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In Wadi al-Nassara, a valley in western Syria dotted with Christian hamlets, residents have hung white silk ribbons to mourn war victims and pray the army will defeat its jihadist foes.

• 27 августа 2013, 18:14

Kazakhstan boxer Serik Sapiyev has been nominated for UNESCO Champion for Sport title.

• 08 августа 2013, 18:02

Thr Ministry of Environment Protection of Kazakhstan is going to submit an application to include the Katon-Karagay National Park into the UNESCO list of world heritage sites.

• 12 июля 2013, 18:51

Australia hailed "solid" progress on water quality at the Great Barrier Reef Wednesday but admitted that overall conditions were now "poor" as it battles UNESCO threats to downgrade its heritage status.

• 10 июля 2013, 14:42

The controversial renovation of the historic area around a key monastery in the Tibetan capital has been completed.

• 02 июля 2013, 15:29

Italy's culture minister assured UNESCO on Sunday that efforts were being made to restore the long-neglected Roman city of Pompeii, after the United Nations organisation urged the country to speed up repairs.

• 01 июля 2013, 16:26

Kazakhstan’s biosphere reserve Alakol lake has been entered into global network of biosphere reservations.

• 03 июня 2013, 19:31

Kazakhstan National Commission for UNESCO suggested including Nauryz holiday and hawking in the list of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

• 20 мая 2013, 11:57

Singapore, one of the world's most densely populated countries, is campaigning to get its 154-year-old Botanic Gardens declared a UNESCO world heritage site.

• 03 апреля 2013, 12:38

UNESCO is ready to send experts to Mali to assess damage to cultural treasures in the troubled north as soon as security conditions allow.

• 05 марта 2013, 16:02

Australia insisted Friday that protecting the Great Barrier Reef was a top priority, but conservationists WWF said not enough had been done to prevent UNESCO deeming it a world heritage site "in danger".

• 02 февраля 2013, 11:45

Thousands of Palestinians and tourists were flocking to the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday to mark Christmas at the site where many believe Jesus Christ was born.

• 25 декабря 2012, 11:50

UNESCO poll shows that 70% of tourists don’t need any facilities and would prefer a camping ground to a hotel.

• 11 декабря 2012, 15:49

Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Kazakhstan’s permanent representative in UNESCO Olzhas Suleimenov.

• 02 декабря 2012, 11:26

Kazakhstan’s Man and Biosphere Committee drafted a proposal on including Alakol Lake into the UNESCO Network of Biosphere Reserves.

• 15 октября 2012, 10:08

Kazakhstan’s representative Assel Utegenova was elected chairman of UNESCO Committee on Conventions and Recommendations.

• 10 октября 2012, 11:48

As the battle for Aleppo closes in on the historical centre in northern Syria, heritage sites in one of the world's oldest cities are being damaged and experts fear the worst is yet to come.

• 24 августа 2012, 15:04

The Palestinians hailed Friday's granting by UNESCO of world heritage status to the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem as an "historic day for justice."

• 01 июля 2012, 18:42

Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Director General of UNESCO Irina Bokova on the sidelines of the 4th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.

• 31 мая 2012, 17:37

Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov met with Director General of UNESCO Irina Bokova who arrived in Kazakhstan with her first official visit.

• 30 мая 2012, 17:51