UNESCO
Latest
UNESCO, EU Deepen Cooperation to Combat Disinformation Across Mediterranean
UNESCO and the European Union are strengthening joint efforts to promote information integrity, freedom of expression and resilient information ecosystems across the Mediterranean, as geopolitical tensions and rapid technological change…
Pantomime and carol singing proposed for Unesco cultural status
British Christmas traditions, such as pantomime, carol singing and wreath-making could receive protected status. It comes as the government confirms it will…
World War One cemeteries, Rwanda genocide sites, Argentine torture center declared UNESCO World Heritage
By Geert De Clercq PARIS, (Reuters) - World War One cemeteries in Belgium and France, the hills of Rwanda's 1994 genocide and…
UNESCO seeks regulation in first guidance on GenAI use in education
By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) - UNESCO this week published its first guidance on use of Generative AI (GenAI) for education, urging…
UNESCO recommends adding Venice to list of world heritage sites in danger
(Reuters) - UNESCO experts have recommended that Venice and its lagoon be added to its list of World Heritage in Danger as…
Ban smartphones from schools, says Unesco report
Smartphones should be banned from schools to help stop classroom disruption, a major United Nations report has recommended. Unesco, the educational, scientific…
UNESCO: United States planning to rejoin UNESCO organisation
PARIS, June 12 (Reuters) - The United States is planning to rejoin the UNESCO organisation - which the United States had earlier…
French baguette makes it onto World Cultural Heritage list
PARIS (Reuters) -The humble baguette, France's staple bread, has made it onto the United Nation's cultural heritage list. Paris-based U.N. heritage body…
Major glaciers, including Dolomites and Yosemite, to disappear by 2050 – UN report
PARIS, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Some of the world's most famous glaciers, including in the Dolomites in Italy, the Yosemite and Yellowstone…
UNESCO declares borshch protected Ukrainian heritage at risk from Russian invasion
Ukraine claimed victory in an age-old culinary dispute with Russia on Friday after the United Nations' cultural agency placed a traditional beetroot…