Dec 01, 2017, at 02:27 pm
New York, Dec 1(Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday focused its attention on global efforts to stop the traffic in and destruction of cultural property, with the head of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) laying out steps to protect cultural heritage and ensure that it can serve “as a source of belonging and peace for all people in times of conflict.”
UN cultural agency promotes power of youth to preserve cultural heritage
Apr 18, 2017, at 11:52 am
New York, Apr 18(Just Earth News): Young people from around the world on Monday joined United Nations staff and international dignitaries in Changsha, China, to show support for protecting and preserving the cultural heritage along the Silk Route.
UNESCO meeting lays groundwork for reviving, protecting Iraq’s cultural heritage
Feb 25, 2017, at 11:43 am
New York, Feb 25 (Just Earth News): As details on the destruction of and damage to Iraq’s rich and diverse cultural heritage emerge, the United Nations cultural agency has appealed to the international community to help protect and revive the country’s archaeological, religious and cultural sites for future generations.
Destruction of cultural heritage is an attack on people and their fundamental rights – UN expert
Oct 28, 2016, at 01:44 pm
New York, Oct 28 (Just Earth News): When cultural heritage is under attack, it is also the people and their fundamental human rights that are under attack, a United Nations expert warned the UN General Assembly, issuing an urgent call to step up international action against the destruction of heritage such as monuments, historic sites and sacred places.
At UN, global initiative launched to boost protection of cultural heritages
Sep 28, 2015, at 01:48 pm
New York,Sept 28 (IBNS): With a host of world leaders meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York as part of the opening of the 70th session of the General Assembly, key UN agencies joined Interpol today to launch a major new initiative to enhance the protection of cultural heritage targeted by terrorists and illicit traffickers.
UNESCO unveils global campaign to counter deliberate destruction of cultural heritage
Jun 30, 2015, at 04:37 pm
New York, June 30 (IBNS) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Monday launched the Global Coalition Unite for Heritage campaign, which aims to strengthen the mobilization of governments and all heritage stakeholders in the face of deliberate damage to cultural heritage, particularly in the Middle East.
Syria: UN to create safeguard observatory of cultural heritage
May 29, 2014, at 05:03 pm
New York, May 29 (IBNS): In hopes of ebbing the 'cultural haemorrhage' in Syria, the United Nations cultural agency on Wednesday announced that it will establish an observatory to monitor and access the state of Syria's cultural heritage which is 'reaching the point of no return.'
Mali: UN to restore Timbuktu's cultural heritage
May 17, 2014, at 05:09 pm
New York, May 17 (IBNS): The United Nations and the European Union have forged an agreement on Friday to fund the restoration of cultural heritage in Timbuktu that was destroyed by extremists after fighting broke out in 2012 between Malian Government forces and Tuareg rebels.