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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have announced that the reconstruction of Al-Hadba Minaret and Al-Saa’a and Al-Tahera Churches in the city of Mosul in Iraq is “ready to start in Read more
The Arab Group at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) hailed, Monday, the tireless efforts of King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, for the defense of the Holy City at the diplomatic, political and economic Read more
UNESCO will launch April 24 a pilot project: “Youth Preventing Violent Extremism” in four Arab countries, namely Jordan, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. Funded by the UN Counter-terrorism Centre (UNCCT) and Canada, the project seeks to empower youth in the fight Read more
The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) will contribute additional $2 million to the UNESCO’s Heritage Emergency Fund under an agreement signed last week. “More than ever, we need to respond quickly and efficiently to assess, secure and safeguard threatened heritage, Read more
France and the UNESCO partnered in a project aiming to promote reconciliation and peaceful coexistence in Kurdistan and Iraq through community radio programs. the project, dubbed: “Voices of Peace: Promoting Peaceful Coexistence in the Liberated Areas of Iraq through Community Read more
France’s candidate Audrey Azoulay was elected Friday the future Head of the UN agency for education, culture and science (UNESCO) beating her Qatari challenger, who was let down by Gulf countries opposed to Doha in the lingering diplomatic crisis shaking Read more
The US will quit in December its position of core member of the UN agency for education, Culture and Science (UNESCO) that it accuses of being biased and opposed to Israel. The US State Department informed the Paris-based UN agency Read more
Egypt has begun campaigning for its candidate for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General post, Moushira Khattab. Moushira Khattab is a human rights activist and former Minister of Family & Population and former ambassador. Khattab boasts a Read more
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted the resolution, which disregarded Jewish ties to the Al Aqsa by endorsing that of the Palestinians following a secret ballot by members of its World Heritage Committee. Such resolutions are usually Read more
A resolution adopted during the 200th session of UNESCO sidelining Jewish ties to Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al Haram al-Sharif could be reviewed this Tuesday (Oct.18), instead of being approved by the organization’s Executive Board after Mexico withdrew its support on Read more