UNESCO
UNESCO: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef outlook poor but not ‘in danger’
Environment
July 1, 2015
UNESCO: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef outlook poor but not ‘in danger’
The heritage committee of the UNESCO cultural agency said on Wednesday that the outlook for Australia's Great Barrier Reef was…
UNESCO holds meeting in Cairo on flood hazards
Environment
June 15, 2015
UNESCO holds meeting in Cairo on flood hazards
The consultative meeting for the UNESCO national coordinators will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday at the organization’s headquarters in Cairo…
UNESCO chief: Destruction of Palmyra would be ‘enormous loss to humanity’
Archaeology
May 21, 2015
UNESCO chief: Destruction of Palmyra would be ‘enormous loss to humanity’
The destruction of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Palmyra would be an "enormous loss to humanity", the head of…
Sisi, UNESCO chief condemn extremists’ destruction of heritage sites
Archaeology
May 14, 2015
Sisi, UNESCO chief condemn extremists’ destruction of heritage sites
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and UNESCO chief Irina Bokova have condemned extremist assaults on cultural heritage in the Middle East,…
UNESCO to launch heritage preservation campaign from Cairo
Archaeology
May 12, 2015
UNESCO to launch heritage preservation campaign from Cairo
UNESCO will sponsor the launch of a campaign aimed at preserving heritage sites endangered by extremism on Wednesday. The organization’s regional…
Egypt proposes more sites to UNESCO’s heritage list
Archaeology
March 26, 2015
Egypt proposes more sites to UNESCO’s heritage list
Egypt’s delegate to the UNESCO, Mohamed sameh Amr, has said that Egypt is going to ask the organization to add…
UNESCO official: Visiting Egypt dream come true
Archaeology
January 29, 2015
UNESCO official: Visiting Egypt dream come true
UNESCO’s General Conference chairman Ping Hao made a tour on Thursday at a number of touristic landmarks in Cairo and…
UN international day urges end to impunity of journalist murders
Egypt
November 1, 2014
UN international day urges end to impunity of journalist murders
UNESCO is marking on Sunday the International Day to End Impunity of Crimes against Journalists (IDEI) as the international organization’s…
Minister reiterates Saqqara pyramid safe as fears of inadequate makeover grow
Egypt
September 17, 2014
Minister reiterates Saqqara pyramid safe as fears of inadequate makeover grow
Antiquities Minister Mahmoud al-Damaty accused media outlets of disseminating baseless allegations about a possible collapse of Egypt’s oldest pyramid in…
UNESCO delegation examines Islamic Art Museum damage
Egypt
January 31, 2014
UNESCO delegation examines Islamic Art Museum damage
A UNESCO delegation arrived at the Museum of Islamic Art on Friday to inspect the damage caused by the bombing…