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HIST Delegation Visited Myanmar
Upon the invitation of Mr. Aung Aung Kyaw, Director of Archeology and National Museum Bagan Branch, Myanmar, HIST Delegation led by Mr. Hong Tianhua, Executive Deputy Director and Secretary-General of HIST, visi...
12/172018 -
UNESCO hosts a global policy forum on disaster risk reductio...
In a first for the Memory of the World (MoW) Programme, about 60 experts drawn from ultiple disciplinary backgrounds met at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris during the Organization's inaugural edition of the MoW Gl...
12/122018 -
The 3rd Digital Belt and Road Conference Held in Tengchong,C...
The Third Digital Belt and Road Conference was organized in Tengchong in southwest China’s Yunnan Province from Dec. 5 to 7, 2018. Under the auspices of the Digital Belt and Road Program (DBAR), the conference was...
12/052018 -
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...
12/032018 -
Fifteen elements inscribed on Representative List of Intangi...
Meeting in Mauritius until 1 Decemember, the Intergovermental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, inscribed 15 elements on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage...
11/292018 -
Cooperation Agreement on Second-term Operation of HIST Inked...
On behalf of the Chinese Government and the United Nation’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) respectively, CAS President BAI Chunli and Dr. Flavia Schlegel, Assistant Director-General for...
11/052018 -
The 3rd Huangshan Dialogue on UNESCO Sites and Sustainable D...
The 3rd Huangshan Dialogue on UNESCO Sites and Sustainable Development, organized by HIST, and hosted by Mt. Huangshan Administrative Committee, took place successfully on 31 October – 3 November 2018 at Tunxi ...
11/042018 -
China, UNESCO and EU conference on World Heritage and sustai...
UNESCO will host a EU-China High Level Conferece on World Heritage and SUstainable Tourism at the Organization's Headquarters to examine the leading role that tourism and culture can play in fostering sustainable d...
10/242018 -
HIST received a distinguished guest from Myanmar
Mr. Aung Aung Kyaw, Director of Archeology and National Museum Bagan Branch, Myanmar, visited HIST on 17 October, 2018. on the invitation of Prof. Wang Xinyuan, Deputy Director of HIST and Co-Chair of Digital Be...
10/192018 -
Message from Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, ...
Every year, disasters caused by natural hazards affect millions of people around the world. THe resultant human losses are tragic and highlight the vulnerabilities shared by our societies.
10/182018 -
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...
10/172018 -
Video on Demand - Opening of the 205th session of the Execut...
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay gave a speech at the Opening of the 205th Session of the Executive Board. She pointed out the big challenges that UNESCO as well as the international community were facing too...
10/112018 -
Biodiversity and Culture Conventions Meet at UNESCO
For the first time, on 18-19 September 2018, members of the Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions (BLG) met with the Culture Conventions Liaison Group (CCLG) at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.
10/102018 -
Reactive Monitoring mission to “Białowieża Forest” (Bela...
On 24 September 2018, a group of experts from the World Heritage Centre and IUCN arrived in Warsaw to carry out a joint Reactive Monitoring mission to the transboundary World Heritage property “Białowieża Forest...
10/092018 -
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...
09/142018 -
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...
08/242018 -
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....
08/022018 -
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.
07/172018
