Qatar Fund for Development (QFD) signed a grant agreement to support the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) Regional Office in Doha.
War crimes judges on Tuesday sentenced a former Islamist rebel who admitted wrecking holy shrines during Mali's 2012 conflict to nine years in prison, in the first such case to focus on destruction of cultural heritage.
Seventeen buildings designed by Swiss-French architecture pioneer Le Corbusier have become Unesco world heritage sites, the Swiss government said on Sunday, opening up the chance of more funding for conservation.
Mass coral bleaching has destroyed at least 35% of the northern and central Great Barrier Reef, Australian scientists said on Monday, a major blow to the World Heritage Site.
WISE Prize for Education Laureate Dr Sakena Yacoobi has called for more social investment in education “as the only path to peace, prosperity, and moderation in troubled regions.”
Irina Bokova, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) director general...
Almost half of all natural World Heritage Sites, including the Great Barrier Reef and Machu Picchu, are threatened by industrial activities such as mining, oil exploration and illegal logging ...
HE Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kuwari, Qatar’s candidate for the post of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) director-general, has delivered a lecture ...
Qatar University (QU) yesterday held a seminar on “Post COP21: Qatar and the Paris Agreement”, in collaboration with the French embassy and Unesco.
Unesco’s Unite 4 Heritage programme was launched yesterday at Barzan Tower at Um Salal Mohamed area to spread awareness about heritage around the world.
Cultural Village Foundation-Katara, in collaboration with The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), recently hosted the Serbian folk group “Abrasevic” for two nights at the Cultural Village.
Visitors to the Al Zubarah historical fort, a local tourist destination, have been quoted as saying that the site is in real need of more development.
