UNESCO to Danon: Israel approved compromise on Jerusalem
On Wednesday UNESCO’s 58-member executive board approved by consensus, two resolutions with regard to the status of Jerusalem and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in general. ......
View ArticleIsrael Rattled By UNESCO’s Palestinian Protection Pledges
The executive council of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has left Israel disquieted, after vowing to effect protections for Palestinian heritage. A...
View ArticleWestin Hotels & Resorts Debuts in Maldives
Westin Hotels & Resorts today announced the anticipated opening of the brand’s first hotel in the Republic of Maldives with the opening of The Westin Maldives Miriandhoo Resort. Developed by...
View ArticleVisitors from Unesco Cities of Design praise Dundee transformation
Dozens of delegates from fellow Unesco Cities of Design across the world were given a tour of Dundee's new �81 million V&A museum. . ......
View ArticleUNESCO World Heritage sites provide history lessons for travelers: Sydney...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) protects and preserves significant and inspirational places around the world. Locations carrying the important designation...
View ArticleCNN: UNESCO World Heritage Sites Imperiled by ‘Climate Change’
Swift action is required to preserve dozens of World Heritage sites from the “high risk” of extensive damage from climate change, CNN reported this week. ......
View ArticleThe Transatlantic Slave Trade: 500 Years Later, Are We Still Slaves?
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) has launched a global news feature series on the history, contemporary realities and implications of the transatlantic slave trade. This is Part 5...
View ArticleBarcelona's Sagrada Familia church is granted a building licence... 136 years...
Barcelona's famous Sagrada de Familia is finally set to get a building licence, 136 years after work on the still uncompleted church began. Construction on the UNESCO World Heritage basilica, which is...
View ArticleWelsh slate region to be nominated as Unesco world heritage site
The shattered slate quarry landscape of north-west Wales is to be nominated for world heritage status, a distinction enjoyed by sites such as the Great Barrier Reef, the Taj Mahal and the abandoned...
View ArticleEdoJobs, UNESCO, Google train 200 students, 47 teachers on digital literacy
EdoJobs, in collaboration with Google, Cape Town Science Centre, and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) Youth Mobile, has completed training for over 200 Edo...
View ArticleBillions of dollars have not helped Indian e-tailers figure out AI and big data
Indian e-commerce companies are still novices when it comes to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and mining big data. Nevertheless, they are still betting big on AI, which they think could be the magic...
View ArticleCricket World Cup trophy arrives in Kathmandu
Kathmandu, October 26 The Cricket World Cup trophy arrived here today and was taken to Swoyambhu temple, an UNESCO World Heritage site, for photo shoot in the evening. In a brief ceremony, the...
View ArticleSecret Tunnel And Chamber Under Mexican Pyramid May Be Passage To The Underworld
Archeologists have found a tunnel and a chamber beneath the Pyramid of the Moon in Mexico, which is thought to have been used in rituals related to what ancient people thought was the underworld,...
View ArticleReggae was sexist and homophobic – Unesco ‘safeguarding’ it is ludicrous and...
Until last week I believed that Unesco – the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation – existed solely to… ......
View ArticleUnesco culture chief condemns killing of Syrian reporters
Paris: Unesco Director-General Audrey Azoulay has deplored the killing of journalists Raed Fares and Hamoud Jneed in Syria’s rebel-held northern Idlib province last month, urging...
View ArticleUNWTO/UNESCO Conference: Cultural tourism sustains communities and living...
Cultural tourism policies and...
View ArticleStefania Giannini: 'Strong universities lessen social tensions'
Universities are being pulled in different directions according to Stefania Giannini, the UN’s top education official. They need to become more global to reflect the international mobility of graduate...
View ArticleUNESCO’s AI forum: Africa’s future on spotlight
The forum on Artificial Intelligence (AI) organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in collaboration with Mohammed VI Polytechnic University opened in...
View ArticlePhotos: Inside the sprawling Museum of Black Civilizations in Senegal
More than half a century after the idea was first birthed by Leopold Senghor—the first president of Senegal, the Museum of Black Civilizations is finally a reality. The vast 14,000 square-meter museum...
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