Following the liberation of Palmyra, the Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova, discussed with HE Mr Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, during a telephone conversation on 27 March 2016, the protection and preservation of the cultural heritage of Palmyra.
"I stand ready to send a UNESCO emergency assessment experts' mission to map the damages at the UNESCO World ...
UNESCO Director-General welcomes the liberation of Palmyra
Friday, 25 March 2016
Reactive Monitoring Mission to The Sundarbans World Heritage property (Bangladesh)
Monday, 21 March 2016
Director of UNESCO World Heritage Centre meets with Moldovan Minister of Culture
Friday, 18 March 2016
New partnership will shed light on impact from fisheries on World Heritage marine sites
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Director of UNESCO Heritage Division deplores fatal attacks at African World Heritage sites
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Director of UNESCO World Heritage Centre meets with Secretary General of Europa Nostra
Friday, 11 March 2016
Syria possesses a cultural heritage of exceptional richness. Since 2011, this heritage has been seriously affected by conflict in the country, with important monuments, including those registered on UNESCO World Heritage List, facing destruction. Many archaeological sites have been raided and looted by armed groups, aiming for the illegal export of these archaeological objects and artefacts, ...
2015 saw countries across the world agree on the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Climate Change Agreement.
For UNESCO, these are a single agenda for advancing human rights and dignity, for eradicating poverty, for protecting the planet.
Promoting gender equality stands at the heart of this agenda, as a basic human right and a transformational force for more just, ...
Call for submissions: The World's Best Preservation Ideas
Tuesday, 8 March 2016
Women on the frontline, protecting World Heritage
Monday, 7 March 2016
Application Period for Herb Stovel Scholarship Fund Now Open
Monday, 7 March 2016
Procurement notice: consultancy contract to provide technical assistance to Albanian authorities in the elaboration of a management plan or other documented management system to be part of the nomination file for the extension of the existing World Heritage property “Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region” in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
As a partner in the ...
Procurement notice: consultancy contract to provide technical assistance to Albanian authorities in the elaboration of a management plan or other documented management system to be part of the nomination file for the extension of the existing World Heritage property “Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region” in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
As a partner in the ...
Under the motto “Protection, Prosperity and Conservation”, the Wadden Sea World Heritage and the UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme will be represented at the ITB Berlin, the world´s largest tourism fair, from 9 to 13 March 2016 in Berlin, Germany.
The World Heritage Wadden Sea can be found in Hall 4.1, booth 227 and offers a varied and interesting programme, with Wadden ...