Mr. Lazare Eloundou Assomo, Director of the World Heritage Centre, shares a message for International Day for Biological Diversity 2026. play_arrow © UNESCO play_arrow Watch Every year on 22nd ...
On 29 and 30 April 2026, UNESCO convened the Follow-up Virtual Meeting on Strengthening World Heritage Higher Education in ...
From 16 to 17 April 2026, UNESCO undertook a contact and scoping mission to the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, ...
This section provides information about the 1972 World Heritage Convention and UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre. It includes answers to frequently asked questions.
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This complex was built on the exact spot where, according to tradition, a "celestial lady" dressed in red appeared and asked the local lord to build a pagoda in order to control the subterranean ...
Celebrated each year on 2 February, World Wetlands Day highlights in 2026 the theme “Wetlands and traditional knowledge: Celebrating cultural heritage”, underscoring the deep and enduring connections ...
This serial property comprises six archaeological sites on Crete dating from 1900 to 1100 BCE. These sites represent the Minoan civilization, a major prehistoric Mediterranean culture. The palatial ...
The World Heritage Committee, holding its 44th session in Fuzhou and online, decided to delete the property “Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City” (UK) from the World Heritage List, due to the ...
“As we are receiving more information from the ground, I am deeply aggrieved by the magnitude of human loss caused by the earthquake in Nepal. I am also shocked by its devastating impact on the unique ...
The Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions (BLG), including the World Heritage Convention, convened at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome in February ...
“Our World Heritage is all of ours, and with that comes a shared responsibility. We have laid before you a blueprint of the future and will spend our lives working to make this vision a reality. This ...
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