Sources: BBC
UNESCO recommends the inclusion of Venice, Italy, a World Heritage Site, on its List of World Heritage in Danger due to overtourism and flooding. 2023-07-31
UNESCO accepts the U.S. as a member after it withdrew from the organization in 2018. 2023-07-12
UNESCO inscribes Ukraine's borscht culture into its list of endangered intangible cultural heritage. 2022-07-1
The Tigray Defense Forces capture the town and UNESCO heritage of Lalibela in the Amhara Region. 2021-08-5
Malaysian Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Nancy Shukri announces that the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage has listed pantun and wangkang on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists. This marks the first time that Malaysia has gained UNESCO recognition along with other countries, as the pantun was jointly nominated with Indonesia and the wangkang ceremony was jointly nominated with China. 2020-12-17
More than 850 million students are not attending school due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to UNESCO. 2020-03-18
United Nations cultural authority UNESCO awards imprisoned Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid the 2018 Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, drawing criticism from Egypt. Abu Zeid faces the death penalty. 2018-04-23
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
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