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2014 State of conservation reports now available online
Tuesday, 20 May 2014
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3rd Roundtable of African Ministers on World Heritage in Africa
Monday, 19 May 2014
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Reconstruction of the Tombs of the Buganda Kings begins
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
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Global Ocean Summit makes Marine World Heritage “pitch for action”
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
UNESCO Bangkok Director Gwang-Jo Kim and Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DASTA) Director-General Nalikatibhag Sangsnit officially launched the “Cultural Heritage Specialist Guides for the Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns World Heritage Site” project at a ceremony in Sukhothai on 21 April.
The Historic Town of Sukhothai and ...
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2013-2014 World Heritage map published in Arabic
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
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Director-General condemns attack on Emmanuel de Merode, Director of the Virunga National Park
Thursday, 17 April 2014
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The Loire Valley: view from the train
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today expressed deep concern over the destruction caused by fires that have been raging around the city of Valparaiso and pledged the Organization’s support for Chile in safeguarding the Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2003.
“I wish to present my heartfelt condolences ...
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'Managing Cultural World Heritage' reference manual published in French
Monday, 14 April 2014
Launched on 14 March 2014 in partnership with UNESCO, the rehabilitation work carried out on Sheik Baber Baba Idjé and Sheik Mahamane Al Fullani mausoleums of Timbuktu was completed this week.
Mausoleums, adjacent to the west side of the Djingareyber Mosque, had been razed to the ground by armed rebel groups on 10 July 2012.
Their reconstruction was thus carried out along the ...
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UNESCO renews partnership with Our Place, photographer of World Heritage sites
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
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Director-General Opens International Conference in Bergen on UNESCO Culture Conventions
Monday, 24 March 2014
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Urban Regeneration for Historic Cairo Video Competition
Friday, 21 March 2014
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Reconstruction of World Heritage mausoleums starts in Timbuktu (Mali)
Friday, 14 March 2014
Today, we celebrate the first World Wildlife Day, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly. Since time immemorial, humanity has marvelled at the wild animals with which we co-exist and on which we depend. Prehistoric peoples have depicted wildlife through rock art and engravings, many of which are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. UNESCO’s global network of World Heritage sites ...
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3rd edition of ‘The World’s Heritage’ by UNESCO Publishing and Collins features all 981 sites
Thursday, 27 February 2014
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Policy-makers in Uzbekistan meet to discuss implementation of World Heritage Convention
Monday, 24 February 2014
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UNESCO Director-General condemns military presence and destruction at World Heritage Sites in Syria
Thursday, 20 February 2014
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