UNESCO hosts a global policy forum on disaster risk reductio...

HIST Delegation Visited Pakistan

On Nov. 16-25, 2018, the HIST Delegation headed by Prof. Wang Xinyuan, Deputy Director of the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the Auspices of UNESCO which i...

Fifteen elements inscribed on Representative List of Intangi...

China, UNESCO and EU conference on World Heritage and sustai...

Message from Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, ...

First UNESCO-led China-Germany cultural exchange on heritage...

The first China/Germany Cultural Exchange on Heritage Conservation for Sustainable Development, organized at the initiative of UNESCO, took place on 26-30 September 2018 in Berlin, Germany, and gathered internation...

Video on Demand - Opening of the 205th session of the Execut...

Biodiversity and Culture Conventions Meet at UNESCO

Reactive Monitoring mission to “Białowieża Forest” (Bela...

UNESCO celebrates 70 years of nature conservation with IUCN

On 30 and 31 August 2018, the 70th anniversary of IUCN was celebrated at Fontainebleau, France with the theme “The Future of Landscapes: A New Relationship for People and Nature”. It is at the Chateau de Fontaine...

On the passing of Kofi Annan: the world loses a great defend...

"I am deeply saddened to learn of the sudden death of former United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan," said Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO.  "A great defender of peac...

Twenty-four new sites join UNESCO’s World Network of Biosph...

The International Co-ordinating Council of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme has added 24 new sites to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves during its meeting in Palembang (Indonesia) from 23 to 28 July....

Audrey Azoulay, first UNESCO Director-General to be received...

On Monday, Audrey Azoulay began her first official visit to China as Director-General of UNESCO with a historic meeting with the President Xi Jinping.

World Heritage Committee has inscribed a total of 19 sites o...

The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Manama since 24 June under the chair of Shaikha Haya Bint Rashed al-Khalifa of Bahrain, ended today. The next session çof the World Heritage Committee will be in Baku, Azer...

Digital Belt and Road Program Opens Centre of Excellence in ...

The Digital Belt and Road Program opened an international Centre of Excellence (ICoE) in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia on June 25, 2018 to promote cooperation between DBAR and African countries in using big Earth d...

World Heritage Committee in Manama (Bahrain) to examine new ...

The World Heritage Committee will inscribe some of the 30 sites nominated for inclusion on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during its forthcoming meeting in Manama under the chair of Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa of...

Chinese Scientists Discover Overseas Archaeological Sites fo...

Tunisia,located at the western end of the ancient Maritime Silk Road,was an important port for maritime trade in Roman Age.

Director of UNESCO World Heritage Centre welcomes Standard C...

Standard Chartered Bank has informed the World Heritage Centre that as part of a review and update of their environmental and social framework, it has strengthened its policy regarding World Heritage sites.