Director-General welcomes UN Security Council statement on destruction of artifacts at Mosul Museum
Saturday, 28 February 2015
UNESCO Director-General welcomes the reopening of the Baghdad Museum
Saturday, 28 February 2015
March 3rd is World Wildlife Day
Friday, 27 February 2015
UNESCO calls for mobilization to stop "cultural cleansing" in Iraq
Friday, 27 February 2015
Director-General requests UN Security Council meeting on destruction of heritage in Mosul
Thursday, 26 February 2015
International Conference on Archaeological Parks and Sites held in Oman 23-25 February 2015
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Call for expression of interest for the evaluation of the African World Heritage Fund
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
World Heritage Young Experts Forum 2015 in Germany “Towards a Sustainable Management of World Heritage Sites”
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
The Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova, welcomed the adoption of a new UN Security Council Resolution 2199 that condemns the destruction of cultural heritage and adopts legally-binding measures to counter illicit trafficking of antiquities and cultural objects from Iraq and Syria.
“The adoption of resolution 2199 is a milestone for enhanced protection of cultural heritage in Iraq ...
UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture gathers Ministers of Tourism and Culture for the first time
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Banc d’Arguin National Park inspires young people to preserve World Heritage
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Director General, job vacancy
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Ecuador intensifies actions to reduce risks from ship stranding in Galápagos Islands
Friday, 6 February 2015
2014-2015 World Heritage Map Published
Friday, 6 February 2015
Since their first agreement signed in 2011, UNESCO and Panasonic have worked together to educate young people about protecting natural and cultural heritage. Long-term success of the program depends on the children of today, hence their involvement is of key importance.
As part of the cooperation with UNESCO, Panasonic China hosted 50 pupils and teachers in a school excursion from 3 to 6 ...
World heritage site managers and tourism stakeholders from Zambia and Zimbabwe came together for the first time to initiate the process to develop a sustainable tourism strategy for the Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls World Heritage site. The workshop was held in Livingstone, Zambia from 22 to 24 January 2015.
The workshop takes place within the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage and ...