 Times of Oman Beirut: An air raid on Syria's famed Krak des Chevaliers castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has damaged one of the fortress's towers, footage shot by activists showed Saturday. Several videos posted online showed at least one air strike on Friday ... See all stories on this topic » |
| UNESCO Chief Deplores Damage To World Heritage Sites In Syria RTT News UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has expressed deep shock at news of further destruction to cultural heritage in Syria. The UNESCO Chief issued a statement Tuesday following reports of damage to the Crac des Chevaliers, one of Syria's World ... See all stories on this topic » |
| UNESCO 'shocked' at damage to World Heritage sites in Syria Press TV The Crac des Chevaliers is among six sites in Syria recently inscribed to the UNESCO List of WorldHeritage in Danger. “The danger listing is intended to mobilize all possible support for the safeguarding of these properties, which are recognized by ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Batu Caves does not meet Unesco World Heritage Site criteria The Star Online THE National Heritage Department has no plans to nominate the iconic Batu Caves to be listed as aWorld Heritage Site as it does not meet the criteria. The status is awarded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco). See all stories on this topic » |
| UNESCO World Heritage Site Application SKNVibes.com The UNESCO World Heritage List is designed to preserve and protect the cultural and natural heritage of sites throughout the world. There are currently 981 sites on the list including several in the Caribbean: Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park in ... See all stories on this topic » |
| German Palace Joins UNESCO World Heritage List The Epoch Times According to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre: 'The special topography of the slope in Habichtswald forest made possible the outstanding and innovative artistic design behind this Baroque Bergpark (octagon with Hercules, succession of cascades) and ... See all stories on this topic » |
| More Belarus' properties might be included in UNESCO World Heritage List News of Belarus MINSK, 15 July (BelTA) – Belarus has good prospects to expand its presence in the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to France, ... See all stories on this topic » |
| UNESCO World Heritage site rocked by magnitude 6.2 earthquake eTurboNews Arequipa is declared as the world heritage site by UNESCO and some of the rarest tourist attractions of this place are recreational activities like trekking, mountaineering, river running. America except US/Canada · Open full page article (no ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Industrial Revolution town for workers now a UNESCO World Heritage Site Victoria Times Colonist Part of the gigantic mill in Saltaire, England, that used to hold 1,200 looms and turn out nearly 30 kilometres of cloth a day is now a huge gallery/art shop, containing the world's largest collection of art by David Hockney, who grew up in nearby ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Former UNESCO head: Azerbaijan is tolerant country and example to the world Trend.az Azerbaijan is an example to the world in regards to multiculturalism and tolerance, chairman of the Foundation for Culture and Peace of the Club of Madrid, former Director General of UNESCO, Federico Mayor Zaragoza said during a meeting with ... See all stories on this topic » |
| 19 New UNESCO World Heritage Sites You Should Add To Your Travel Wish List Business Insider Australia has added 19 new places to its list of World Heritage Sites this year. Two of the 19 new sites can be found in China and two in Italy. The rest represent a wide array of countries around the world. For a site to be included on the World Heritage List ... See all stories on this topic » |
| French UNESCO site evicts baboon vandals The Local.fr Authorities in charge of the Citadel of Besançon have been forced to take action to protect the UNESCO World Heritage site from wanton vandals. These hooligans are not teenage youths however but bad boy baboons. World-beating France greets most ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Alfred Hitchcock Silent Movies: Unesco UK Memory of the World Register Alt Film Guide (blog) The nine Alfred Hitchcock-directed silent films recently restored by the British Film Institute have been added to the Unesco UK Memory of the World Register, "a list of documentary heritage which holds cultural significance specific to the UK." The ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Historic civil engineering archives achieve UNESCO status M&H Online Membership records in the historic archives of the Institution of Civil Engineers are to be inscribed in theUNESCO Memory of the World Register, in recognition of their international importance. The UNESCO-inscribed records provide biographical ... See all stories on this topic » |
