UNESCO and Cambodia boost collaborative conservation efforts
via Khmer Times, 23 August 2021: Among the issues discussed were the upcoming nomination of Koh Ker as a World ...
Tag: UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization or Unesco is an agency of the United Nations headquartered in Paris. It administers programmes like the World Heritage Sites, Memory of the World and Intangible Cultural Heritage lists. In Southeast Asia, it has regional offices in Bangkok, Jakarta, Hanoi, Manila and Phnom Penh.
See also: Tentative Lists, Unesco nominations
UNESCO celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
via Unesco, 08 July 2021: A round-up of the recent online conference celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Unesco 1970 ...
Fine Arts Department clarifies its role in the Ayutthaya High Speed Rail project
via Siam Rat, 01 June 2021: Article is in Thai - the Director-General of the Fine Arts Department has stated ...
Excavation to assess state of crumbling Hue royal palace
via Vietnam Express, 02 June 2021: A 19th century palace in Hue will be excavated to assess its conservation state.
High-speed rail hits bump in Ayutthaya
via Bangkok Post, 29 May 2021: Unesco expresses concern over the proposed high-speed rail project running through Ayutthaya, which may ...
[Funding Opportunity] Silk Roads Youth Research Grant
Research Grant by Unesco supporting shared heritage of the Silk Roads for young scholars. Application deadline is 18 April 2021.
Call for case studies, UNESCO World Heritage Cities Forum
via Unesco World Heritage Centre, 25 March 2021: The deadline for application is 30 April 2021.
[Free book] UNESCO and World Tourism Organization collaborate on cultural tourism recovery guidelines
via Unesco, 02 March 2021: Another free book, a short publication produced by Unesco and UNWTO on post-covid recovery for ...
UNESCO Requests New Impact Assessment for Luang Prabang Dam
via Radio Free Asia, 01 March 2021: Concerns about the dam near Luang Prabang have been brewing for some time ...
UNESCO statement on a reported construction project near the World Heritage site of Angkor in Cambodia
via Unesco, 17 February 2021: Unesco officially responds to the planned construction of a mega-resort in Siem Reap near the ...
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