL)?. 🎙️ K-pop singer & songwriter @ericnamofficial, our new global ambassador for 2020 #GlobalMILWeek, tells us why MIL is important. 💻 Join the MIL events on 24-31 Oct: .@unescokr_eng @MILCLICKS
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Just blessing your timeline with this gem of a video again. #GlobalMILWeek #ThinkBeforeSharing.
We are SO THRILLED to have @ericnamofficial on board as our new global ambassador for 2020 #GlobalMILWeek! Watch this amazing human being talking about what Media & Information Literacy is and why it matters. For full video:
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@ericnamofficial EVERYBODY LISTEN TO ERIC. This VERY IMPORTANT topic is being talked about at the #GlobalMILWeek feature conference! Join us at 🧡.
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#KeepTruthAlive! Impunity for crimes against journalists must be brought to an end. Learn more about freedom of speech and International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (November 2) here:
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HAPPENING NOW at @UNESCO: an exhibit of royal attire and embroidery by Korean designer Madame Lee Jung-sook!
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Stuck at home while #socialdistancing? Catch up on your #medialiteracy skills to stay informed and calm 🥰 Teachers in #Korea have got you covered below 💪🏼💪🏼
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HAPPENING NOW: EAST ASIA MEETING OF NATIONAL COMMISSIONS!! So good to see friendly faces in the city of Jeonju 💕💕
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Happy #YearofIndigenousLanguages! KNCU invited a youth choir to sing in the indigenous language of #Jeju island about #Hanyeo, one of Korea’s Intangible Cultural Heritage 🎉
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The world-famous story was read by 60 native speakers of 32 different languages. Each excerpt shows the beauty of each #language! Do you recognize your mother tongue here? Tell us what you think! 🥳🥳 Thank you to all our friends who helped us compile this beautiful clip❣️❣️
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HAPPENING NOW: annual meeting of @UNESCO Category II Centres in Korea! So happy to see the family growing 🥰🥰 @APCEIU @unescoicm
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Korean National Commission for @UNESCO is committed to creating a future where racism has no place 👏🏻 #LiveTogether
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SOON! Leave No Girl Behind: A Roundtable on UNESCO Projects on Girls’ Education is about to happen at @UNESCO! Follow here 👏🏻
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Our global ambassador talking about what matters! 👊🏻👊🏻.
Eric Nam, Korean-American Kpop star and a global ambassador for media and information literacy , talks about the importance and benefits of being a Media and Information literate through effective engagement, and dialogue. #UNESCO #GLOBALMILWEEK2020 🌍 @ericnamofficial
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KNCU is pleased to host the 2018 @UNESCO Strategy Forum! Together with UNESCO ambassadors, SGs of NatComms, and experts, this forum will be an opportunity to discuss UNESCO's reforms, and Korea's strategy towards better cooperation with UNESCO in different fields of competence.
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Today marked the first high-level meeting on Republic of Korea’s voluntary contributions to @UNESCO! As the 5th largest donor of VC, ROK donors took note of UNESCO’s priorities and funding needs, and reaffirmed commitment to remain a reliable, effective partner 🥳😊
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IT’S STAFF EXCHANGE TIME! This year KNCU is hosting our annual exchange program with colleagues from NatComms of China, Japan, Thailand, Malawi, and Ukraine! #friendshipgoals
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📣 ASPnet Schools UNITE! 📣 KNCU and @UNESCO are launching the SPONGE campaign to collect YOUR ideas for putting SDGs into practice! Submit your ideas in videos or text by September 13!
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What a view! KNCU is delighted to be here at the #PartnersForum, sharing ideas about how we can inspire others to #ChooseUNESCO and work together for a better world! 👏🏻👏🏻
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KNCU’s efforts to promote cultural diversity have been recognized with a presidential award! Thank you to all our colleagues that have worked with us! We will continue to be the enabling agent that ensures cultural diversity is celebrated around the world 🥰✨🥳 #thankyou.
