Saturday, July 31, 2010
World Heritage Committee inscribes five new cultural sites on World Heritage List and approves two extensions to existing properties
Imperial Citadel of Thang Long-Hanoi (Viet Nam) becomes 900th site on UNESCO World Heritage List The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia has ...

Saturday, July 31, 2010
World Heritage Committee inscribes seven cultural sites on World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia has inscribed sites in Saudi Arabia, Australia, India, Islamic Republic of Iran and, for the first ...

Friday, July 30, 2010
World Heritage Committee inscribes Everglades National Park on List of World Heritage in Danger
The World Heritage Committee, holding its 34th session chaired by João Luiz da Silva Ferreira, the Minister of Culture of Brazil, inscribed the ...

Friday, July 30, 2010
World Heritage Committee inscribes two new sites on World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee holding its 34th session in Brasilia under the chairmanship of  João Luiz da Silva Ferreira, today inscribed ...

Friday, July 30, 2010
World Heritage Committee inscribes Rainforests of Atsinanana (Madagascar) on List of World Heritage in Danger
The World Heritage Committee holding its 34th session chaired by João Luiz da Silva Ferreira, the Minister of Culture of Brazil, has inscribed ...

Thursday, July 29, 2010
List of World Heritage in Danger: World Heritage Committee inscribes the Tombs of Buganda Kings (Uganda) and removes Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)
The World Heritage Committee holding its 34th session chaired by João Luiz da Silva Ferreira, the Minister of Culture of Brazil, has inscribed ...

Thursday, July 29, 2010
World Heritage Committee inscribes Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery (Georgia) on List of World Heritage in Danger
The World Heritage Committee, holding its 34th session chaired by João Luiz da Silva Ferreira, the Minister of Culture of Brazil, has inscribed ...

Monday, July 26, 2010
Thirty-nine properties to be considered for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
Thirty-nine nominations from 33 countries will be considered for inscription on UNESCO's World Heritage List during the meeting of the World Heritage ...

Monday, July 26, 2010
UNESCO and Brazil establish heritage management Training Centre for Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and the Minister of Culture of Brazil, João Luiz da Silva Ferreira today signed an agreement establishing ...

Tuesday, July 20, 2010
World Heritage Mission to Haiti
Within the framework of the Emergency International Request submitted by Haiti after the devastating 12 January 2010 earthquake, the World Heritage ...

Tuesday, July 20, 2010
New project for the preservation of the World Heritage Property in Nepal: Lumbini, Lord Bhudda’s Birthplace starts with funds from UNESCO/Japanese Fund-in-Trust
A new project for the conservation and management of Lumbini, the Birthplace of Lord Buddha, one of the UNESCO World Heritage properties in Nepal has ...

Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Managing Disaster Risks for World Heritage Resource Manual
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee, ICCROM, ICOMOS and IUCN are launching the first title within ...

Friday, July 9, 2010
The Operational Guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention are now available in Portuguese
The Operational Guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention are now available in Portuguese. The Operational Guidelines define ...

Wednesday, July 7, 2010
UNDP launches the second edition of “Picture this”
The United Nations Development Programme has launched the new edition of "Picture this", an international photo contest. Through the photo ...

Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Equatorial Guinea ratifies World Heritage Convention
On 10 March 2010, the Government of Equatorial Guinea officially deposited with the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, its ...

Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Joint Workshop establishes successful basis to scale-up marine World Heritage
From 30 June to 4 July 2010, the International Academy for Nature Conservation, Isle of Vilm, Germany, hosted an expert workshop that set the basis ...

Tuesday, July 6, 2010
World Heritage Committee to meet in Brasilia to inscribe new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee will consider requests for the inscription of new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List when it meets for its 34th ...

Monday, July 5, 2010
Wildlife authority of Côte d’Ivoire awarded Rapid Response Facility grant to combat poaching after period of civil unrest
Comoé National Park in Côte d'Ivoire lies in a region particularly affected by the Ivorian civil war, which lasted for five years until ...

Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Greenpeace and WWF present 125,000 signatures to UNESCO to save world’s oldest, deepest and largest lake
UNESCO today received a petition of signed by 125,000 people around the world protesting against the re-opening of a paper and pulp mill on the shores ...

Wednesday, June 23, 2010
World Heritage in the Congo Basin
The World Heritage Centre has recently published a new booklet entitled "World Heritage in the Congo Basin". This publication is intended for both ...

Wednesday, June 23, 2010
2nd Ibero-American Youth Forum held Aranjuez, Spain
Aranjuez, the only Spanish site declared a Cultural Landscape in UNESCO´s World Heritage List, is hosting the 2nd World Heritage Ibero-American ...

Wednesday, June 23, 2010
New web-tool shows critical migratory waterbird sites need urgent protection
A new website launched by Wetlands International, BirdLife International and the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) reveals major ...

Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Third sub-regional meeting for 2nd Cycle of World Heritage Periodic Reporting opens in Yaoundé
World Heritage site managers of 22 States Parties have been meeting in Yaoundé, Cameroon, since 21 June, 2010, to advance in the preparation of ...

Monday, June 21, 2010
UNESCO World Heritage Centre launches international competition to create new episode of Patrimonito cartoon
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has launched an international storyboard competition for the creation of the next episode of the animated series ...

Monday, June 21, 2010
Call for project proposals financed by the African World Heritage Fund
The African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) strives towards the effective conservation and protection of Africa's natural and cultural heritage. AWHF is ...

Friday, June 18, 2010
Message from Francesco Bandarin, Director of the World Heritage Centre, on current conservation issues at Lake Baikal
Since the 33rd session of the World Heritage Committee (Seville, 2009), the World Heritage Centre and IUCN have received a large number of letters ...

Thursday, June 3, 2010
UNESCO welcomes backing by President of Russian Federation for the preservation of St Petersburg
The World Heritage Centre of UNESCO has welcomed the support given by the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, to the World Heritage ...

Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Damage to the Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua as a result of tropical storm Agatha
Severe torrential rain has resulted in flooding and mudslides across much of Guatemala, causing some communities to be entirely cut off and requiring ...

Friday, May 21, 2010
Message from Francesco Bandarin, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Culture, on floods affecting European World Heritage sites
The news of massive flooding across Eastern Europe, and the threat that this poses to World Heritage sites in Poland has caused great concern to the ...

Thursday, May 20, 2010
Call for Papers – Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development
The new Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development (JCHMSD), is currently considering papers for inclusion in its first ...

Thursday, May 6, 2010
Jaeger-LeCoultre affirms commitment to marine conservation at Global Conference on Oceans
During the Fifth Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France from 3-7 May,  Mr. Yves Meylan, ...

Monday, May 3, 2010
[in French only] Newsletter N° 15 de la Convention France-UNESCO
[in French only] Actualités sur l'avancement des projets cfu : * Le projet « Niger - Loire : gouvernance et ...

Monday, April 26, 2010
Damage to Great Barrier Reef assessed; stricter shipping surveillance proposed
An inspection team has found the damage resulting from the 3 April grounding of a bulk carrier on the Great Barrier Reef (Australia), a World ...

Thursday, April 22, 2010
Jaeger-LeCoultre auction proceeds support Sundarbans National Park
After last year's groundbreaking Tides of Time campaign, luxury watch manufacturer Jaeger-LeCoultre organized a second auction on March 18, 2010. This ...

Tuesday, April 20, 2010
2nd cycle Master’s degree Course in science for the conservation-restoration of cultural heritage (SCoRe)
The conservation and preservation of cultural heritage is an interdisciplinary field requiring close cooperation between conservator-restorers, ...

Friday, April 16, 2010
Call for applications for the 3rd edition of the Master programme on "World Heritage at Work"
The call for applications for the 3rd edition of the Master programme on "World Heritage at Work", offered by the University of Turin, the Polytechnic ...

