Nine new sites nominated for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List were reviewed Friday at the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee, chaired by Bulgaria. During the morning session, the ...

Woodside congratulated the Ngarda-Ngarli, the traditional custodians and owners of the land, for the World Heritage Listing ...

The 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee opened on Monday at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, with 30 proposed sites up for review for inscription on the World Heritage List, ...

The Friendship Envoy Award was presented to six individuals, including Thomas Rabe of Germany, chairman of the John Rabe ...

IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar delivered IUCN's statement to the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee, at ...

During the Shanghai tour before the meeting, Andrey Tchorbanov, chairman of the Education and Science Committee of the ...

The bureau of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee will convene for its first meeting within the 47th session at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, on Sunday, under Bulgaria’s chairmanship led by ...

The first Bulgarian scientific expedition to the foothills of the Sayano-Altai mountain range in Mongolia has returned, ...

Joel Citron, Board Chair since 2022, helped lead the Institute through an extraordinary period of professionalization and organizational growth, the refocusing of its mission to better serve the ...

Dr. Alexandros K. Makarigakis took up his role in Iraq as UNESCO Representative a.i. in June 2025 bringing in a total of more than 30 years of experience in the field of environmental sciences, 23 of ...

Bulgaria is on the verge of joining the eurozone as its 21st member, but opposition is fierce. Thousands protested in Sofia against adopting the euro, seeking a referendum to preserve the national ...

On July 5, 2015, an international panel unanimously agreed to bestow UNESCO World Heritage Site recognition on San Antonio’s five missions.