BEIJING HELPS BELT ROAD NATIONS SAVE RELICS

The temples, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, were damaged in a 2016 earthquake... READ MORE›

BRITAIN'S HADRIAN'S WALL, CHINA'S GREAT WALL TO WORK TOGETHER IN UNIQUE HERITAGE PARTNERSHIP

A unique agreement that will see Britain's Hadrian's Wall and the Great Wall of China work together, was announced last Tuesday by Heritage Minister John Glenn... READ MORE›

NEAPOLITAN PIZZA MAKERS GAIN WORLD HERITAGE STATUS

Neapolitan pizza makers have long been one of the symbols of Italian cuisine across the world. Now they have offically been recognised as intangible heritage... READ MORE›

NAPLES PIZZA TWIRLING SEEKS NOD AS UNESCO 'INTANGIBLE' HERITAGE

Naples' art of pizza twirling is a candidate to join UNESCO's list of intangible heritage this week along with a wealth of other cultural treasures such... READ MORE›

HOLD THE PINEAPPLE AND DITCH THE PRAWNS

The Italians want official recognition that pizza-making is an art form that was born in Naples... READ MORE›

WORLD SEEING RISE OF EXCLUSIVE POLITICS

World seeing rise of exclusive politics UNESCO chief Audrey Azoulay... READ MORE›

WORLD HERITAGE SITES THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE NEARLY DOUBLES SINCE 2014

Latest findings have revealed that climate change impacts one in four natural World Heritage sites, including coral reefs, glaciers, and wetlands... READ MORE›

HOW QATAR CRISIS PLAYED A ROLE IN AZOULAY'S ELECTION AS UNESCO CHIEF

The US withdrawal was largely due to the country's view that UNESCO has an anti-Israel bias... READ MORE›

CHINA-US TOURISM EXCHANGE GETS A BOOST

By hosting this event, we hope to introduce China's world heritage sites to American tourists and provide an opportunity to deepen China-US tourism cooperation... READ MORE›

HOLLANDE'S 'GOOD GIRL' AZOULAY WINS UNESCO'S TOP JOB

Audrey Azoulay, former French culture minister, became UNESCO's new director general against Qatar's Abdulaziz al-Kawari after a tight fifth round of voting on Friday... READ MORE›

FRENCH AND QATARI CANDIDATES FACE OFF IN FINAL VOTE FOR TOP UNESCO JOB

Unfortunately, this venue has become politicised, undermining the work of UNESCO across its mandate... READ MORE›

US, ISRAEL TO QUIT UNESCO AT END OF 2018[1]

Since then, however, the United States has still maintained a UNESCO office at the organization's headquarters in Paris, France... READ MORE›

U.S., ISRAEL TO EXIT UNESCO, CITING BIAS AGAINST JEWISH STATE

While the Trump administration had been preparing for a likely withdrawal from UNESCO for months, the timing of the State Department's statement Thursday was unexpected... READ MORE›

THE US JUST WITHDREW FROM UNESCO

I have instructed the Foreign Ministry to prepare Israel's withdrawal from Unesco in parallel with the United States... READ MORE›

AFTER WITHDRAWAL FROM UNESCO, US WARNS OTHER UN AGENCIES

Her remarks came hours after the State Department announced that the US will withdraw from the UNESCO, accusing the UN cultural body of anti-Israel bias... READ MORE›

US WITHDRAWS FROM UNESCO, ACCUSES THE ORGANISATION OF ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS

UNESCO, the cultural and educational agency of the United Nations, expressed regret over the United States' official decision to leave its organisation... READ MORE›

DIPLOMATIC WRANGLING MARS RACE FOR UNESCO'S TOP JOB

Jack Lang, the head of the Arab World Institute in Paris, penned a letter in April voicing his opposition to her bid... READ MORE›

U.S. TO PULL OUT OF UNESCO AMID PALESTINIAN TENSIONS

The Trump administration said Thursday it is pulling out of UNESCO, citing concerns of an anti-Israel bias and other problems at the United Nations cultural organization... READ MORE›

US TO PULL OUT OF UNESCO AMID PALESTINIAN TENSIONS

UNESCO's outgoing director-general, Irina Bokova of Bulgaria, called the U.S. departure a loss for the United Nations family and for multilateralism... READ MORE›

FRENCH, QATARI CANDIDATES NECK-AND-NECK IN RACE FOR UNESCO CHIEF

Had 18 votes apiece in the battle to replace outgoing UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova... READ MORE›

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UNESCO ADOPTS ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTION ON AL-AQSA MOSQUE

UN agency passes resolution that criticises Israeli policies around al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem... READ MORE›

U.S. LOSES GROUND AS TOURIST DESTINATION, WORLD ECONOMIC FORUMS TRAVEL AND TOURISM COMPETITIVENESS REPORT 2017 SAYS

The U.S. still ranks sixth among the most tourist-friendly places to visit in the World Economic Forum's Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017... READ MORE›

PALESTINIANS WELCOME UNESCO VOTE ON AL-AQSA COMPOUND

Palestinian leaders reject Israeli criticism and urge UNESCO chief to implement will of cultural body's member states... READ MORE›

ISIS ATTACKS IRAQI ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

Last week, Islamic State militants videotaped themselves destroying statues and artifacts in the Mosul Museum and at the Nergal Gate entryway to ancient Nineveh... READ MORE›

