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Pakistan, UNESCO agree to establish joint excellence centre

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and UNESCO have agreed to work out for establishment of PAK-UNESCO Joint Centre of Excellence in Teachers Training and STEAM Learning at...

Most murders of journalists go unpunished: UNESCO

An overwhelming majority of killings of journalists across the world go unpunished, a United Nations agency reported on Wednesday. "Impunity for killings of journalists remains...

UNESCO meeting discusses threats to cultural heritage

Unequal access to new technologies, illicit trafficking and other threats to cultural heritage were among the issues on the agenda for international culture ministers...

193 countries adopt first global agreement on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

All the nations members of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted on Thursday a historical text that defines the common values...

World Teachers’ Day 2021: What’s your cherished memory of an educator?

As the world pays homage to teachers for making and shaping lives, personalities and conscience, marking World Teachers' Day on Tuesday, let each of...

Five new sites in Arab, Europe regions inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List

The World Heritage Committee has inscribed five cultural sites, including one transnational property, in Saudi Arabia, Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom...

World Radio Day: What’s in store for radio broadcasters?

It's survived by adapting to changing global demands and with its growing accessibility but experts argue there may be writings on the wall

Pakistan re-elected to executive board of UNESCO  

Pakistan won the slot by securing 154 votes for the next four-year term (2019-2023) in an election held today at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.

Shafqat Mehmood elected President of UNESCO’s Education Commission

Minister for Education, Training Shafqat Mehmood has been unanimously elected as President of UNESCO's prestigious Education Commission in Paris.  

1.5mn student are not able to attend schools in IoK, Shafqat tells UNESCO

Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood on Wednesday said that at least 1.5 million Kashmiri students were not able to attend schools since the unilateral and illegal revocation of Kashmir’s autonomy by India on 5th August.

Festival draws criticism over blackface ‘Savage’ character

Chains clinging around his wrists and ankles, he yelled incomprehensible sounds, spooked and cuddled children, leaving marks of the black paint on their faces

Iraq’s Babylon designated UNESCO World Heritage Site

'Mesopotamia is truly the pillar of humanity’s memory and the cradle of civilization in recorded history'

Iceland glacier national park named World Heritage site

Vatnajokull National Park is the third Icelandic site to join UNESCO's World Heritage List, after Thingvellir National Park in 2004,

Indians caught lying about UNESCO honour for PM Modi

The claim is false; Modi has never been given that title by UNESCO as the organisation does not have such an award.

International Mother Language Day being celebrated today

Every two weeks a language disappears taking with it an entire cultural and intellectual heritage

Heritage fund for preservation of cultural sites on the cards: minister

ISLAMABAD: Minister for National History and Literary Heritage Shafqat Mehmood says the federal government plans to establish a heritage fund for the upkeep and...

Unesco lists Kalasha culture as Intangible Cultural Heritage

Pakistan’s first independent nomination, the ‘Suri Jagek’ tradition practised by the indigenous Kalasha people, has been approved by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and...

Turkey’s ancient temple site gets UNESCO heritage status

A Turkish ancient temple site in southeastern Anatolia was given UNESCO World Heritage status on Sunday, the UN agency announced at a meeting in...

Remains of ancient Arab city in Spain gets UNESCO heritage status

Medina Azahara, a medieval Arab Muslim town near the Spanish city of Cordoba, was added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites.

UNESCO removes Belize reef from endangered World Heritage list

UNESCO removed the Mesoamerican coral reef in Belize from its list of threatened World Heritage Sites.

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