| World Heritage Sites in China (45, up to 2013) People's Daily Online The 37th session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee (WHC) inscribed northwest China's Xinjiang Tianshan natural site on the World Heritage List on June 21, 2013. The next day, China's cultural landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces was inscribed ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Armed Conflict Destroys Education Of Million World's Children – UN Report Leadership Newspapers The UNESCO chief said that across many of the world's poorest countries, armed conflict continues to destroy not just school infrastructure, but also “the hopes and ambitions of a whole generation of children.” While the 2011 Global Monitoring Report ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Chiru seeks Unesco heritage tag for Qutb Shahi tombs The New Indian Express Union tourism minister Chiranjeevi on Wednesday urged Union minister of culture Chandresh Kumari Katoch to forward the dossier on Qutb Shahi tombs in Hyderabad to Unesco for according worldheritage site status, which is long overdue. Chiranjeevi ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Alfred Hitchcock films get UNESCO status Film News The UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register will now feature Hitchcock's Silent Films, included alongside the Domesday Book, and other priceless items spanning nearly 900 years, which embody pivotal moments in the history of their communities and the ... See all stories on this topic » |
| After Mount Fuji's UNESCO listing, climbing gear rental business booming The Japan Times The mountain climbing rental gear business is booming, possibly gaining a lift from the June 22 listing of Mount Fuji as a UNESCO World Heritage site. People are flocking to rental shops for gear such as backpacks and waterproof clothes so they can ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Chiang Mai, Lamphun proposed as world heritage sites The Nation A seminar on a plan for Chiang Mai and Lamphun to be made World Heritage sites under the UN's Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) will be held in the two cities this month. Assoc Prof Pongdet Chaikup, dean of Chiang Mai ... See all stories on this topic » |
| World Heritage Site on Eighth Anniversary in Cuba Prensa Latina In a meeting in Durban, South Africa, on July 15, 2005, the UNESCO committee in charge of choosing among candidates approved listing the historical center of Cienfuegos as a World Heritage site. Among main works in process of restoration, Architect ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Come September, Delhi will bid for World Heritage City status Indian Express If all goes well, by early next year, Delhi will have something in common with the historical cities of Rome, Cairo and Damascus – the UNESCO World Heritage City tag. The final "dossier" for Delhi's bid for a berth in this elite club is ready and will ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Tourism Minister Visiting New UNESCO Site VOCM Tourism Minister Terry French is in southern Labrador to pay a visit to the province's newest UNESCO World Heritage site. The former Basques whaling station, located in Red Bay, Labrador, is the third area of the province with UNESCO recognition. See all stories on this topic » |
| Pompeii at Risk of Losing Status of World Heritage Prensa Latina In about six months, the Italian government must report about the progress made, but if they can not to improve the conditions of these archeological ruins, Pompeii will be removed from the list of UNESCO World Heritage to which he entered in 1997. See all stories on this topic » |
| DOC scrambles to safeguard World Heritage area Radio New Zealand The Department of Conservation (DOC) has admitted it did not carry out all the necessary paperwork to safeguard the status of the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Area. DOC is completing an environment impact report for UNESCO over the proposed ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Sarnath awaits world heritage status Times of India VARANASI: While the Mahabodhi temple complex of BodhGaya ( Bihar), the holy site where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment, was listed in UNESCO World Heritage properties in 2002, the ancient Buddhist site of Sarnath, where Buddha preached his first ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Katon-Karagay Park in Kazakhstan may become part of UNESCO reserves ... Tengrinews The Ministry of Environmental Protection of Kazakhstan is going to suggest including the Katon-Karagay National Park into the UNESCO list of world heritage sites, Tengrinews.kz reports citing Kazakhstan Minister of Environment Protection Nurlan ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Knucklebone shooting to be registered with UNESCO UB Post By B.TUNGALAG. Mongolians are registering traditional heritages such as ganjuur and biyelgee withUNESCO's World Heritage project. In continuation of this recognition of Mongolian heritage, knucklebone shooting is close to being registered with UNESCO ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Mystery book sculptor gives Edinburgh new work of art BBC News The story of the sculptures has gone around the world and gripped the literary community in Edinburgh, the world's first Unesco City of Literature. Ten original sculptures appeared in venues connected to literacy around the city over the course of 2011 ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Syria: UN cultural agency chief deplores rising violence, damage to World ... UN News Centre ... conflict to take the necessary measures to ensure the safeguarding of this World Heritage