Georgia and UNESCO

UNESCO names Tbilisi World Book Capital for 2021

Director-General of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay has named Tbilisi the World Book Capital for the year of 2021, per the recommendation of the World Book Capital Advisory Committee, which met in Switzerland in June 2019. …

UNESCO names Tbilisi World Book Capital for 2021

Chidaoba recognised as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

The art of traditional Georgian wrestling, chidaoba, has been inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list by a decision of the international body’s committee in Port Louis, Mauritius. The phenomenon, known in …

Chidaoba recognised as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

Georgian Gospel included in UNESCO Memory of World Register

A historical manuscript preserved at the National Archives of Georgia joined a UNESCO list of global cultural heritage. The earlier of the scraped texts in the National Archives manuscript date back to the 9th-10th century AD. …

Georgian Gospel included in UNESCO Memory of World Register

UNESCO grants enhanced protection to Mtskheta monuments

Historical Monuments of Mtskheta will be protected after a special meeting of UNESCO granted three sites in the Georgia's ancient capital Mtskheta the status of 'enhanced protection'. The decision was made at the 11th …

UNESCO grants enhanced protection to Mtskheta monuments

Margvelashvili meets with UNESCO Director General

Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili met with UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova in France. They discussed the deepening of cooperation between Georgia and UNESCO in the fields of culture, education and …

Margvelashvili meets with UNESCO Director General
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