Recent events in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Mali have highlighted the multiple threats to cultural heritage during crisis, including deliberate attacks, destruction as collateral damage in fighting, the ...

The 2025 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation recognized ten outstanding projects, with the Award of ...

The delegation met with the Head of Office and Representative, Mr. Junaid Sorosh-Wali, for an in-depth exchange on UNESCO’s ...

UNESCO experts are set to start deliberations in India on Monday on which practices and traditions should be declared intangible cultural heritage, with this year's nominations including the Swiss art ...

Destruction of cultural heritage has reached unprecedented levels. In light of this, and culture’s unique contribution to peace and sustainable development, the ratification, implementation and ...

Italian cooking has been awarded special cultural heritage status by the United Nations' cultural agency Unesco. National favourites including pizza are already on Unesco's list of "intangible ...

Swiss yodelling band 'Oesch's die Dritten' during a rehearsal for the broadcast of the 'Stadlshow'. picture alliance / dpa Switzerland's alpine yodelling tradition has been added to UNESCO's list of ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it will once again withdraw from the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO, an expected move that has the U.S. further retreating from ...

As the world faces unprecedented crises, from conflicts to climate change, UNESCO has today announced 19 new projects worth $6.9 million to support ...

PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the U.N. culture and education agency UNESCO on Tuesday, repeating a move he had already ordered during his first ...