Wednesday, April 14, 2010
UNESCO recommends reconstruction of Ugandan World Heritage Site
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova today expressed her relief at the news that the reconstruction of the Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (Uganda) ...

Wednesday, April 14, 2010
WHC Director Francesco Bandarin appointed new UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Culture
Francesco Bandarin (Italy), Director of UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre since 2000, was appointed today UNESCO’s new Assistant ...

Monday, April 12, 2010
Rapid Response Facility grant for conservation group to benefit Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
The Rapid Response Facility (RRF) has awarded Belizean conservation group Wildtracks with a grant to assess proposed dredging and mangrove clearance ...

Monday, April 12, 2010
Signature of Agreement establishing the UNESCO category 2 institute for Regional World Heritage in Zacatecas, Mexico
On 12 April 2010, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and the Governor of the Mexican state of Zacatecas, Amália García Medina, signed ...

Monday, March 22, 2010
World Heritage Centre expressed concern to the Minister of Cultures of Bolivia on Tiwanaku
With the objective of addressing issues related to the preservation of Bolivian World Heritage properties, the Head of the Latin America and Caribbean ...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Director-General calls for calm and offers support following fire and subsequent protests at Ugandan World Heritage site
Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, today expressed her sorrow over the tragic fire that ravaged the Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi, a World ...

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Jaeger-LeCoultre launches its second online auction for the preservation of World Heritage sites
After last year's groundbreaking Tides of Time campaign, Jaeger-LeCoultre's second online auction on March 18, 2010 will benefit the preservation ...

Friday, March 5, 2010
Damage to Chilean heritage sites evaluated after earthquake
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre expresses its condolences for the victims of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Chile on 27 February. ...

Wednesday, March 3, 2010
2009-2010 World Heritage map now available
The latest version of the World Heritage map, produced by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and National Geographic Maps with support from the United ...

Friday, February 26, 2010
Pilgrims killed in stampede at Djingareyber Mosque in Timbuktu
During the evening of 25 February 2010, in Timbuktu (Mali), a stampede occurred amidst a crowd gathered outside Djingareyber Mosque. Among the ...

Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Successful first year entices organizers to double training capacity for business planning at World Heritage sites
At a year-end strategy discussion, Shell, Earthwatch and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre evaluated the results of the first year of work under ...

Monday, February 22, 2010
Director-General of UNESCO deplores loss of life and offers support after collapse of Meknes minaret
Following the collapse of a minaret in the World Heritage city of Meknes, Director-General Irina Bokova expressed profound sympathy Sunday and said ...

Tuesday, February 16, 2010
'World Heritage Papers Series No. 26: Cultural Landscapes' now available online
World Heritage Papers Series No. 26: Cultural Landscapes, A Handbook for Conservation and Management may be downloaded from the UNESCO World Heritage ...

Friday, February 12, 2010
Damage evaluated at Machu Picchu after torrential rains
In response to the recent impacts of torrential rains at the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, a technical visit of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre ...

Thursday, February 11, 2010
Establishment of Category 2 Centres on World Heritage officially launched
Two official signatures took place recently at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France to establish new Category 2 Centres dedicated to World Heritage ...

Monday, February 1, 2010
[in French only] Newsletter N°14 de la Convention France-UNESCO
[in French only] novembre 2009 - janvier 2010 Actualités sur l'avancement des projets CFU : * Atelier Fleuves et patrimoines. Paris, ...

Monday, February 1, 2010
Alpine Convention and World Heritage Convention Secretariats Meet
On 18 January 2010 a meeting took place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France between the Secretariats of the Convention on the ...

Monday, February 1, 2010
February 2nd is World Wetlands Day
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Secretariat to the World Heritage Convention, wishes to extend its best wishes to the Secretariat for the Ramsar ...

Friday, January 29, 2010
Belize Conservation NGO Receives Rapid Response Facility Grant in Support of the Belize Barrier Reef System
The latest World Heritage site to benefit from the Rapid Response Facility (RRF) is the Belize Barrier Reef System (BBRS).  Recognized in large ...