MYANMAR IS RESTORING TEMPLES TO REBUILD ITS HERITAGE

It damaged 389 of Bagan's monuments, and broke Pyathat Gyi's spire as if it were one of her candies... READ MORE›

UNESCO PASSES JERUSALEM RESOLUTION CRITICAL OF ISRAEL

Israel's occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the besieged Gaza Strip, is considered illegal under international law... READ MORE›

FRANCE WON'T DINE WITH IRAN UNLESS WINE IS SERVED

A food spat between Iran and France ahead of Hassan Rouhani's European trip threatens rapprochement... READ MORE›

ISIS BULLDOZING OF ANCIENT NIMRUD SITE IN IRAQ STIRS OUTRAGE

The agency said that screenshots of the Defense Department system had been posted online, apparently to prove that the cyberattack had been successful... READ MORE›

'WHY IS THE WORLD SO QUIET?' YEMEN SUFFERS ITS OWN CRUEL LOSSES, FAR FROM ALEPPO.

KAWKABAN, Yemen -- The majestic fortress nestled atop a mountain here in northwestern Yemen survived the armies of the Islamic warrior Saladin in the 12th century... READ MORE›

'UNESCO-CIDE': DOES WORLD HERITAGE STATUS DO CITIES MORE HARM THAN GOOD?

For George Town and its clan jetties, the Unesco imprimatur seemingly provided a second wind... READ MORE›

UNESCO DECLARES HEBRON'S OLD CITY PALESTINIAN WORLD HERITAGE SITE

Unesco has designated Hebron's Old City and the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the occupied West Bank a Palestinian World Heritage site despite Israeli protests... READ MORE›

COUNTRIES WITH CORAL REEFS MUST DO MORE ON CLIMATE CHANGE - UNESCO

The new decision builds on that assessment, clarifying the responsibility of countries with custodianship over world-heritage listed coral reefs... READ MORE›

EXPLOSION DESTROYS ANCIENT SITE IN YEMEN CAPITAL

Two weeks ago, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution aimed at thwarting and prosecuting antiquities vandals and smugglers... READ MORE›

MAP: THERE ARE 10 WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA. NINE ARE IN DANGER.

Islamic State group jihadists seized Syria's Palmyra on Thursday, as UNESCO warned that the destruction of the ancient city would be an enormous loss to humanity... READ MORE›

ISIS ARE HELL-BENT ON DESTROYING CENTURIES OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE

The mining town's new neighbours who are half a world away... READ MORE›

A reef campaigner with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Felicity Wishart, said the report contained no measurable, deliverable action... READ MORE›

MINING AND OIL THREATENS ONE IN THREE NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITES REPORT

Of natural world heritage sites in Africa, more than six in ten are threatened with development... READ MORE›

ARAB PROPOSAL TO UN OVER WESTERN WALL STIRS NEW CONCERN

The proposal is contained in a draft resolution to the executive board of Unesco the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization... READ MORE›

SACRED MEN-ONLY ISLAND SET TO BE GRANTED UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS

A UNESCO advisory body has recommended adding to the World Heritage list the island of Okinoshima, an ancient religious site in Fukuoka Prefecture where wo... READ MORE›

JAPAN'S OKINOSHIMA ISLAND GAINS UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS

Japan's Okinoshima island, an ancient religious site where women are banned, has been declared a World Heritage site by the UN's cultural body Unesco... READ MORE›

TUNNEL TO BE BUILT PAST STONEHENGE

Related Stories A tunnel is to be dug to take a congested main road past Stonehenge, the government has announced... READ MORE›

DRIVE TO GET CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL FAILING WORLDWIDE

Across all age groups, sub-Saharan Africa remains the region with the worst out-of-school rates... READ MORE›

MIDDLE EAST PARTICLE ACCELERATOR OPENS IN JORDAN

In 1995, the Middle East Scientific Cooperation group MESC started organising meetings and advocate for the cooperation project... READ MORE›

'WANTON DESTRUCTION': ISIS BLOWS UP ANCIENT ARCH

ISIS militants had earlier destroyed temples at the Roman-era UNESCO World Heritage site, which it has controlled since capturing Palmyra in May... READ MORE›

WORLD HERITAGE REEFS AT RISK OF CORAL BLEACHING AFTER HEAT STRESS EXPOSURE, UNESCO SAYS

Almost 75 per cent of world heritage coral reefs have been exposed to heat stress that causes coral bleaching in the past three years, UNESCO says... READ MORE›

TIMBUKTU'S HISTORIC TOMBS RESTORED IN SHOW OF CONFIDENCE FOR WAR-RAVAGED MALI

Local and international project in city of 33 saints reconstructs 14 Sufi mausoleums smashed up by al-Qaida backed extremists... READ MORE›

A reef campaigner with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Felicity Wishart, said the report contained no measurable, deliverable action... READ MORE›

9 WONDERS OF THE WORLD SET TO VANISH FOREVER

However, Unesco warns redevelopment in the area - namely, the multi-billion Liverpool Waters mixed use waterfront quarter - will adversely alter the site. More information... READ MORE›

OH VIENNA: WORLD HERITAGE STATUS THREATENED BY HIGH-RISE

But the World Heritage Committee WHC took issue with the tower's height of 66.3 metres, which had already been reduced from 75 metres following protests... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA ACTING WITH 'RENEWED VIGOUR' ON GREAT BARRIER REEF

The Greens said the report would fail to allay the concerns of the world heritage committee, maintaining the government's approach was business as usual ... READ MORE›