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Qatar hikes contribution to Unesco ARABIA

Qatar hikes contribution to Unesco

Qatar Fund for Development (QFD) signed a grant agreement to support the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) Regional Office in Doha.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
9 year jail for wrecking holy shrines in Timbuktu INTERNATIONAL

9 year jail for wrecking holy shrines in Timbuktu

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.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Le Corbusier buildings named world heritage sites INTERNATIONAL

Le Corbusier buildings named world heritage sites

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.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Mass coral bleaching casts shadow over future of Great Barrier Reef INTERNATIONAL

Mass coral bleaching casts shadow over future of Great Barrier Reef

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.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
WISE winner calls for more investment in education ARABIA

WISE winner calls for more investment in education

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.”

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Unesco support for reconstruction INTERNATIONAL

Unesco support for reconstruction

Irina Bokova, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) director general...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Industry threatens nearly half of natural heritage sites: WWF INTERNATIONAL

Industry threatens nearly half of natural heritage sites: WWF

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 ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Al-Kuwari highlights key role of 'cultural diplomacy' ARABIA

Al-Kuwari highlights key role of 'cultural diplomacy'

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 ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Experts attend QU seminar on ‘Post COP21’ ARABIA

Experts attend QU seminar on ‘Post COP21’

Qatar University (QU) yesterday held a seminar on “Post COP21: Qatar and the Paris Agreement”, in collaboration with the French embassy and Unesco.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Heritage event kicks off at Barzan Tower ARABIA

Heritage event kicks off at Barzan Tower

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.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Serbian ensemble brings two nights of Balkan culture to Katara ARABIA

Serbian ensemble brings two nights of Balkan culture to Katara

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.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Zubarah fort visitors seek more facilities ARABIA

Zubarah fort visitors seek more facilities

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.

4:45 AM November 25 2016