Sources: BBC
Khaled El-Enany is elected director-general of UNESCO by the General Conference held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, succeeding Audrey Azoulay. 2025-11-6
The ancient Roman Appian Way, the oldest Roman road which began construction in 312 B.C., is added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. 2024-07-27
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay announces that the United States will reapply for membership in July, after the Trump administration withdrew the United States from the agency in 2018. 2023-06-12
UNESCO inscribes Ukraine's borscht culture into its list of endangered intangible cultural heritage. 2022-07-1
UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay is expected to be reelected as head of the agency after no other candidates were nominated. 2021-03-17
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
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
In a meeting held in the city of Kraków, Poland, UNESCO decides not to include Machu Picchu on its list of endangered heritage sites due to the steps taken by Peruvian authorities to address concerns about the condition of the Inca citadel. 2017-07-6
UNESCO becomes the first United Nations agency to admit Palestine as a full member, with the United States withdrawing funding in protest. 2011-10-31
A Kazakh UNESCO official attempts to hijack a plane and divert it to Tripoli, Libya. 2011-04-25