Thursday, January 28, 2010
Torrential rains cause death and damage at Peruvian World Heritage sites
Torrential rains which have occurred in Peru over the last five days have caused the death of a tourist and a tour guide, and have impacted two World ...

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Heritage in Haiti
While saving lives and providing humanitarian relief remain the absolute priority of the international community in helping Haiti deal with the ...

Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Belgium reinforces its engagement for World Heritage Sites in Danger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Belgian government has recently given its financial support to the 3rd phase of the project "Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed ...

Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Beijing Appeal for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change at World Heritage properties in the Asia and the Pacific region
National Government Officials and World Heritage site managers, essentially from 24 countries in the Asia and the Pacific Region, but also from other ...

Friday, December 18, 2009
Germany gives 3.2 million dollars for the safeguarding of Ivorian parcs and reserves
Germany has just offered the Côte d'Ivoire's Park and Reserves Foundation 1,5 billion CFA Francs (US$ 3.2 millions). According to Mr Stephen ...

Thursday, December 17, 2009
Director General presents UNESCO climate change initiative at Copenhagen Conference
Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, yesterday presented UNESCO's climate change initiative at a press briefing held during the 15th Conference ...

Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Restoration works continue despite violent storms at the Great Mosque of Djenné
Restoration works begun on the site the Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali in January 2009, financed by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, continue with ...

Monday, December 14, 2009
Enhancing our Heritage Toolkit now available in Spanish
The publication 'World Heritage Paper Series n°23 - Enhancing our Heritage Toolkit, Assessing management effectiveness of natural World ...

Tuesday, December 8, 2009
UNESCO saddened by loss of Goodwill Ambassador Professor Ikuo Hirayama
Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, expressed her deep sadness at the death of Professor Ikuo Hirayama, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, on 2 ...

Thursday, December 3, 2009
Google and UNESCO announce alliance to provide virtual visits of several World Heritage sites
Sites of outstanding universal value inscribed on the World Heritage List - the Palace of Versailles in France, the historic centre of Prague in the ...

Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Natural Science courses open at the new Jurassic Studies Centre in Lyme Regis
On the occasion of the launch of the new Jurassic Studies Centre, situated at the centre of the natural World Heritage Site of Dorset and Devon's ...

Monday, November 30, 2009
Ifugao Province, Philippines and Italy's Cinque Terre Park sign Twinning Program
On 25 November 2009, the UNESCO World Heritage sites of the Ifugao Rice Terraces in the Philippines and Cinque Terre in Italy signed the Twinning ...

Thursday, November 26, 2009
Exhibition of Aksum Obelisk Re-installation opens in Rome
On 25 November 2009, the exhibition 'Aksum Rediscovered: the Re-installation of the Obelisk' was opened in Rome, Italy at the Headquarters of the Food ...

Friday, November 13, 2009
Business Skills training sessions begin for World Heritage sites
The Business Skills for World Heritage Programme, a collaboration between international environmental charity Earthwatch, global energy company Shell ...

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
'Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO : les sites marocains' is published
The book 'Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO : les sites marocains' ('UNESCO World Heritage: the Moroccan sites') is a voyage to an exceptional part ...

Thursday, October 29, 2009
General Assembly elects 12 new members to World Heritage Committee and sets priorities for future of Heritage Convention
The General Assembly of States Parties to the 1972 World Heritage Convention replaced more than half the 21 members of the World Heritage Committee ...

Thursday, October 29, 2009
Poland is the Denkmal national partner 2010
Denkmal, European Trade Fair for Conservation, Restoration and Old Building Renovation 18 - 20 November 2010 After Italy (2004), France (2006) and ...

Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Twelve members elected to World Heritage Committee
Twelve new members were elected to the World Heritage Committee during the 17th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, ...

