Thursday, December 30, 2004
UNESCO offers tsunami assistance to countries in South Asia
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, has offered UNESCO’s support to the countries devastated by the earthquake off the coast of Sumatra ...

Thursday, December 23, 2004
Protected Areas and World Heritage
Six case studies, looking at manager experience of how World Heritage may help to build support for protected areas are now available ...

Thursday, December 23, 2004
First anniversary of the earthquake at World Heritage city of Bam (Iran)
The inscription of Bam and its Cultural Landscape, the ancient Silk Road landmark, on UNESCO’s World Heritage List and on the World Heritage List in ...

Tuesday, December 14, 2004
UNESCO World Heritage Desk Diary 2005
The 2005 UNESCO World Heritage Desk Diary is now available. Discover 54 natural and cultural sites with beautiful colour photographs and informative ...

Monday, December 13, 2004
UNESCO and Japanese Broadcasting Corporation NHK Launch Partnership for heritage images archives initiative
On Friday, 27 August 2004, UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura and Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) President Katsuji Ebisawa held a public signing ...

Tuesday, December 7, 2004
International Donors’ Conference in support of the World Heritage in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), UNESCO, Paris, 13 - 17 September 2004
The opening and closure speeches as well as the PowerPoint presentations are now available on: http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/95 ...

Monday, December 6, 2004
Opening of the 7th Extraordinary Session of the World Heritage Committee
The 7th Extraordinary Session of the World Heritage Committee opened on 6 December 2004 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, under the chairmanship of Mr ...