축하해주세요🤗 제38회 #세종문화상 ‘#문화다양성부문’에 유네스코한국위원회 문화팀이 선정되었답니다🥳🥰😊 #문화다양성협약 이행과 #문화다양성 증진에 앞으로도 힘쓰겠습니다💕
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Happy International #MotherLanguageDay! In celebration of today, KNCU is incredibly happy to share with you a multilingual reading of #TheLittlePrince! Come listen to what wonderful languages we have on this planet, and celebrate #diversity with us!👉🏼
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Such important relics of the Chosun dynasty not only in terms of their achitectural values but also for their contribution to social and academic development 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.
🔴 BREAKING. Just inscribed as @UNESCO #WorldHeritage Site: Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies, #RepublicofKorea 🇰🇷 . Bravo! 👏 . ℹ️#43WHC
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2018 @UNESCO Strategy Forum is happening right now! With a full house like this, we are super excited to hear what everyone has to say about UNESCO’s future and Korea’s relationship with the Organization. Follow the forum on this thread here!
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KNCU was delighted to present our work on @UNESCO’s way forward and Korea’s strategy towards the Organization in the Meeting of National Commissions during the 206EXB😊 See you again, friends!
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Welcome UNESCO SHS family in the Asia-Pacific!
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It was such a pleasure to have our @UNESCO colleague visit Korea after a long pandemic. Thank you for all your support for the International Symposium on Culture and #ArtsEducation!.
In Republic of Korea, observing culture as powerful economic force and foundation for human-centred development – and it begins with education. At International Symposium on Culture and #ArtsEducation, momentum builds for culture-education synergies, from heritage to creativity.
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It's been a year since KNCU started this English @Twitter account! 😍 Help us be better--how have you liked it so far? What more would you like to see here?? #MyTwitterAnniversary
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Application now open for 2023 Global Youth Forum 🕊️. Let's build peace in the minds of youth - Beyond war to sustainable peace!. 🗓Deadline: 31 March 2023.✍Details & how to apply:
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A first for Korean cinema! 🎉🎉🎉 #gisaengchung.
A la Clôture du 72ème @Festival_Cannes : les cinéastes nous donnent leur vision de l’état du #Monde, dans la #diversité des langues et points de vue. La Palme d’or au réalisateur sud-coréen Bong Joon-ho a fait l’unanimité du public, des critiques et du Jury. #DiversitéCulturelle.
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Welcome, all of you, to #APNatComs2018! Here is to many, many years of lasting friendships and cooperation.
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@ericnamofficial getting that Asia pacific @unesco love with his MIL talk! #globalmilweek #thinkbeforesharing.
What's real? What's fake?.Next week is #GlobalMILWeek .Join @UNESCO & Eric Nam, Ambassador for Global Media & Information Literacy Week 2020 to tackle #fakenews & #disinformation .@ericnamofficial #thinkbeforeyoushare #fightfakenews #MIL @unescojakarta .
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Q. Who's coming to #APNatComs2018?.A. SO MANY! Colleagues from @UNESCO, @unescojakarta, @UNESCO_AsiaPac, and SGs from about 30 NatComms (including @CCUNESCO @UNESCOinAus @unesco_mongolia), five Category II Centres (like @APCEIU), and MORE from Asia-Pacific!
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HAPPENING NOW: Showcasing the different martial arts from around the world in front of @UNESCO House in Seoul!
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Thank you Ms. Bokova for visiting us and sharing your insights with us. We hope to continue to work with you and the rest of the @UNESCO family in the future for peace! 🥰🥰☺️.
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The Meeting of National Commissions is about to begin! We are super excited to present to everyone the results of #APNatComs2018 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Is this where the party's happening? Piggybacking on @SebGoupil's very timely tweet, we are happy to announce that KNCU has finally started an English Twitter account! Very excited to share our stories with our friends around the world--keep in touch, everyone!.
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Look guys, I just found the world's wisest coolest teacher 👀.
gonna check when my next teaching schedule is. then, watch me talk about unesco's MIL week (featuring him!) in information literacy class 😏.
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Calm before the storm. KNCU is excited to be at the 205th Session of the UNESCO Executive Board!
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Entering the 4th day of our #GlobalMILWeek Feature Conference! Join us at 5PM (KST) on .