Friday, October 23, 2009
UNESCO and online travel giant TripAdvisor launch World Heritage partnership
TripAdvisor, the world's largest on-line community of travellers, and UNESCO launched a partnership on Thursday to mobilize travellers' support to ...

Thursday, October 15, 2009
A 7000 Euro Grant For the Realization of a Cultural Project Concerning the Mediterranean World
You are a native of a Mediterranean country. Born after 31 December 1980 you will be under 30 years of age in 2010. You wish to undertake a project ...

Thursday, October 8, 2009
Statement by UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre on mission to study conservation and infrastructure development in Ibiza
Representatives from the national, regional and local authorities led by Spain's Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, Ambassador María Jesús ...

Tuesday, October 6, 2009
17th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention and the 35th UNESCO General Conference
The 35th session of the General Conference is meeting from 6-23 October 2009, and the 17th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage ...

Thursday, October 1, 2009
2010 UNESCO World Heritage Desk Diary Published
The UNESCO World Heritage Desk Diary 2009 has just been published. Featuring a useful week-at-a-glance design, it is illustrated with 79 colour photos ...

Tuesday, September 29, 2009
'The World's Heritage' co-published by UNESCO and Harper Collins
The most complete guide to World Heritage sites has been co-published by UNESCO and Harper Collins with the title The World's Heritage: A unique guide ...

Thursday, September 10, 2009
World Heritage Centre signs agreement with DBU for site conservation in Europe
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the German Federal Foundation for the Environment (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, DBU) have signed a Partnership ...

Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Rapid Response Facility launches new website
The Rapid Response Facility (RRF), the emergency small grants programme jointly operated by Fauna & Flora International (FFI), UNESCO World ...

Monday, September 7, 2009
Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report published
The Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report 2009, prepared by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, is the first comprehensive assessment of the ...

Thursday, September 3, 2009
Agreement between the Algerian Ministry of Culture and the INRAP with the support of the World Heritage Centre
On 21 July 2009, the Algerian Ministry of Culture and the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) signed a cooperation ...

Monday, August 31, 2009
[in French only] Newsletter N°13 de la Convention France UNESCO
[in French only] février 2009 - août 2009 Vie de la CFU : Réunion de bilan Réunion de bilan de la Convention ...

Monday, August 24, 2009
Marine spatial planning and World Heritage
Last June UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) published the guide, "Marine Spatial ...

Monday, August 17, 2009
10th Anniversary of the France-UNESCO Convention
Signed in 1997 and entered into force in 1999, the France-UNESCO Convention for architectural, urban and landscape heritage is a tool for cooperation, ...

Friday, July 31, 2009
Experts engage with climate change education at international seminar, UNESCO HQ, Paris, 27-29 July
"Why do I have mangoes in July?" was the title of one of the presentations at a three-day expert seminar on climate change education at UNESCO HQ in ...

Friday, July 31, 2009
Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage English, French and Spanish UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Originally published in 2007 in English, this publication has now been reprinted for the third time in English and translated into French and Spanish. ...

Monday, July 20, 2009
TripAdvisor pledges support to World Heritage
Following a discussion with Francesco Bandarin, Director of UNESCO's World Heritage Centre, Christine Petersen, Chief Marketing Officer of ...

Sunday, June 28, 2009
Cities of Caral-Supe (Peru) and Levoča (Slovakia) added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The Sacred City of Caral-Supe (Peru), the oldest centre of civilization in the Americas, was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List by the ...

Sunday, June 28, 2009
Georgia’s Historical Monuments of Mtskheta inscribed on Danger List
The World Heritage Committee, chaired by María Jesús San Segundo, the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to UNESCO, inscribed ...

Sunday, June 28, 2009
13 new sites have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List which lost one site while three were placed on the Danger List
The World Heritage Committee holding its 33rd session chaired by María Jesús San Segundo, the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain ...

Saturday, June 27, 2009
British Aqueduct and Canal inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, French Saltworks extended
The World Heritage Committee, chaired by María Jesús San Segundo, the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to UNESCO, has ...

