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South Korea will host its first U.N. World Heritage Convention summit in July 2026 after joining the convention in 1988, ...
UNESCO convention takes effect. BRUSSELS -- A United Nations convention that gives nations broader power to protect their films, music and other cultural activities has formally come into force ...
UNESCO, the Church of England Pensions Board, Greenbank, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and WWF call on ...
The U.S. announces its third withdrawal from UNESCO, citing anti-Israel bias and 'woke' policies. Explore the reasons behind this latest exit and the history of America's on-again, off-again ...
The Global Convention is open to UNESCO Member States and the Holy See for ratification, acceptance, approval or accession in line with their respective constitutional and legislative procedures ...
European education and culture commissioner Jan Figel welcomed the ratification of UNESCO's cultural diversity convention Tuesday, saying the European Union was "committed" to the protection and ...
Under the 1972 UNESCO convention, ratified by both Ukraine and Russia, signatories undertake to “assist in the protection of the listed sites” and are “obliged to refrain from taking any ...
The year 2020 marks sixty years since the adoption by UNESCO’s General Conference of the UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education. An instrument, which has been at the forefront of ...
UNESCO's controversial "cultural diversity" convention, which defends signatory countries' right to subsidize their film and TV industries, will come a step closer to enactment Tuesday.
How does designation impact a destination? The effects of Unesco's designations are a debated topic. A site being added to the list can be a "kiss of death" and "all too often cures the disease by ...
Success. World Heritage sites have benefitted and improved their state of conservation through protection by the Convention. For example, Angkor (Cambodia), has completed more than 60 projects ...
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