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Attacks on journalists during protests risen sharply: UNESCO
Sep 15, 2020 03:14The number of incidents of violence against journalists covering protests across the world has risen sharply, with police and security forces the main culprits, the United Nations cultural agency says.
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US recourse to 'Dispute Mechanism' has no leg to stand on: Iran’s Zarif
Aug 17, 2020 02:45Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Washington’s attempt to trigger the Dispute Resolution Mechanism (DRM) in the UNSC Resolution 2231 has no leg to stand on.
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In Sana’a’s UNESCO-listed old city houses collapse in heavy rain
Aug 10, 2020 09:09Houses in Yemen’s UNESCO-listed Old City of Sana’a are collapsing under heavy rains, as months of floods and storms assail a country already reeling from war, food shortages and disease.
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UNESCO says 850mn students out of school in 102 countries
Mar 18, 2020 15:27UNESCO says over 850 million young people, which is about half the world's student population, are out of school due to the closure of schools and universities in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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UNESCO votes to place Iran’s ancient Hyrcanian forests on list of World Heritage Sites
Jul 05, 2019 14:04The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added Iran’s ancient northern Hyrcanian Forests to its list of World Heritage Sites.
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US, Israel formally leave UNESCO
Jan 01, 2019 11:09The United States and Israel have officially quit of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day, the culmination of a process triggered more than a year ago.
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Jailed Egyptian photojournalist Shawkan wins UNESCO press freedom prize
Apr 24, 2018 00:30The United Nations cultural agency says detained Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid will be awarded the World Press Freedom Prize, a decision that drew criticism from Egyptian authorities.
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Drone shows UNESCO site ravaged by fire in Brazil
Oct 25, 2017 16:28Almost a quarter of Brazil’s Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has been destroyed by the biggest fire in the history of the park that has been raging for over a week.
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Intl. support rising for UNESCO after US exit
Oct 13, 2017 09:17UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed regrets over the US administration’s decision to pull out of the UN Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) over what Washington calls its “anti-Israel bias.”
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Pro-West Arabs backtrack on UNESCO censure of Israel
Oct 09, 2017 05:12The Palestinian Authority and its Arab allies have, for the first time since 2013, backtracked on presenting draft resolutions denouncing Zionist regime’s practices in East al-Quds, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.