Press releases

• 13.12.16

  Director-General urges investigation into killing of journalist Jesús Adrián Rodríguez Samaniego in Mexico

• 06.12.16

  Director-General condemns the attack which killed two journalists and an elected official in Finland

• 02.12.16

  Republic of Korea to host next meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

• 02.12.16

  Orchestra H2O Sounds of Earth named UNESCO Artist for Peace

• 01.12.16

  12 new inscriptions to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

• 01.12.16

  5 new inscriptions to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

• 30.11.16

  Herman Makarenko joins the family of UNESCO Artists for Peace

• 30.11.16

  Eleven new inscriptions to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

• 30.11.16

  Five new inscriptions on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

• 30.11.16

  Intangible Heritage: Cambodia will receive financial support for the urgent safeguarding of Chapei Dang Veng musical tradition

• 29.11.16

  Traditions from Portugal, Uganda and Ukraine inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

• 29.11.16

  Director-General condemns murder of journalist Dharmendra Singh in the Indian State of Bihar

• 29.11.16

  Laureates from Switzerland and Argentina to receive 2016 UNESCO/Emir Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah Prize for Digital Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

• 28.11.16

  President Mulatu Teshome of Ethiopia opens 11th session of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee in Addis Ababa

• 24.11.16

  Director-General condemns murder of radio presenter Hernán Choquepata Ordoñez in Peru