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Latest headlines

• 25.05.12

  Threats to cultural heritage

• 24.05.12

  Government of Mali and UNESCO move to protect Timbuktu and other heritage sites in the north of Mali

• 24.05.12

  Director-General alarmed by wave of journalist assassinations in Honduras after murder of Alfredo Villatoro

• 24.05.12

  
Director-General deplores murder of Ugandan reporter Amon Thembo Wa’Mupaghasya and urges improved safety

• 23.05.12

  Celebrating 60 Years of UNESCO in Hamburg

• 23.05.12

  Director-General concerned about attacks on World Heritage site of Ghadamès (Libya)

• 22.05.12

  First International Arts Education Week (21-27 May)

• 22.05.12

  Michelle Bachelet and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands to attend anniversary of UNESCO’s Global Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s education

• 22.05.12

  Building skills for work and life

• 22.05.12

  UNESCO monitors damage to heritage in northern Italy following powerful earthquake