People are at the core of Xi Jinping's talks with me, says UNESCO chief

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]That's a lot, very demanding schedule in 48 hours. Just now you mentioned your meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday. Mr. Director-General, what were the major takeaway from your meeting with President Xi? They were the focus of our exchange. Mhm.

[00:00:18]People.

[00:00:20]We are here to serve people. Mhm. Peace in the minds of women and men.

[00:00:26]Intercultural dialogue.

[00:00:28]We have to learn from each other. Mhm.

[00:00:30]>> And to learn we have to dialogue. We have to listen to each other, to know each other, to accept each other, and this is the spirit of UNESCO.

[00:00:39]Global South. Mhm.

[00:00:41]>> How we can support the Global South, how can you reduce divides between people and multilateralism that we must defend.

[00:00:51]We explored many potential partnership with China, mainly in the field of heritage preservation. Right. Uh you know that uh China has uh 60 world heritage sites. You have more than 40 uh elements inscribed on the world uh intangible cultural heritage list. Uh biosphere reserves, geoparks, creative cities, learning cities, university chair, category two centers.

[00:01:21]Uh you are Our partnership spans the full mandate of the organization. Mhm.

[00:01:25]Some fields of new partnership, mainly on the field of uh digital education.

[00:01:32]That's a very important part because while many parts of the world are really uh doing an an exceptional advancement in the AI use, others are still behind.