Happy International #JazzDay to all those who create it, and to those who love this music! As this is my favorite music genre, I warmly thank all jazz musicians that I met or not for the immense joy and harmony they brought into my life! Long live Jazz! facebook.com/share/15kuGySh…?

Happy that 🇪🇺 Ambassador Christina Kokkinakis joined my YouTube Channel #MentorsonMultilateralim and shared her thoughts on building a more inclusive multilateral order. Her main message for women in diplomacy is: “Speak up, your voice shapes the future”. I couldn’t agree more! youtu.be/L5IHPL4U6eE?si…

To celebrate the #WPFD2025, at my initiative, together with the presidents of main UN bodies - UNGA, ECOSOC and HRC - we jointly call on renewed  commitment for the freedom of expression, access to information, for ensuring safe and trustworthy AI systems: unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0…

Watch live, at around 17.30 (Brussels time) - within the great #WPFD series of global events - the official launch of the Joint Statement by the presidents of the four relevant bodies of the United Nations - UNGA, ECOSOC, HRC and UNESCO GC! youtube.com/live/HHsw-VZ9O…

Proud to launch, within the #WPFD2025 Global Event, the Joint Statement, co-signed with UN GA President, UN ECOSOC President and the President of UN Human Rights Council, affirming our shared commitment to freedom of expression and access to information, in the #AI era! Grateful for the trust and collaboration!

If you want to watch the #WPFD2025 event unveiling the Joint Statement I initiated and co-signed together with UN GA President, UN ECOSOC President and the President of UN Human Rights Council, please watch this video! Congrats and kudos to all those involved in this endeavor! youtube.com/watch?v=2n5ngL…

A real pleasure to meet H.E. Mr. Hazreen Abdul Haleem, Permanent Delegate of #Malaysia to UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳, who joined, a few months ago, our diplomatic family! I look forward working together for promoting the noble values and principles of the organization that we cherish so much! .

Un plaisir de visiter le dépôt de la collection d’art de l’UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳. Entièrement rénové, cet espace et le siège abritent plus de 2000 oeuvres d’art et cadeaux diplomatiques! Bravo, Frédéric De Clercq, Lynda Frenois et Marie Guilleus, pour le travail remarquable!

Un plaisir d’intervenir à l’ouverture de la Conférence célébrant 20 ans de la Convention sur la protection et la promotion de la diversité des expressions culturelles, organisée par le Groupe des Ambassadeurs Francophones à l’UNESCO. Plus d’info, ici: unesco.org/creativity/fr

Warm congrats to the Permanent Delegations of African Member States and organizers of the #AfricaWeek2025, for a vibrant, enriching celebration under the theme: “Global Solidarity for the Restitution and Restoration of African Heritage through Culture, Education, and Sciences.”

Honored to speak at the celebration of the UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 MAB Reserves in Tanzania, organized by the team of amb. Ali J. Mwadini during #AfricaWeek2025. I praised the women of the Haiba Group from seaweed farming communities for their sustainable climate-smart nature-based enterprises.

Today, my dream came true: a historic partnership between UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 and Sharjah, UAE will enable the digitization of 95% of UNESCO’s Archives. I am deeply grateful to H.H. Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammed Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah and to H.E.Ali Alhaj Al Ali علي الحاج آل علي for their generosity.

Still under the spell of yesterday’s events! If you want to watch my speech at the Conference on the “Arabic Language: A Bridge Between Heritage and Knowledge”, in which I also talk about the historic Sharjah donation for the Archives, please see below. youtu.be/L0ZV0xonk5k?si…

Excited to travel to Abidjan, where UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 hosted the nice Award Ceremony of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny – UNESCO Peace Research Prize. Warm congrats to the 2025 laureate: Mr. António Luís Santos da Costa, President of the European Council, and former Prime Minister of Portugal!

Buona #FestadellaRepubblica2025, cara #Italia! Congratulazioni, amb. Liborio Stellino e Italy at UNESCO! We all wanted to pay a tribute to Italy’s spirit, culture, unity, history, beauty, elegance, richness, diversity, and strong partnership with UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳!

The Permanent Delegations of the Latin American and Caribbean Member States to UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 are celebrating in style the rich biocultural diversity of the region during the Latin America and the Caribbean Week 2025, that kicked off today! Such a vibrant, colorful, and joyful fiesta!

Glad to speak at the High-Level Event “Higher Than Fear” during the Latin America and Caribbean Week. The story of the Cholitas Escaladores is a great lesson about courage, resilience, dignity, respect for biological and cultural diversity. Bravo, Unesco Bolivia Oficial and UNESCO Montevideo 🏛!

Always a pleasure to chat with my colleague Ambassador KANO Takehiro🇯🇵（ユネスコ日本政府代表部大使　加納雄大）, a seasoned diplomat and one of my most reliable allies in promoting my initiatives as President of the General Conference - the revigoration of the Intellectual Cooperation and mobilizing resources for the UNESCO Archives!

Thank you, President Ionuț Vulpescu, for inviting me to speak at the official opening of the Annual Session of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy, that took place today in #Bucharest. youtu.be/Jw8Qw4fgP6E?si…

A joy to display in my office as President of the UNESCO General Conference, in the presence of the Chinese ambassador Xinyu Yang, the stunning painting “Suzhou Garden” created by her deputy Ying Wang, not only a great diplomat like his boss, but also a great artist! Xièxiè!