Twenty-seven new sites inscribed
The World Heritage Committee, meeting for its 32nd session, finished inscribing new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List on 8 July with the addition of 19 cultural sites and eight natural...
View ArticleDirector-General expresses alarm over escalation of violence between Thailand...
UNESCO Director- General Irina Bokova expressed her deep concern at the sudden escalation of tensions between Cambodia and Thailand on the issue of the Temple of Preah Vihear, inscribed on the World...
View ArticleUNESCO to send mission to Preah Vihear
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today reiterated her call for calm and restraint around the Temple of Preah Vihear, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2008. A border dispute between...
View ArticleUNESCO Special Envoy on Preah Vihear to meet with prime ministers of Thailand...
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova's Special Envoy on the Preah Vihear Temple, Koïchiro Matsuura, will travel to Bangkok and Phnom Penh between 25 February and 1 March to discuss the...
View ArticleWatch the live webcast of the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee in...
The 37th session of the World Heritage Committee is now underway in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from 16 to 27 June 2013. Media contacts: Roni Amelan +33 (0)1 45 68 17 64 and, during the Committee meeting:...
View ArticleCambodia celebrates 12 years of Preah Vihear Temple as a UNESCO World...
On 7 July, the Government of Cambodia will organize a ceremony at the Preah Vihear Temple to mark the twelfth anniversary after its inscription on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The National Authority...
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