📲 MIL 101 with Eric Nam (2). 🎙️ K-pop singer & songwriter @ericnamofficial, our new global ambassador for 2020 #GlobalMILWeek, tells us how to resist disinfodemic: 💻 Join the MIL events on 24-31 Oct 2020: @unescokr_eng @MILCLICKS
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Super excited to join the family! ☺️.
Congratulations to 🇰🇷 for successful inscription of #Getbol to the @unescowhc World Heritage list. From now on, the world's largest #WaddenSea in 🇩🇪 🇩🇰 and 🇳🇱 has a World Heritage sister in East Asia.
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Heyyyyyy @unescobangkok @unescojakarta @CaribbeanUnesco @UnescoEast @unesconewdelhi @UNESCO_Dakar @unescoROSA care to retweet the above and let all the ASPnet schools in your region about the SPONGE campaign? Looking forward to some AWESOME ideas!! 😉😉.
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Good food and strong friendships are essential to successfully host meetings as important as #APNatComs2018. A big thank-you to Ms. Jun Morohashi of the UNESCO Bangkok Office (@UNESCO_AsiaPac) for flying out to Seoul to fine-tune the details of our programme!
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#APNatComs2018 is hosting a Marketplace of National Commissions and Category II Centres! What a crowd! So excited to see our friends get together to share their cultures and stories 💕💕💕
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A million thanks to our Slovenian colleagues @MarjutkaHafner for organizing and inviting KNCU to such a thought-provoking meeting. Looking forward to working with you all to further develop our ideas into concrete actions! #friendshipgoals 😎🥳👍🏼 @UNESCO.
Exellent discussions with the European Unesco family + @unescokr_eng & @SebGoupil from @CCUNESCO Topics: strategic transformation, Artificial intelligence, how to strenghten collaboration with civil society etc. Thanks for leadership & organisation .@MarjutkaHafner & team
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🌏Assemble, IDA managers🌏.We invite you to the 2022 Online Thematic Seminar on Management Challenges of Internationally Designated Areas (IDAs). Let’s talk about #SDGs, #Education, #Identity, #Branding, #Local Community Involvement in Internationally Designated Areas.
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT 📢📢:.2020 Global MIL Week is just around the corner! Republic of Korea and @UNESCO are thrilled to bring to you our very first VIRTUAL feature conference! Register NOW on our Virtual Conference Hall: 👋
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A group of young changemakers on stage with multiple heads of state at #UNESCOGC—a first for any UN meeting! The general conference is off to a very interesting start! 👏🏻👏🏻
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The honor is all ours, friend! Thank you for flying halfway across the globe to share your insights about the work of @UNESCO and providing fresh perspectives for our works. You are always welcome back any time! ❤️ @jejuforumpp @unesco_de.
What an honour to discuss the future of multilateralism and the role of @UNESCO during rising exclusionism with leading Korean academicians at @jejuforumpp. Thanks to @unescokr_eng for vision and strategy. @unesco_de
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KNCU is currently hosting our annual Staff Exchange Programme, joined by colleagues from Chinese, Thai, Japanese and Canadian National Commissions! Here they are looking around the rooftop garden we keep at KNCU 😊😊
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VINCI is a model example of intellectual cooperation between NatComms in different regions. Looking forward to more future opportunities to work together! @UNESCOUK @UNESCO_ch
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KNCU is hosting an international symposium on #medialiteracy! Please join us in this global conversation about how we can critically select and analyze the daunting amount of information we face everyday everywhere! #미디어리터러시 #PenseAvantDePartager.
📢11월 8일, 프레스센터에서 '2018 #미디어정보리터러시 국제심포지엄'이 열립니다! 미디어와 정보를 비판적으로 받아들이는 능력이 중요성을 더해가는 요즘, 국내외 전문가들의 다채로운 논의가 펼쳐질 이 자리에 여러분을 초대합니다💁♀️.>>사전등록은👉#미디어리터러시 #MIL
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Mr. Ahmimed, Head of Transformation Unit of @UNESCO, providing representatives of NatComms with updates on Strategic Transformation 😎
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Winners will earn a spot at the International Global Students Forum hosted by @UNESCO, have their work published, AND receive a bunch of prize gifts from us! 👏🏻👏🏻.
