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Najat Aoun Saliba: push forward changes in health care policies and practices

Meeting with the Minister of Culture of the Lebanese Republic

Director-General denounces killing of Lebanese TV cameraman Ali Shaaban on the border with Syria

Malta’s World Heritage sites are learning cases for interdisciplinary training on Disaster Risk Reduction

November 13, 2015

Intercultural dialogue a priority for the President of Malta in speech before UNESCO’s Leaders’ Forum

November 17, 2015

UNESCO Director-General to Pay Official Visit to Malta

October 22, 2016

UNESCO commits to rehabilitate damaged schools and support the education sector in the aftermath of the Beirut explosion

August 11, 2020

UNESCO rallies international community to safeguard Beirut’s cultural life and heritage

August 13, 2020

Call for Proposals: Youth-led Psycho-social Support to the vulnerable people in Beirut neighborhoods

August 13, 2020

Statement of solidarity with Lebanon and support to recover the damaged cultural heritage in Beirut

We wish to express our solidarity with the Lebanese people for the tragedy that has struck the city of Beirut We are saddened by these events and we send our condolences for the loss of lives and our shared concern for the scale of material destruction As members and practitioners of the heritage protection community we have worked for decades alongside the Lebanese people to safeguard and preserve the nations unique cultural heritage We remain by your side to continue our collective work during these challenging times Damaged libraries museums and historic buildings will require cultural first aid and longerterm recovery interventions Their collections will need urgent protection and salvaging We pledge to do all that we can to contribute to the complete recovery of the heritage that has been damaged in Beirut by this blast In full solidarity Signatories Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage Bahrain ArcHerNet Germany Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities Bahrain BlueShield International British Council Managed UK Cultural Protection Fund United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Cité de larchitecture et du patrimoine Ecole de Chaillot France Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates EUROPA NOSTRA The European Voice of Civil Society committed to Cultural Heritage Fondation nationale des musées Morocco Global Heritage Fund United States of America Honor Frost Foundation United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Institut du Monde Arabe IMA Institut Français du Proche Orient IFPO Institut national du patrimoine France International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas ALIPH International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property ICCROM International Council of Museums ICOM Islamic World Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ICESCO Ministry of Culture of the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg Musée des Civilisations de lEurope et de la Méditerranée MUCEM France Musée du Louvre France Musée national du Mali Mali National Museum of China China Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development the Netherlands Rempart France United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO World Monuments Fund United States of America

August 13, 2020

UNESCO's Director-General Audrey Azoulay visits Beirut to mobilize the international community and make education, culture and heritage the main pillars of reconstruction efforts in the wake of the devastating explosions

August 24, 2020

The Director-General launches from Beirut the "Li Beirut" initiative, putting education, culture and heritage at the heart of reconstruction efforts

August 27, 2020