Official statements and decisions
Statements by the UNESCO Director-General, Ms Irina Bokova
- UNESCO deplores destructions at the Maarrat al Numan Museum in Idlib province, Syria , 24 May 2016
- Director-General condemns destruction of vestiges in the Ancient City of Bosra, a Syrian World Heritage , 24 December 2015
- UNESCO Director-General Condemns the Destruction of the Arch of Triumph in Palmyra -- "Extremists are terrified of history" , 5 October 2015
- Director-General in Sofia to participate in a Conference on Fighting the Looting of Syria’s Cultural Heritage , 15 September 2015
- UNESCO Condemns the Destruction of the Palmyra Funerary Towers , 04 September 2015
- Director-General Irina Bokova expresses consternation at the destruction of the Temple of Bel in Palmyra , 1 September 2015
- Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova firmly condemns the destruction of Palmyra's ancient temple of Baalshamin, Syria , 24 August 2015
- Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova condemns the destruction of the Mar Elian Monastery in Syria , 21 August 2015
- UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova deplores the loss of two leading scholars of Syrian antiquity , 19 August 2015
- Irina Bokova condemns latest destruction of cultural property from the site of Palmyra in Syria , 3 July 2015