Friday, November 30, 2007
Djibouti ratifies the World Heritage Convention
On 30 August 2007, the Government of Djibouti officially deposited with the Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, its instrument of ...

Monday, November 26, 2007
Inscription of Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The official ceremony  to mark the inscription of the Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof on the World Heritage List took place at the historical ...

Thursday, November 15, 2007
UNESCO regrets decision on construction of bridge that threatens delisting of Dresden Elbe Valley from World Heritage List
UNESCO regrets the decision of a German court to authorize the construction of a bridge likely to lead to the deletion of the cultural landscape of ...

Monday, November 5, 2007
Restored Venaria Reale Palace re-opens
The Baroque palace of Venaria Reale, built by the Savoy dynasty outside the city of Turin, has been re-opened to the public after eight years of ...

Monday, November 5, 2007
Anna Amalia Library re-opens after extensive restoration
The Anna Amalia Library, part of Germany's Classical Weimar World Heritage site, re-opened to the public on October 24 after extensive restoration ...

Monday, November 5, 2007
Award of five UNESCO-Vocations Patrimoine fellowships to meet new economic and safeguarding challenges of heritage
Five young heritage professionals from around the world received UNESCO-Vocations Patrimoine fellowships to pursue post graduate research at ...

Friday, October 26, 2007
Nine new members elected to World Heritage Committee
Nine new members have been elected to the 21-member World Heritage Committee in charge of implementing UNESCO's Convention Concerning the ...

Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Members elected to World Heritage Committee
The 16th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention elected 5 new members to the World Heritage Committee. The following ...

Wednesday, October 24, 2007
[in French only] 16e Assemblée générale des Etats parties à la Convention du Patrimoine mondial
[in French only] Le Directeur général a ouvert, le 24 octobre 2007, la 16e session de l'Assemblée générale des Etats parties à la Convention de ...

Wednesday, October 17, 2007
UNESCO World Heritage Desk Diary 2008 Now Available
The UNESCO World Heritage Desk Diary 2008 has just been published. Featuring a useful week-at-a-glance design, it is illustrated with 77 colour photos ...

Thursday, October 4, 2007
Terrorist attacks damage Pakistan Buddha
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre was informed of two attacks on an ancient rock carving of a seated Buddha located near Janabad in north-west ...

Thursday, October 4, 2007
International Melina Mercouri Prize awarded to Russian Federation's Borodino Battlefield
At a ceremony held today at UNESCO Headquarters Mrs Françoise Rivière, Assistant Director-General for Culture, gave the award for the International ...

Monday, October 1, 2007
[in French only] Newsletter n° 7 de la Convention France-UNESCO
[in French only] Actualités sur l'avancement des projets :Turin, Italie: Réunion technique d'urgence sur le site du patrimoine mondial du ...

Friday, September 14, 2007
Donate online to support World Heritage conservation
It's easier than ever to participate in the preservation of World Heritage sites by making an online donation on the UNESCO World Heritage Centre ...

Friday, September 7, 2007
Tragic accident at Kilwa Kisiwani World Heritage site
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre sends its condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Ruzna Amli, a young Tanzanian woman from Songo Mnara, ...

Thursday, August 30, 2007
New Book on World Heritage Sites in the Philippines
Living Landscapes and Cultural Landmarks: World Heritage Sites in the Philippines by Augusto F. Villalon, Photographs by Neal M. Oshima, Publisher: ...

Thursday, August 23, 2007
UNESCO Mission rallies support for the preservation of the mountain gorillas of the DRC
A mission of experts led by UNESCO has rallied the support of the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations ...

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
UNESCO joins United Nations effort in response to Peruvian earthquake
UNESCO's World Heritage Centre extends its deepest sympathies to those who have been affected by the powerful August 15 earthquake in Peru, which ...

Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Inscription of Lopé-Okanda site (Gabon) on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
Gabon celebrated the inscription of its Lopé-Okanda site on UNESCO's World Heritage List over the weekend of 11-12 August 2007. Spanning four ...

Tuesday, August 14, 2007
"Journalisme et Patrimoine Mondial" just published
Heritage advocates often reproach journalists for not being sufficiently interested in their field and for being only able to speak about it in a ...