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The United States has announced that it will withdraw from UNESCO at the end of 2018, citing a need for reform and an anti-Israel bias in the organization, State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a statement on Thursday. "On October 12, 2017, the Department of State notified UNESCO Director-General Irina
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PanARMENIAN.Net - Israel suspended cooperation with UNESCO on Friday, October 14 after the UN cultural organisation adopted two resolutions on east Jerusalem ahead of a final vote next week, AFP reports. In a letter sent to UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova, Education Minister Naftali Bennett accused the body of ignoring "thousands
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PHUKET: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) dubbed Phuket a ‘City of Gastronomy’ on December 11, honoring the island’s rich culinary history and unique cuisine. “Being chosen as a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a ‘City of Gastronomy’ is a wonderful honor for Phuket,” said
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BANGKOK, 4 September 2013 (NNT) - UNESCO has granted the Award of Excellence in the 2013 Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation to the principal chedi of Wat Prayurawongsawas Worawihan in Bangkok, Thailand. Head of the Culture Unit in UNESCO Bangkok office Tim Curtis said the UNESCO headquarters had announced
Read More PHNOM PENH, June 21 - Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan in Thailand’s southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat on Friday was endorsed on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The 37th session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee (WHC) meeting in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh added Wat
Read More BANGKOK, March 25 - UNESCO launched a project to develop a flood risk mitigation plan for the World Heritage Site of Ayutthaya, 76 kilometres north of Bangkok. Held at UNESCO Bangkok last Friday, the event was attended by key players of Thailand's national flood risk reduction effort and
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Buddhist organisations on Tuesday submitted a plea to the UN and Unesco to help save the ancient Buddhist remains at Afghanistan's Mes Aynak, where mining for cooper is scheduled to begin next month. Some 200 protesters submitted the plea to the UN via a representative before moving to the Unesco headquarters
Read More Wat Phra Mahathat Woromaha Vihan, a Buddhist temple complex in Nakhon Si Thammarat dating back to 311 (BE 854), has been nominated as a World Heritage site, pending approval by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, the Fine Arts Department said yesterday. A nomination dossier must be completed by February
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