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Saturday, February 28, 2015
Director-General welcomes UN Security Council statement on destruction of artifacts at Mosul Museum
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has welcomed the UN Security Council's statement denouncing the attack on the Mosul Museum. "This ... -
Saturday, February 28, 2015
UNESCO Director-General welcomes the reopening of the Baghdad Museum
"The reopening of the Baghdad Museum is a powerful symbol, coming in the wake of the destruction perpetrated in Mosul. To fight violent extremism and ... -
Friday, February 27, 2015
March 3rd is World Wildlife Day
"It is time to get serious about wildlife crime" This year’s theme for World Wildlife Day is right in line with one of the key goals of the World ... -
Friday, February 27, 2015
UNESCO calls for mobilization to stop "cultural cleansing" in Iraq
“I was filled with dismay by images of the attack on the Mosul Museum, as well as on other archaeological sites in the Nineveh region in Iraq,” said ... -
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Director-General requests UN Security Council meeting on destruction of heritage in Mosul
“I am deeply shocked by footage released today showing the destruction of statues and other artefacts of the Mosul Museum. I condemn this as a ... -
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
International Conference on Archaeological Parks and Sites held in Oman 23-25 February 2015
A major international conference was organized by ICOMOS Oman at Dhofar University in Salalah, Sultanate of Oman to review archaeological heritage ... -
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Call for expression of interest for the evaluation of the African World Heritage Fund
Established as a Category II Centre under the auspices of UNESCO in October 2009, the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) is an inter-governmental ... -
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
World Heritage Young Experts Forum 2015 in Germany “Towards a Sustainable Management of World Heritage Sites”
Prior to the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee, a Young Experts Forum will be held from 18 to 29 June 2015 in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley ... -
Thursday, February 12, 2015
UNESCO Director-General welcomes UN Security Council Resolution to step up protection of cultural heritage in Syria and Iraq
The Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova, welcomed the adoption of a new UN Security Council Resolution 2199 that condemns the destruction of ... -
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture gathers Ministers of Tourism and Culture for the first time
Over 900 participants, including over 45 Ministers and Vice Ministers of Tourism and Culture, international experts, speakers and guests from 100 ... -
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Banc d’Arguin National Park inspires young people to preserve World Heritage
With support from UNESCO’s World Heritage Marine Programme, the Banc d’Arguin National Park in Mauritania organized a series of educational activities ... -
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Director General, job vacancy
The secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is currently recruiting a Director General (DG). SPREP is the regional ... -
Friday, February 6, 2015
Ecuador intensifies actions to reduce risks from ship stranding in Galápagos Islands
On Wednesday, 28 January, the cargo ship Floreana stranded near San Cristobal, an island that is part of the Galápagos islands World Heritage ... -
Friday, February 6, 2015
2014-2015 World Heritage Map Published
The latest version of the World Heritage map, produced by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and National Geographic Maps with the generous support of ... -
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
UNESCO and Panasonic inspire pupils in Fujian, China, to become ambassadors of World Heritage protection
Since their first agreement signed in 2011, UNESCO and Panasonic have worked together to educate young people about protecting natural and cultural ... -
Monday, February 2, 2015
World Heritage stakeholders come together to develop a sustainable tourism strategy for Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls
World heritage site managers and tourism stakeholders from Zambia and Zimbabwe came together for the first time to initiate the process to develop a ... -
Monday, February 2, 2015
World Heritage N° 74: Disasters and resilience
Issue 74 of World Heritage magazine World Heritage sites are exposed to a wide variety of natural and human-induced hazards, such as earthquakes, ...