Thanks to the continued support of the Government of Flanders (Belgium), the World Heritage Online Map Platform has evolved ...

The U.S. is leaving UNESCO again, just two years after rejoining—raising concerns about global cooperation and China’s ...

UNESCO said it stands ready to support both Cambodia and Thailand in assessing damage, implementing safeguarding measures, ...

Furthermore, UNESCO is facilitating urgent repair and rehabilitation works at key cultural landmarks in Odesa, with contributions from Italy and Japan. Beneficiary sites include the Odesa House of ...

I deeply regret President Donald Trump's decision to once again withdraw the United States of America from UNESCO – a decision that will take effect at the end of December 2026.

The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it will once again withdraw from the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO, an expected ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreIn 2020 many natural World Heritage sites and other important sites faced serious challenges and emergencies such as threats related to COVID-19, poaching spikes, conflicts ...

A series of atrocity sites of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia have been formally entered onto the World Heritage list, as ...

Three former torture and execution sites used by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime have been inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, recognizing their transformation “from centres of repression to ...

Among UNESCO’s member states, China has emerged as a global leader in innovative heritage conservation, demonstrating how preservation can drive sustainable development.

Before this, the World Heritage list only recognised seven “ sites of memory ” associated with recent conflicts, which UNESCO defines as “events having occurred from the turn of the 20th ...