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The Queensland state government grants land rights over parts of the UNESCO-listed Wet Tropics, including the Daintree National Park, to the Kuku Yalanji people. The Kuku Yalanji will initially co-administer the land with the Queensland government.
2021-09-29

UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay is expected to be reelected as head of the agency after no other candidates were nominated.
2021-03-17

The Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, United Kingdom, the ancient ruins of Babylon in Babil Governorate, Iraq, among other sites are designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
2019-07-7

Six people are killed and 23 others injured in three bomb explosions during Nowruz celebration in Kabul, Afghanistan.
2019-03-21

At least 103 people are killed when a Tigris River ferry, carrying families celebrating the Nowruz new year holiday, sinks near the Iraqi city of Mosul.
2019-03-21

Reggae music is added to the UNESCO Representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
2018-11-29

Polish environment minister Henryk Kowalczyk says Poland alone should decide the fate of the protected Białowieża Forest, ahead of a European Court of Justice ruling on whether additional logging allowed by the Polish government at the UNESCO world heritage site breaches European Union rules.
2018-03-28

The United States Trump administration and the government of Israel announce their plans to withdraw as members of UNESCO.
2017-10-12

UNESCO's executive board approves the "Occupied Palestine" resolution which reaffirms the cultural heritage of Palestine, especially East Jerusalem, and criticizes certain Israeli actions regarding the Palestinian territories. For the land in Jerusalem where the Al-Aqsa Mosque stands, the board uses only Islamic naming terms without also mentioning Jewish or Christian historical references.
2016-10-18

The Palestinian Authority is hit by hackers disrupting Palestinian internet and mobile phone services. A link has been suggested to Palestine's UNESCO bid.
2011-11-1