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Latest headlines

• 17.06.13

  World Heritage Committee removes the Iranian World Heritage site of Bam and its Cultural Landscape from danger listing

• 17.06.13

  World Heritage Committee to inscribe new sites and examine conservation of sites already on the List

• 14.06.13

  Students from the University of São Paulo in Brazil win Airbus Fly Your Ideas global competition

• 13.06.13

  Culture central to international development agenda concludes UN debate

• 11.06.13

  New documentary heritage to be selected for Memory of the World Register

• 07.06.13

  Damage to Timbuktu’s cultural heritage worse than first estimated reports UNESCO mission

• 07.06.13

  Director-General condemns killing of Syrian journalist Yara Abbas

• 30.05.13

  UNESCO conference in Berlin adopts roadmap to clean up sport and make it accessible for all

• 30.05.13

  Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize to be awarded to President of France François Hollande on 5 June

• 30.05.13

  UNESCO announces winners of Young Scientist Awards and Michel Batisse Award for Biosphere Reserve Management