Following a large-scale Russian attack on Lviv, UNESCO experts are set to visit the city to assess damage to cultural heritage sites.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has expressed concern over a drone strike on the central part of Lviv, a UNESCO World Heritage site, but did not mention Russia in its statement.

As the war in the Middle East continues, cultural and historical sites in the region are increasingly under threat sparking renewed calls from Middle East states and UNESCO for help protecting heritage sites.

UNESCO has expressed concern about the impact of war on important historical sites in Iran and across the Middle East, saying they have become "collateral damage." U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have damaged at least four cultural and historical sites,

UNESCO has handed over 194 boxes of academic books, around 2500 in total, to the Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology. The university is situated on the outskirts of the town of Bor,

UNESCO runs the influential World Heritage Sites program. There are 26 UNESCO World Heritage sites in the United States

In Icelandic, "Vatnajökull" means "the water glacier." At over 3,000 square miles, this massive ice cap covers more than eight percent of Iceland. "I remember the first time I seen a glacier, it moved my heart – I couldn't imagine this mass of ice ...

On Thursday, 19 March 2026, the event marking World Water Day (22 March) took place at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Santiago. Organized by CONAPHI, with UNESCO’s support, it featured two panels of experts in which the relationship between water and gender issues,

Stephen Hill was previously employed by UNESCO from 1995 until the end of 2005. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef made the international headlines this week. It was not good news for the reef, described by David Attenborough as “one of the greatest and ...