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President Donald J. Trump will withdraw the United States from UNESCO, the United Nations cultural body tasked with the ...
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network connects cities from all over the world that are dedicated to the promotion of creativity ...
White House slams cultural agency's ‘globalist agenda’ and stance on Palestine; Israel welcomes exit while UNESCO 'regrets' ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...