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Wednesday, July 29, 2015
UNESCO and Iraq launch project for conservation of World Heritage site of Samarra
UNESCO and Iraq today signed an agreement for the Conservation and Management of the World Heritage site of Samarra Archaeological City, which will ... -
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Vacancy: Integrated Management Planning Capacity Building Expert
European Union and UNESCO initiative: "Towards strengthened governance of the shared transboundary natural and cultural heritage of the Lake Ohrid ... -
Monday, July 20, 2015
Historic Local community meeting in New Caledonia to strengthen World Heritage conservation
From 3 to 4 July 2015, almost 120 people that are involved in the management of the World Heritage site Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and ... -
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Director-General praises the people of Timbuktu for the reconstruction of the city’s mausoleums
Timbuktu, Mali, 19 July—The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova yesterday visited Timbuktu whose mausoleums have been rebuilt three years after ... -
Friday, July 17, 2015
Aggtelek National Park, Hungary celebrates 20 years on World Heritage List
Aggtelek National Park (ANP) was established in 1985 to protect the uniquely rich natural and cultural heritage in the region, and in particular the ... -
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Call for applications for the new edition of the Masters in "World Heritage and Cultural Projects for Development” - English and Spanish
The call for applications for the new edition of the Masters in "World Heritage and Cultural Projects for Development", offered by the University of ... -
Thursday, July 16, 2015
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova Presents World Heritage Certificate to President Peña Nieto of Mexico
Director-General Irina Bokova presented the President of Mexico, HE Enrique Peña Nieto, the certificate of inscription to UNESCO’s World Heritage List ... -
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Emergency Action Plan for the Safeguarding of Yemen’s Cultural Heritage announced
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova today announced an Emergency Action Plan for the Safeguarding of Yemen’s Cultural Heritage upon the conclusion of ... -
Thursday, July 9, 2015
Private Sector partners for World Heritage meet in Bonn during 39th Committee session
A World Heritage partners’ event and panel discussion took place on 2nd July hosted by the German Television Deutsche Welle in Bonn, on the occasion ... -
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
World Heritage Committee announces 2016 meeting in Istanbul, 24 new sites inscribed in Bonn
The World Heritage Committee ended its meeting today announcing it will hold its next session in Istanbul, Turkey, from 10 to 20 July 2016. During ... -
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
UNESCO takes World Heritage to Archeologists
From July 1 to 3, 2015, University of Zimbabwe hosted the Biennial Conference of the Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists ... -
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Sites in Japan, Turkey, Mexico, Uruguay inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, extension of Spanish site approved
The World Heritage Committee this afternoon approved the inscription of four cultural sites on the World Heritage List: Sites of Japan’s Meiji ... -
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Sites in Norway, Germany, Israel, UK and USA inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee this morning approved the inscription of five cultural sites on World Heritage List: Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage ... -
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Sites in Denmark, France and Turkey inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee this afternoon approved the inscription of five cultural sites on World Heritage List. Two Danish sites were added to the ... -
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Sites in China, Iran, Mongolia and Singapore inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee this morning approved the inscription of six cultural sites on World Heritage List: Tusi Sites (China), Susa, Cultural ... -
Friday, July 3, 2015
Sites in Italy, Jordan and Saudi Arabia inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee inscribed three new cultural sites on the World Heritage List this afternoon: Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral ... -
Friday, July 3, 2015
Irina Bokova condemns latest destruction of cultural property from the site of Palmyra in Syria
The Director-General of UNESCO firmly condemned the destruction of cultural property at Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, particularly damage to ... -
Friday, July 3, 2015
World Heritage Committee approves extensions to two natural sites in South Africa and Viet Nam and inscribes Jamaica’s first site on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee this morning approved the extension of two natural sites inscribed on the World Heritage List: Cape Floral Region ... -
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Yemen’s Old City of Sana’a and Old Walled City of Shibam added to List of World Heritage in Danger
The World Heritage Committee today inscribed two sites in Yemen on the List of World Heritage in Danger: the Old City of Sana’a and the Old Walled ... -
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
The Iraqi site of Hatra added to the List of World Heritage in Danger
The World Heritage site of Hatra in Iraq has been inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger due to damage inflicted to the property by armed ...