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
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture has issued an appeal in connection with the carpets stolen by Armenia. "Proceeding from the information on the Armenpress.am website, an exhibition of carpets illegally taken from Shusha Carpet …
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent a letter to the Security Council, in which he informed about his nomination for a new term. His term in the office expires at the end of 2021. The UN Secretary-General is re-elected every five years, but the same person can lead the organization an unlimited number of times, but so far no one has held this post for more than ten years. Meanwhile, there are many questions to Guterres and UN leadership as a whole - the organization is accused of corruption and clannishness.
Professionals from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre will visit Georgia to issue recommendations on the ongoing rehabilitation of the Gelati Monastery Complex, following a fraught work on the site that resulted in damage to its newly installed …
Soon, a preliminary mission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) may leave for Nagorno-Karabakh, liberated from the Armenian occupation, and the adjacent regions of Azerbaijan, the representative of the …
For several month, Inner City Press is alerting about the diplomatic moves by UNESCO’s Director General Audrey Azoulay and her closest …
Iran has appointed a new ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Tehran Times reports. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday appointed Ahmad Pakatchi as the new ambassador and …
Children are continuing to suffer the devastating impacts on their learning, mental and physical well-being and safety
With a peace deal now in place in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan has shifted its focus to the future. Following the historic peace agreement between Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia which brought long overdue stability to the Nagorno-Karabakh …
