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Message from the Director of the World Heritage Centre on World Migratory Bird Day
Tuesday, 10 May 2016With the slogan “ … and when the skies fall silent?", the World Migratory Bird Day 2016 on 10 May aims to highlight the incredible numbers of ...
UNESCO Executive Board unanimous to protect Palmyra and other Syrian heritage
Saturday, 16 April 2016The 199th session of UNESCO Executive Board unanimously adopted a decision regarding UNESCO’s role in “safeguarding and preservation Palmyra and other ...
Irina Bokova participates in the Smithsonian Academy discussion on Cultural Heritage under attack
Monday, 11 April 2016The Director General of UNESCO took part in a High Level event on the protection of cultural heritage organized by the Smithsonian Institution, the ...
Trauma surgeons and pop-up clinics
 | Call for submissions: The World's Best Preservation Ideas Even before the World Heritage Convention of 1972, American historic preservationists understood their work in a worldwide context. Just over fifty ... Tuesday, 8 March 2016 |
 | 'Understanding rights practices in the World Heritage system' international dialogue and call for action The international dialogue on "Understanding rights practices in the World Heritage system: lessons from the Asia-Pacific and the global area" took ... Tuesday, 16 February 2016 |
 | Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation joins Marine World Heritage The Arctic stretches across the top of the planet, spanning 5.5 million square miles. Its icy waters are home to wildlife found nowhere else, ... Friday, 27 November 2015 |
