Azerbaijan’s ADA University is hosting the Peace4Culture Partners Forum 2021. The event is being attended by the leadership and representatives of a number of international organizations, global institutions specializing in …
Azerbaijan was elected as a member of the UNESCO Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict on November 30 for the next four years by the absolute majority of votes, according to the Azerbaijani Foreign …
The anniversaries of world-famous Azerbaijani composer Fikret Amirov and great philanthropist Hajji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev have been included in the UNESCO anniversaries program, Trend reports with reference to the Ministry of Culture of …
Azerbaijan was elected the member of the UNESCO Executive Board, according to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry. The election of a member of the UNESCO Executive Board for 2021-2025 was held on November 17, 2021 within the ongoing 41st …
Azerbaijan in its efforts of post-conflict rehabilitation is looking forward to cooperation with UNESCO, Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov said in his statement at the General Policy Debates of the 41st Session of the General …
The Armenian government is caught between a rock and a hard place as it tries to mediate between environmental activists and an international mining company. Last year, a small-scale “battle” took place in a picturesque stretch of …
UNESCO’s reaction to the Amsterdam Court of Appeal’s ruling on the return of the Scythian gold to Ukraine can be interpreted as the recognition of its impotence in this situation, deputy speaker of the Russian State Duma Pyotr Tolstoy …
Azerbaijan Tourism Board has been honoured with the title of Europe’s Leading Cultural Destination at the World Travel Awards
28 years of the Minsk Group were the years of lost opportunities, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said, as he received the newly appointed United Nations Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan Vladanka Andreeva on August 24 in Baku. …
The UNESCO called for the preservation of Afghanistan's cultural heritage in its diversity, and taking all precautions to protect the country's historic assets from 'damage and looting', amid deepening crisis in the war-torn …
A waypoint on the Old Silk Road, Sheki, in northwest Azerbaijan, is a place of boisterous spice markets, handicraft workshops and heritage architecture
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has lamented the "fragile state of conservation" of the Gelati monument in Georgia's west, calling on the Georgian government to implement a solution for safeguarding the monastery from …
Trans-Iranian Railway that reaches a length of 1400 km has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site. The UN body accepted Trans-Iranian Railway during the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee, which will be running through …
Turkey rejected the UNESCO World Heritage Committee’s report on the Hagia Sophia and Kariye mosques. "Turkey rejects the provisions of the advisory committee's report, which are inconsistent with the current …
‘Mesopotamia’ brand set to boost tourism in southeastern Anatolia
From Yemen's 16th century 'Manhattan of the desert' to the Nabataean ruins of north-western Saudi Arabia
Azerbaijan is ready to host the mission of UNESCO and UNHCR, spokesperson for the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Leyla Abdullayeva said,. According to the spokesperson, in continuation of the telephone conversation between …
Armenians aimed to create a fake “culinary culture” by making some literal changes to the names of food and drink in the terminology of Azerbaijani culinary
UNESCO has been an important tool to build peace through education, science and culture, especially through its world heritage listings of cultural and natural sites. But in recent years, it has been in the news for controversies, which resulted in the withdrawal of the US and Israel from the cultural body of the UN, Ceyhun Osmanli, a former MP and analyst on international relations and political economy, writes for EU Today
