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UNESCO recommends Great Barrier Reef world heritage site should be listed as ‘in danger’
Jun 25, 2021 21:39The Great Barrier Reef should be placed on to a list of world heritage sites that are “in danger”, according to a recommendation from UN officials that urges Australia to take “accelerated action at all possible levels” on climate change.
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Attacks on journalists during protests risen sharply: UNESCO
Sep 15, 2020 07:44The 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 07:15Iran’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 13:39Houses 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 18:57UNESCO 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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Spectacular literacy progress, the key to Iran’s success
Dec 31, 2019 17:43Iran has one of the highest literacy rates in the world, as confirmed by UNESCO, which records over 97 percent.
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UNESCO should distance itself from fake Saudi charity
Nov 18, 2019 18:02Misk is used by MBS as propaganda to divert attention away from Riyadh’s spying operations, a crackdown on critics and the mass slaughter during its military operations in neighboring Yemen. UNESCO has worked with Misk since 2015 in a deal worth $5 million to the Paris-based UN agency.
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UNESCO votes to place Iran’s ancient Hyrcanian forests on list of World Heritage Sites
Jul 05, 2019 18:34The 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 14:39The 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 05:00The 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.