UNESCO and ALIPH embark on a renewed and strengthened commitment to protecting heritage in danger. Over the past decade, UNESCO has significantly expanded its action in crisis‑affected contexts, ...

On 6 February 2026, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has organized a high-level ...

Recent events in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Mali have highlighted the multiple threats to cultural heritage during crisis, including deliberate attacks, destruction as collateral damage in fighting, the ...

Since October 2023, Israel’s war in Gaza has caused mass human suffering. But it has also brought devastation to the cultural ...

Destruction of cultural heritage has reached unprecedented levels. In light of this, and culture’s unique contribution to peace and sustainable development, the ratification, implementation and ...

UNESCO experts are set to start deliberations in India on Monday on which practices and traditions should be declared intangible cultural heritage, with this year's nominations including the Swiss art ...

Creators worldwide are facing mounting financial pressures as rapid advances in digital technologies and artificial intelligence continue to transform the cultural and creative industries, according ...

Italian cooking has been awarded special cultural heritage status by the United Nations' cultural agency Unesco. National favourites including pizza are already on Unesco's list of "intangible ...

Berlin’s techno scene has been added to UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage, a designation that serves to promote and protect important cultural traditions. Typically, the list is reserved ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it will once again withdraw from the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO, an expected move that has the U.S. further retreating from ...