UNESCO concludes its 40th General Conference with the adoption of a Convention facilitating universities exchanges
(WorldNews Environment)

Paris, 27 November - UNESCO has concluded this week its General Conference after adopting a draft Convention to facilitate student mobility between universities on five continents, and having been entrusted with the task of elaborating ethical rules in the development of artificial intelligence. The General Conference, UNESCO`s governing body, meets every two years to establish the Organization`s programme and budget. `We are entering a new era, one of new breath,` said UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, as she took stock of the fortieth session, which took place from 12 to 27 November. Pointing out that after more than twenty years of setbacks and restrictions, the budgetary situation...