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SG of @CCUNESCO doing more than his fair share in strengthening network of national commissions by making a sacrifice to squeeze himself on top of a luggage to make space! #letSebastienstayinhisbackyard #APNatComs2018
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Perfect classroom material for all schools around the world, don’t you think?.
📲 MIL 101 with Eric Nam (2). 🎙️ K-pop singer & songwriter @ericnamofficial, our new global ambassador for 2020 #GlobalMILWeek, tells us how to resist disinfodemic: 💻 Join the MIL events on 24-31 Oct 2020: @unescokr_eng @MILCLICKS
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How are European National Commissions for @UNESCO working together? @MarjutkaHafner, SG of Slovenian National Commission for @UNESCO, sat down with KNCU for a short introduction of the Informal Meeting of the European Network of NatComms to the Korean public. Take a look! 😻
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Did you know Korea ranked 5th in terms of voluntary contribution to @UNESCO in 2018? Our donors got together today to share updates and future plans. Girls’ education, ocean science, baseball, world heritage—you name it, we got it!!
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Thank you for watching with us! 🧡.
#GlobalMILWeek Day 1 Session Completed! . Check out interesting upcoming sessions by registering for free at :)
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What a timely call for such an important issue--we stand with the German National Commission for UNESCO (@unesco_de) on this call and have shared a Korean version of the statement on our website:
We need #openscience to overcome the #COVIDー19 pandemic for new vaccines, treatment and testing. We need to learn from #openscience for a globally open society. @unesco_de Exec Committee with strong Statement calling for @UNESCO coordination. A question of survival.
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Day 2 of #APNatComs2018 has begun rather early for the drafting group. Discussions about what the Gyeongju Recommendations should include is already on 🔥!!
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As a non-European participant of this meeting, KNCU is always excited to work with our European colleagues, including the most recent joint study on the Impact of @UNESCO Chairs on the 2030 Agenda for #sustainabledevelopment. Read the report here 👉
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Join the Global MIL Week NOW at ! Going live in 10 minutes!!.
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Congratulations to Dr. Mikyoung Shin of Korea for being selected as one of the International Rising Talents in this year’s L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science Awards!!.
#유네스코 & #로레알 이라는 신박한 조합?. 유네스코는 로레알재단과 매년 5인의 여성과학자 및 15인의 신진 과학자를 선정해 로레알-유네스코 여성과학자상을 수상합니다. 올해는 성균관대의 신미경 박사님께서 신진 과학자 중 1인에 선정되셨다는 기쁜 소식! 🇰🇷👏🏻👏🏻
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Our #TuesdayThoughts are all about the upcoming 2018 Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting of National Commissions for @UNESCO! KNCU is working hard to welcome you to the historic city of Gyeongju in South Korea🇰🇷. Will you be joining us in September? #APNatComs2018
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Mr. Shigeru Aoyagi of @UNESCO_AsiaPac invited directors from our Regional Offices to pitch in as to how National Commissions can contribute to UN and UNESCO reforms. #APNatComs2018
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In celebration of #InternationalYouthDay, Korean students transformed into polar bears and penguins and walked busy streets of Seoul, promulgating that they will be this generation's leaders in addressing climate change issues 👍.
#세계청년의날 을 맞아 북극곰과 펭귄으로 변신한 청년들이 서울 #명동 거리로 나섰습니다! #청년 자신들이 #기후변화 문제해결의 주체로 거듭나겠다는 의지!👫👬👭
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Mr. Genc Seiti of ERI on Strategic Transformation and the role of National Commissions for UNESCO: Secretariat will discuss the 6 recommendations from Kenya meeting during EXB to follow up on the role of National Commissions.
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Dr. Lim of KNCU is boldly proposing for the establishment of an Asia-Pacific network of National Commissions, meeting regularly and working together closely to be more effective agents of change! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🔥🔥🔥
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.
🔴 BREAKING!. New inscription on the @UNESCO #WorldHeritage List: Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats, #RepublicOfKorea 🇰🇷. Bravo!👏. ℹ️ #44WHC
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