site along with all of Syria's cultural property,” the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said in a statement today citing its ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Pamukkale continues to attract more tourists each year www.worldbulletin.net Secretary General of Provincial Special Administration Adem Oklu told AA that Pamukkale was a key archeological and natural site, taking place in UNESCO World Heritage List. He also stated that Denizli province was the fourth among the cities ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Armed conflict destroys hope of education for millions of world's children: UN ... Associated Press of Pakistan Launched on Friday by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO), the Education for All Global Monitoring Report calls for action on behalf of 28 million children out of school in the world's conflict zones.It said globally the ... See all stories on this topic » |
| UN marks 'Malala Day' on teen's 16th birthday Globe and Mail Girls make up 55 per cent of the total and are often the victims of rape and other sexual violence that accompanies armed conflicts, UNESCO said. “Across many of the world's poorest countries, armed conflict continues to destroy not just school ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Efforts to conserve Lahore Fort in Pakistan stall Channel News Asia LAHORE: Although Lahore Fort in Pakistan was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site more than 30 years ago, efforts to conserve it seem to have hit a brick wall. Its mural wall - the longest in the world - is fast deteriorating. Efforts to restore the ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Unesco Launches Phase 2 of Capacity Building for Education for All AllAfrica.com Speaking at the launch, UNESCO's Director General, Irina Bokova said her organisation provides high quality education to young people in order to enhance development in the country. "In times of great change and challenges across the world, young ... See all stories on this topic » |
| What investors can teach politicians Brisbane Times There was news this week that the health of the Great Barrier Reef had been downgraded to "poor" byUNESCO and runs the risk of being denoted a “World Heritage Site In Danger”, while the federal government significantly lengthened deadlines for actions ... See all stories on this topic » |
| GLSEN and UNESCO Convene Global Safe Schools Activists to Support LGBT ... Huffington Post In the days that followed our convening, our cohort also presented at the XV Comparative EducationWorld Congress, also held in Buenos Aires, where we offered the conference's first-ever presentations on LGBT issues in schools. During both the ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Sanqing Mountain Celebrates Fifth Anniversary of Being Listed as a World ... Sacramento Bee SHANGRAO, China, July 15, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- On July 8, Sanqing Mountain Scenic Spot celebrated the fifth anniversary of being listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Nearly 200 people attended the event, including the site's managers and ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Director-General condemns killing of Egyptian ... - Unesco By r.amelan@unesco.org The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today denounced the killing of Egyptian press photographer Ahmed Assem el-Senousy and urged the authorities to respect the right of journalists to carry out their work in safe conditions. ... Article 1 of its Constitution requires the Organization to “further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, ... UNESCO News News |
| UNESCO World Heritage Centre - UNESCO Director-General ... Syria's Six World Heritage sites placed on List of World ... Director-General of UNESCO reiterates her appeal for the ... Other news. whc.unesco.org/en/news/1055 |
| Vote for Mumbai's 3rd UNESCO World Heritage Site - Mid-Day Mumbai is seeing a strong push for inclusion of its famed Oval precinct in UNESCO's World Heritage Site list. The reason: The blend of Victorian and Art Deco ... www.mid-day.com/.../130713-vote-for-mumbais-3rd-unesco-... |
| 19 New UNESCO World Heritage Sites - Business Insider UNESCO has designated new spots in China, Italy, and elsewhere as World ... A Conservative NewsSite And A High-School Intern Massively Trolled The. www.businessinsider.com/19-new-unesco-world-heritage-sites... |
| UNESCO Adds 19 New World Heritage Sites | Photos - ABC News Mount Fuji- UNESCO says: "The beauty of the solitary, often snow-capped stratovolcano rising above villages and tree-fringed sea and lakes has long inspired ... abcnews.go.com/.../unesco-adds-19-world-heritage-sites-1947... |
| UNESCO: Shocked about the Destruction of World Heritage Sites in ... Martin Nesirky, spokesperson for UN secretary general, said that the United Nations (UN) and the officials of UNESCO are shocked about the damages to all t . www.syrianews.cc/unesco-destruction-world-heritage-syria/ |
| UNESCO chief decries damage to World Heritage sites in Syria ... UNESCO chief decries damage to World Heritage sites in Syria. Listen / ... [Photo UNESCO/ Ron Van Oers]. The head of ... UN Radio Daily News Programme. www.unmultimedia.org/.../unesco-chief-decries-damage-to-wo... |
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