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Three UN agencies unite to advance Sustainable Urban Tourism

November 14, 202478 Views

UN Tourism, UN-Habitat, and UNESCO came together at the World Urban Forum to host a side event under the theme Urban Tourism: Policies and Governance for More Sustainable, Inclusive, Creative, and Resilient Cities. From the interconnection of their mandates, this is the first time that three UN Agencies join forces at the World Urban Forum to stimulate dialogue and call for cooperation to help drive sustainable urban tourism. The event builds upon the innovative and successful partnership between UN-Habitat and UN Tourism. The agencies organized, with the support of the Basque Government, an Expert Group Meeting on Advancing Sustainable Urban Tourism: Tools for promoting good practices in cities and territories" (Bilbao, 21-22 March 2024) where UN agencies including ...

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Brancusi’s Romanian outdoor sculptures added to UNESCO World Heritage list

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July 28, 2024127 Views

UNESCO added a series of outdoor sculptures by Romanian modernist master Constantin Brancusi to its list of world heritage sites on Saturday, celebrating their place as one of the most notable examples of 20th-century public art. FILE PHOTO: The Endless Column, a cast iron sculpture made by Constantin Brancusi, is seen in Targu Jiu, 300 km (186 miles) west of Bucharest. The Endless Column together with the Table of Silence and the Gate of the Kiss are part of a World War I monument erected in 1938 by Brancusi, a pioneer of modern abstract sculpture whose work inspired numerous modernist sculptors. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti Brancusi created the open-air collection that includes the "Endless Column" and the "Gate of the Kiss" in the small south-western Romanian town of Targu Jiu in 1937-19...

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Garba of Gujarat, Opera of Italy included in Intangible Cultural Heritage list

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December 7, 2023648 Views

UNESCO adds 55 elements across the globe in its annual meeting in Botswana 'Garba of Gujarat' has been inscribed in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity by UNESCO, under the provisions of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage during the 18th meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage from 5th-9th December, 2023 in Kasane, Botswana. This year’s list includes a variety of elements from across the globes such as Opera singing in Italy, Rickshaws and rickshaw painting in Bangladesh, Songkran festival in Thailand, Alpine pasture season in Switzerland, metal engraving in ten middle-east countries, Dabkeh dance of Palestine, tradition of Iftar in many countries a...

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Parma Food Valley: Where food is more

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December 2, 2023661 Views

It is now the first Italian UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy Parma Food Valley is a unique land where food is the key to memorable experiences, as an example of effective promotion and enhancement of the area and its products of excellence: creativity, excellence, future, and events are the pillars on which the Parma Food Valley brand rests, serving as a container of stories with food as protagonist. Parma Food Valley is the Italian territory with the highest number of typical products protected by quality trademarks. The first Italian city designated a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy. The brand, created by the Parma UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy Foundation, is promoted with the support of the Consortia for the Protection of Parmigiano Reggiano PDO and Prosciutto di...

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UNESCO grants Odesa’s historic centre World Heritage in Danger status

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January 25, 2023899 Views

The United Nations' cultural agency, UNESCO, said on Wednesday that it had designated the historic centre of Odesa, a strategic port city on Ukraine's Black Sea coast, a World Heritage in Danger site. The status, awarded by a UNESCO panel meeting in Paris, is designed to help protect Odesa’s cultural heritage, which has been under threat since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and enable access to financial and technical international aid. Odesa has been bombed several times by Russia since its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. A view shows a building in the historical centre, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Serhii Smolientsev In July 2022, part of the large glass roof and windows of Odesa’s Museum of Fine Arts, inaugurated in 1899,...

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Ukrainian beetroot soup is now a UNESCO cultural heritage

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July 2, 2022999 Views

Victory on other front: Borshch declared a protected heritage at risk from Russian invasion Ukraine claimed victory in an age-old culinary dispute with Russia on Friday after the United Nations' cultural agency placed a traditional beetroot soup on its list of protected Ukrainian cultural heritage. Paris-based UNESCO announced in a statement that it had placed borshch, a rich crimson soup packed with vegetables, on a list of cultural heritage in need of "urgent safeguarding" due to the risk posed to the soup's status as an element of Ukraine's cultural heritage by Moscow's invasion. Ukrainian chef Yevhenii Marshal cooks borshch at a traditional cuisine restaurant, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 1, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko Ukraine claimed ...

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UNESCO inscribes Kolkata Durga Puja as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

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December 16, 20211049 Views

The Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO’s 2003 Convention on Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage has inscribed ‘Durga Puja in Kolkata’ on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity during its 16th session being held at Paris, France from 13th to 18th December 2021. The Committee commended Durga Puja for its initiatives to involve marginalized groups, and individuals as well as women in their participation in safeguarding the element. Photo: Abhyudaya Chatterjee/UNESCO In its inscription UNESCO says, “Durga Puja is an annual festival celebrated in September or October, most notably in Kolkata, in West Bengal of India, but also in other parts of India and amongst the Bengali diaspora. It marks the ten-day worship of the Hindu mother-goddes...

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Sharing Saudi Arabia’s rich cultural heritage with the world

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November 10, 20211280 Views

Royal Commission for AlUla and UNESCO announce a new partnership - Recently signed in Paris, the new agreement is part of RCU and UNESCO's inclusive cultural development plan to engage with local and worldwide communities- Newly announced partnership acts as a roadmap to showcase the introduction of Saudi Arabia and AlUla's physical and intangible heritage on the global stage- Partnership to set new benchmark in heritage conservation, education & capacity building, nature and creative arts in AlUla The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) has signed a long-term strategic partnership with UNESCO to preserve and promote a cultural landscape of outstanding natural and historical significance in North-West Saudi Arabia. Signed at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, the agreement ...

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Srinagar added to UNESCO’s network of creative cities

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November 8, 2021499 Views

Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, was among 49 cities worldwide to join the UNESCO creative cities network (UCCN) on Monday. The 49 cities were added to the network of 246 cities following their designation by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, in recognition of "their commitment to placing culture and creativity at the heart of their development and to sharing knowledge and good practices". According to a release posted on the UNESCO site, the network now numbers 295 cities reaching 90 countries that invest in culture and creativity crafts and folk art, design, film, gastronomy, literature, media arts, and music to advance sustainable urban development. A new urban model needs to be developed in every city, with its architects, town planners, landscaper...

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New World Heritage Site forest imperils Thai indigenous people

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October 8, 20211208 Views

When Gib Tonnarmpech and her family were forced to leave their home in Thailand’s Kaeng Krachan National Park by authorities, they walked more than two days in dense forest with about 60 other families to get to their resettlement site. They named the new site Bang Kloi, after their ancestral land that had been home to the indigenous Karen people for generations - and one that several families have tried to return to in the more than two decades since they were evicted. Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex, Thailand. Photo: Department of National Parks, Thailand Now, the nearly 700 people who live in simple wooden homes on stilts in Bang Kloi village fear new threats after Kaeng Krachan National Park was recognised in July by the United Nations’ cultural agency (UNESCO) as a World Herita...