UNESCO
Bamiyan’s ancient cave dwellings shelter homeless Afghans
World
July 28, 2015
Bamiyan’s ancient cave dwellings shelter homeless Afghans
Carved into dun-colored cliffs, hundreds of manmade caves situated next to empty niches that once sheltered giant Buddha statues destroyed…
UNESCO chief warns about jihadist ‘culture cleansing’
Art news
July 3, 2015
UNESCO chief warns about jihadist ‘culture cleansing’
The head of the UN cultural organisation on Wednesday called for a campaign against the "culture cleansing" being carried out…
UNESCO: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef outlook poor but not ‘in danger’
Environment
July 1, 2015
UNESCO: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef outlook poor but not ‘in danger’
The heritage committee of the UNESCO cultural agency said on Wednesday that the outlook for Australia's Great Barrier Reef was…
UNESCO holds meeting in Cairo on flood hazards
Environment
June 15, 2015
UNESCO holds meeting in Cairo on flood hazards
The consultative meeting for the UNESCO national coordinators will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday at the organization’s headquarters in Cairo…
UNESCO chief: Destruction of Palmyra would be ‘enormous loss to humanity’
Archaeology
May 21, 2015
UNESCO chief: Destruction of Palmyra would be ‘enormous loss to humanity’
The destruction of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Palmyra would be an "enormous loss to humanity", the head of…
Sisi, UNESCO chief condemn extremists’ destruction of heritage sites
Archaeology
May 14, 2015
Sisi, UNESCO chief condemn extremists’ destruction of heritage sites
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and UNESCO chief Irina Bokova have condemned extremist assaults on cultural heritage in the Middle East,…
UNESCO to launch heritage preservation campaign from Cairo
Archaeology
May 12, 2015
UNESCO to launch heritage preservation campaign from Cairo
UNESCO will sponsor the launch of a campaign aimed at preserving heritage sites endangered by extremism on Wednesday. The organization’s regional…
Egypt proposes more sites to UNESCO’s heritage list
Archaeology
March 26, 2015
Egypt proposes more sites to UNESCO’s heritage list
Egypt’s delegate to the UNESCO, Mohamed sameh Amr, has said that Egypt is going to ask the organization to add…
UNESCO official: Visiting Egypt dream come true
Archaeology
January 29, 2015
UNESCO official: Visiting Egypt dream come true
UNESCO’s General Conference chairman Ping Hao made a tour on Thursday at a number of touristic landmarks in Cairo and…
UN international day urges end to impunity of journalist murders
Egypt
November 1, 2014
UN international day urges end to impunity of journalist murders
UNESCO is marking on Sunday the International Day to End Impunity of Crimes against Journalists (IDEI) as the international organization’s…