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Monday, March 30, 2015
Peer learning between Galapagos Islands and Great Barrier Reef
The differences in culture might be as big as the ocean between them, but Australia and Ecuador are home to two of the world’s best-known natural ... -
Saturday, March 28, 2015
#Unite4Heritage campaign launched by UNESCO Director-General in Baghdad
UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, launched #Unite4Heritage at Baghdad University – a social media campaign to counter the propaganda of cultural ... -
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Ngorongoro Conservation Area sets path for sustainable tourism
Ngorongoro Conservation Area joins Lake Malawi National Park, Maloti-Drakensberg Park (South Africa and Lesotho) and Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls ... -
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
“We stand together” to protect Iraq's cultural heritage, says French President with UNESCO Director-General
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and French President Francois Hollande today sent a strong message of solidarity to the people of Iraq and Syria, ... -
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova expresses solidarity with Tunisia following deadly attack at Bardo Museum
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova today condemned the deadly attack at the Bardo Museum in Tunis, and expressed her support and solidarity with ... -
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Save Virunga’s elephants
“The Elephant Collaring Project Team” from Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is an initiative which aims at strengthening ... -
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
First Management Planning Workshop to begin for transboundary Lake Ohrid region
The first management planning workshop in a series of five will take place on 25 and 26 March 2015 in the Korça region, Albania. The workshop is ... -
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Launch of Website – Germany looking forward to hosting World Heritage Committee
Upcoming 39th session due to take place in Bonn, Germany. The annual highlight for the World Heritage community is drawing near: From 28 June to 8 ... -
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Resiliency and Cultural Heritage discussed at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
UNESCO, in partnership with the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs (ACA), the Japanese National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH), ICCROM ... -
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
UNESCO mobilizes the international community to end cultural cleansing in Iraq
Since the beginning of the conflict in Iraq, in addition to the tragic loss of human life and the humanitarian crisis associated to the persecution of ... -
Monday, March 9, 2015
Minister of State Böhmer condemns destruction of Iraqi cultural sites in Nimrud by the ISIS terrorist group and calls for peace in Iraq
Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office and Chair of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee Maria Böhmer issued the following statement in Berlin ... -
Saturday, March 7, 2015
"Destruction of Hatra marks a turning point in the cultural cleansing underway in iraq" say heads of UNESCO and ISESCO
Since the beginning of the conflict in Iraq, in addition to the tragic loss of human life and the humanitarian crisis associated to the persecution of ... -
Friday, March 6, 2015
UNESCO Director General condemns destruction of Nimrud in Iraq
“I condemn in the strongest possible manner the destruction of the archaeological site of Nimrud site in Iraq. This is yet another attack against the ...