Thanks to the continued support of the Government of Flanders (Belgium), the World Heritage Online Map Platform has evolved ...

Dozens of ministers gathered at a United Nations conference on Monday to urge that the world work toward a two-state solution ...

The acrimonious dispute, which flared into violence last week, concerns much more than a few square kilometers of rugged ...

As the world marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Japan, the ITUC has joined forces with organisations for peace, ...

Azoulay said UNESCO has "undertaken major structural reforms" and diversified its funding since 2018 to offset the effect of the earlier withdrawal. The US contribution now makes up just 8 percent of ...

The decision comes two years after the Biden administration rejoined following a controversial, five-year absence that began ...

In January 2023, the site was simultaneously inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger, in recognition of its Outstanding Universal Value and the immediate ...

The U.S. is leaving UNESCO again, just two years after rejoining—raising concerns about global cooperation and China’s ...

From makeshift furniture in Gaza to metro classrooms in Ukraine and solar-powered tablets in Sudan, the UN is working to bring education to millions of crisis-affected children.Of the 234 million ...

Italy's culture minister joined the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday in condemning an invitation for maestro Valery Gergiev to perform near Naples, saying it risked being ...

The World Heritage listing raises timely questions, such as whether we might see nominations for sites from Australia’s own genocidal past.