Saturday, June 27, 2009
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System and Colombia’s Los Katios National Park enter UNESCO’s Danger List
The World Heritage Committee meeting in Seville, under the chair of María Jesús San Segundo, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain ...

Saturday, June 27, 2009
Stoclet House (Belgium) inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee, chaired by María Jesús San Segundo, the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to UNESCO, has ...

Saturday, June 27, 2009
Tower of Hercules (Spain) inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List alongside two Swiss watch-making towns
The World Heritage Committee, chaired by María Jesús San Segundo, the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to UNESCO, has ...

Friday, June 26, 2009
Maps of World Heritage sites in Democratic Republic of the Congo presented by Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
On 13 March 2009 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the latest maps of World Heritage sites produced by the Belgian universities of ...

Friday, June 26, 2009
Jaeger-LeCoultre and the International Herald Tribune continue to support the World Heritage Marine Programme
The Tides of Time programme, initiated in 2008 through a partnership with Jaeger-LeCoultre and the International Herald Tribune, has entered its ...

Friday, June 26, 2009
Wadden Sea, Italy’s Dolomites and Philippines’s Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee, chaired by María Jesús San Segundo, the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to UNESCO, has ...

Friday, June 26, 2009
China’s sacred Buddhist Mount Wutai inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee, chaired by María Jesús San Segundo, the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to UNESCO, has ...

Friday, June 26, 2009
Cidade Velha becomes Cabo Verde's first World Heritage site
Cidade Velha has been inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List, marking Cape Verde's entry to the international community's inventory of properties ...

Friday, June 26, 2009
Ruins of Loropéni (Burkina Faso) inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
Burkina Faso joined the rank of countries that have World Heritage properties on their territory with the inscription of the Ruins of Loropéni ...

Friday, June 26, 2009
Sacred mountain in Kyrgyzstan enters List along with Iran’s Shushtar water system and Royal tombs in Republic of Korea
Sulamain-Too Sacred Mountain of Kyrgyzstan has become the country’s first site to be inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Shushtar Historical ...

Thursday, June 25, 2009
10th Weimar Summer Courses, “Milestones of Democracy – European Memories 2009”
The Weimar Jena Akademie in partnership with the Bauhaus Universität Weimar and co-financed by the European Union, is organizing its 10th edition ...

Thursday, June 25, 2009
World Heritage Committee removes Baku from Danger List welcoming improvements in the ancient city´s preservation
The World Heritage Committee has welcomed the success of the authorities of Azerbaijan in preserving the Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshahs' ...

Thursday, June 25, 2009
Dresden is deleted from UNESCO’s World Heritage List
"Every time we fail to preserve a site, we share the pain of the State Party," declared María Jesús San Segundo, the Ambassador and ...

Monday, June 22, 2009
Twenty-seven new sites up for inscription on UNESCO World Heritage List as Committee opens session in Seville
The 33rd session of the World Heritage Committee, chaired by María Jesús San Segundo, the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to ...

Friday, June 19, 2009
José Maria Abecasis Soares & José Tavares begin their journey to five World Heritage glaciers
José Maria and José, founders of the ICE CARE project, left UNESCO Headquaters in Paris this morning following a meeting with Mr Kishore ...

Thursday, June 18, 2009
1st Ibero-American World Heritage Youth Forum
Spain, host of the 33rd session of the World Heritage Committee, is organizing the first Ibero-American World Heritage Youth Forum. Participants will ...

Saturday, June 13, 2009
World Heritage Centre and Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture sign Cooperation Agreement
On 12 June 2009, the Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Francesco Bandarin and the Director-General of the Research Centre for Islamic ...

Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Nahanni National Park Reserve is expanded
The Honorable Jim Prentice, Canada's Canada's Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, has introduced a bill which resulted in ...

Friday, June 5, 2009
Director-General visits four UNESCO World Heritage Sites in northern Portugal
On 21 and 22 May 2009, the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, visited four World Heritage Sites in northern Portugal. He was ...

