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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Naples’ pizza twirling joined UNESCO’s list of “intangible heritage” Thursday, securing the coveted status alongside a host of cultural treasures including a Saudi artfrom traditionally practised only by women. The art of ‘pizzaiuolo’ — which has been handed down for generations in the southern Italian city — was given the nod by the UN cultural body’s World Heritage Committee, who met on the South Korean island of Jeju. It comes […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Donald Trump will unveil a more aggressive strategy to check Iran’s growing might Friday, withdrawing presidential backing for a landmark nuclear deal and targeting the country’s missile program and militia proxies. During a White House speech at 12:45 pm (1645 GMT), Trump is expected to declare a 2015 deal, which curbed Iran’s nuclear program in return for massive sanctions relief, is no longer in the US national […]
by Adam Plowright with Dave Clark in Washington and Mike Smith in Jerusalem Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The United States and its ally Israel said Thursday they were pulling out of the UN’s culture and education body, in a move that underlined Washington’s drift away from international institutions. The US decision, announced in Washington, follows years of tension at the organization which it accused of having an “anti-Israel bias.” “This decision was not taken lightly, […]
CAGAYANCILLO, Palawan (Eagle News) — Sa ginanap na 4th International Marine Protected area Symposium ng Global Ocean Refuge System (GLORES) sa bansang Chile ay itinanghal ang Tubbataha Reef bilang isa sa “Superlative Marine Protected Areas.” Nakatanggap din ito ng Platinum Global Ocean refuge award. Kasama sa mga itinanghal bilang “Superlative Marine Protected Areas” ang Marine National Monument ng United States, Malpelo Fauna at ang Floral Sanctuary ng Columbia. Idineklara ng United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural […]
ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) — Aleppo’s beleaguered Old City, shelled, burned and shot up during years of fighting in Syria’s civil war, could be rebuilt with the help of local craftsmen and trainees, according to the United Nations cultural body UNESCO. There are detailed plans for the Old City’s great medieval mosques, souks, bath houses and citadel from an earlier restoration that should allow exact reconstruction, a local UNESCO representative said. The fighting in Aleppo ended […]
WARSAW, Poland (AFP) – The Valongo wharf in Rio de Janeiro where slaves from Africa first arrived in Brazil has been added to the list of World Heritage sites, UNESCO announced on Sunday. The committee of the UN cultural body, meeting in Krakow, Poland, said Valongo was a reminder of the estimated 900,000 Africans who were brought there by slave traders starting in 1811. The old stone wharf “is the most important physical trace […]
by Anna Maria Jakubek Agence France Presse WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — UNESCO on Friday declared the Old City of Hebron a Palestinian world heritage site in danger, sparking outrage from Israel which said the decision denied a Jewish claim to an ancient burial cave that is also sacred to Muslims. The Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Muslims as the Ibrahami Mosque, is venerated by members of both faiths as the gravesite of the biblical […]
Kraków, Poland (AFP) — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on Wednesday “strongly” urged Poland to stop logging the older parts of the ancient Bialowieza forest, a world heritage site that includes some of Europe’s last primeval woodland. The large-scale logging authorized by the Polish government began in May of last year and has since drawn concern from environmental activists, scientists and the European Union. UNESCO “strongly urges (Poland) to immediately halt all logging and wood […]
by Joëlle Garrus Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The Old City of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and a rare collection of futuristic buildings in Eritrea are among sites hoping to gain protected status from UNESCO when it meets in Poland from Sunday. The meeting of the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations’ scientific and cultural body in Krakow will also examine concerns about high-rise buildings that threaten the historic center of […]
Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s Alma Angeles, together with Robert Capistrano and Caesar Vallejos interviewed officials of UNESCO in its headquarters in Paris, France where Alexander Leicht, chief of the Section of Education for Sustainable Development of UNESCO, explained how UNESCO changed its approach to education, incorporating even technical and vocational component, to achieve sustainable development goals. “The first thing that’s important to note is that we’re working now on a more holistic approach to education,” Leicht […]
(Eagle News) — Secretaries Leonor Briones and Martin Andanar have been designated as members of the Unesco National Commission of the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte made the designation in letters sent to the secretaries of the Department of Education and the Presidential Communications Operations Office, respectively. The letters were dated March 14, 2017. Duterte said the term of each secretary as member would last for three years. The 45-member commission attached to the Department of Foreign Affairs is […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan said on Thursday it has paid millions of dollars in UNESCO annual funding dues after holding back the payment over a World War II-era history row. UNESCO, the UN cultural and scientific body, last year agreed to China’s request to include documents in its Memory of the World register recording atrocities by Japanese troops after the fall of the Chinese city of Nanjing 1937. Japan — one of UNESCO’s biggest contributors […]
