Türkiye will host the 49th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Istanbul in 2027 after its bid was unanimously approved during the committee's 48th session in Busan, South Korea, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
On June 16, Leyla Aliyeva met with Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Simon Stiell in Bonn, Germany.
Good transport links and well-preserved monuments have made Gabala and Sheki Azerbaijan's most popular tourist cities after Baku.
The 38th session of UNESCO's International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme is being held in the city of Hernandarias, Republic of Paraguay, Azerbaijan's Permanent Delegation to UNESCO said.
Baku firmly rejects the anti-Azerbaijan allegations voiced by France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot at the French Senate on 6 May, spokesperson of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hajizada said.
More than 60 visitor locations, including hotels, have been damaged in U.S. and Israel strikes in 10 provinces across Iran, the Islamic republic’s Ministry of Culture reported.
UNESCO is ready to send an expert team to Iran to evaluate the condition of World Heritage sites that were damaged in U.S. and Israeli attacks, the WANA news agency reported.
Security problems in the region have directly threatened children, students, and all teaching and research staff
At least 56 cultural heritage sites, including World Heritage locations, have been damaged in Iran as a result of the US-Israeli military operation, the WANA news agency reports.
Abbas Araghchi expressed his disapproval of UNESCO's failure to publicly address the strikes on Iran, which have adversely affected the nation's cultural heritage.
The Chehel Sotoun Palace, or Palace of Forty Columns, in the Iranian city of Isfahan, part of which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, was significantly damaged by U.S. and Israeli strikes, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov held a telephone conversation with the newly appointed UNESCO Director-General, Khaled El-Enany, congratulating him and discussing plans to deepen bilateral cooperation.
Baku hosted a two-day international conference titled "Yusif Mammadaliyev: Science. Heritage. Innovation," dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the chemist, professor, and academician who once managed to elevate Soviet science to a new level. Who was Yusif Mammadaliyev and what leaders of international organizations said about him at the conference?
Azerbaijan was elected as a member of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property for the 2025-2029 term.
Armenia has been elected a member of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for the first time, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said.
Azerbaijan has been elected to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, with a term lasting from this year until 2029.
Azerbaijan was elected as a member of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee at the 43rd session of the UNESCO General Conference held today in Uzbekistan's Samarkand, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.
UNESCO has designated December 15 as World Turkic Language Family Day for the promotion of a common language, culture and documentary heritage of Turkic-speaking states.
The 43rd session of the UNESCO General Conference in Samarkand, adopted a decision to proclaim December 15 as World Turkic Language Family Day, to be observed annually.
Russia regrets the United States’ decision to quit UNESCO and believes that the move will have serious political and financial consequences, Russia’s acting Permanent Representative to UNESCO Kirill Rynza said.