Thursday, June 4, 2009
Artist for Peace Missa Johnouchi visits UNESCO
On 28 May, after a visit to UNESCO's Director-General, UNESCO Artist for Peace Missa Johnouchi met with Mr Francesco Bandarin, Director of the World ...

Friday, May 29, 2009
UNESCO and Chile Launch Ecotourism Training Project on Easter Island
UNESCO's Director-General, Koïchiro Matsuura, and the President of the Republic of Chile, Michelle Bachelet Jeria, presented today in Paris a ...

Tuesday, May 26, 2009
World Heritage Committee to meet in Seville to review state of conservation of 178 sites and add new sites on List
The World Heritage Committee will consider requests for the inscription of new sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List when it meets for its 33rd ...

Tuesday, May 19, 2009
In memoriam: Michel Parent
The World Heritage Centre wishes to pay tribute to Michel Parent, a leading personality of world cultural heritage, who passed away last week at the ...

Friday, May 15, 2009
Business Skills for World Heritage Training Programme Launched
The first World Heritage sites to participate in the Earthwatch "Business Skills for World Heritage" programme were selected today. A total of 9 site ...

Thursday, April 30, 2009
Registration deadline for the master's degree course "World Heritage at Work"
The master's degree course "World Heritage at Work", offered by the University of Turin and the Polytechnic of Turin and organized by the ...

Monday, April 27, 2009
World Heritage Scholarships in U.S. National Parks
As part of a commitment to sharing its expertise, the US National Park Service (NPS) is offering training opportunities to qualified candidates who ...

Thursday, April 23, 2009
Director-General inaugurates exhibition celebrating re-installation of the Aksum Obelisk
On 23 April 2009, the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura inaugurated an exhibition at UNESCO Headquarters celebrating the ...

Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Recommendation adopted by the participants of ten Asian countries of a serial Itinerant Workshop on the Conservation and Management of Persian, Timurid and Mughal Architecture
With the financial support of the World Heritage Fund, as well as national organizers of India, the final of a series of "Itinerant Workshops on the ...

Monday, April 20, 2009
World Heritage Centre expresses condolences for victims of earthquake in Italy
The World Heritage Centre has noted with great concern the news of the earthquake that struck near L'Aquila, Central Italy, on Monday, 6 April ...

Monday, April 20, 2009
UNESCO presents exhibition on reconstruction of Aksum obelisk
An exhibition - photographs and a video installation - at UNESCO will celebrate the reinstallation of the Aksum obelisk. The show will give visitors a ...

Thursday, April 16, 2009
World Heritage Centre signs agreement with INRAP for site conservation
On 2 April 2009 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris Mr Francesco Bandarin, Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, signed an agreement with INRAP, ...

Friday, April 10, 2009
7th Meeting of the Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions held
The Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions (BLG) is a coordinating mechanism among Conventions for joint activities and shared tools in ...

Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Public Lecture: World Heritage - Urban Areas and Historic Cities (The University of Queensland)
This lecture presents a brief history of attitudes to conservation in the 20th Century - the key concepts underpinning the Venice Charter (1964) ...

Friday, April 3, 2009
World Heritage Rainforests in Madagascar threatened by illegal logging and trafficking of precious wood
UNESCO was recently informed of two serious threats at the Marojejy and Masoala national parks in the north of Madagascar, which ...

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
50th anniversary of Nubia Campaign
UNESCO, Egypt and Sudan have started commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Nubia Campaign, a defining example of international solidarity when ...

Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Director-General celebrates inscription of the Madâin Sâlih site on the World Heritage List during official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (16-19 March 2009)
From 16 to 19 March 2009, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, paid his third official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He was ...

Friday, March 20, 2009
Tubbataha Reef Marine Park in the Philippines receives £13,540 from an auction organized by Jaeger-LeCoultre
The World Heritage site of the Tubbataha Reef Marine Park in the Philippines will benefit from the total amount of £13,540 collected through an ...