A Day for Underwater Cultural Heritage
UNESCO Media Advisory N°2013-15 Paris, 21 May - The looting and pillaging of wrecks, the historical importance of the submerged relics of the First World War or of Kublai Khan’s fleet in Japan and the...
View ArticleNurturing The Arts, Fostering Communities
Growing the Arts Education Community in Singapore Date: 1 June 2013 Time: 11.00 - 13.30 Venue: Esplanade Library
View Article"Releasing the Power of the Arts" Photo Narratives
Celebrate the 2nd UNESCO International Arts Education Week with our photo narratives from around the world on Facebook!
View ArticleUNESCO holds an Inception Partners’ Meeting for Asia-Pacific ICH-ESD Project
A Partners’ Inception Meeting for the Project “Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) for Educators to Reinforce Education for Sustainable Development in the Asia-Pacific Region” will take place...
View ArticleAsia Conserved: Sharing Regional Best Practices from the UNESCO Heritage...
Date: 13 June 2013 Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (Registration begins at 9:00 a.m.) Place: The Siam Society (สยามสมาคมในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์)Sukhumvit Soi 21 near Sukhumvit MRT station and Asok BTS...
View ArticleProject to restore heritage proves a winner
When you go to see ancient architecture in China the chances are you may only be admiring concrete imitations. Not at Beijing's Temple Hotel. Behind the heavy wooden doors, a 600-year-old shrine stands...
View ArticleWorld Heritage Committee inscribes East Rennell (Solomon Islands) on the List...
The World Heritage Committee determined that logging is threatening the outstanding universal value of East Rennell. It asked the national authorities to provide an impact assessment study of this...
View ArticleLao PDR on its way for safeguarding its rich intangible cultural heritage...
Lao’s national capacities to safeguard its intangible heritage are increasing, culminating with an eight-day workshop from 11 to 18 June 2013 at Thalat, Vientiane Province.
View ArticleProject to integrate intangible heritage in education system to start in 4...
The meeting took place at UNESCO Office in Bangkok from 5 to 7 June 2013. It was the first meeting between representatives of all four countries, from both governmental and non-governmental sectors,...
View ArticleClosing ceremony of World Heritage Committee brings to life the ancient...
Some 500 of the 1400 participants of the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee made the journey from Phnom Penh to Siam Reap and visited the Terrace of the Elephants at Angkor Thom ahead of the...
View ArticleCall for Abstracts - 34th World Congress of the International Society of...
The InSEA2014 Committee invites you to submit an abstract to be considered for inclusion in the Program.
View ArticleMending the heart of a neighbourhood
The restoration of the principal pagoda at a Bangkok temple has gained international recognition and fostered a sense of community.
View ArticleBrian Ward Memorial Lecture 2013: ASEAN's lessons learned since Nargis
Bangkok, Thailand – Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, former Secretary-General of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will deliver a lecture on the lessons learned and the country’s progress since Cyclone...
View ArticleConservation on Track: Maryborough Railway Station Shines at Ceremony
UNESCO Bangkok recently held an award ceremony to honor the painstaking, years-long conservation and restoration project aimed at returning the Maryborough Railway Station to its early days of glory...
View ArticleUNESCO model to protect historic sites
A new flood-prevention model, proposed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), by building 1.6-metre-high permanent wall, dykes, new road elevation and...
View ArticleCall for Conference Applicants - “Tastes of Asia – A Cultural Journey” Asian...
20-26 January 2014, Curtin University, Sarawak – IOV Youth Asia Committee, Miri, Malaysia
View ArticleHanoi’s relics win UNESCO awards
The Bomb Shelter of the Sofitel Legend Metropole received an Honorable Mention at a ceremony held on Monday 14.
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