The termini, or start and end points, of the various routes which made up the Silk Roads were often sites of intense interactions and exchanges resulting in the formation of large cosmopolitan cities ...

The Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme is an intergovernmental scientific programme that aims to establish a scientific basis for enhancing the relationship between people and their environments.

Climate change is one of the defining issues of our time. Over 30 UNESCO programmes in the sciences, education, culture and communication contribute to creating knowledge, educating and communicating ...

Irina Bokova (Bulgaria) 2009 - 2017 Irina Bokova served two 4-year terms as Director-General of UNESCO (2009-2017). She was the first woman and the first Eastern European to lead the Organization.

The activities of the International Centre for the Rapprochement of Cultures (ICRC), under the auspices of UNESCO (Category 2) in Almaty, aim to contribute to building the principles of UNESCO’s ...

UNESCO's World Heritage Committee during its 43 rd session, held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 30 June-10 July 2019 confirmed the inscription of the historic city of Sheki in Azerbaijan on UNESCO's World ...

On 25 July 2021, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribed Quanzhou: Emporium of the World, China onto UNESCO’s World Heritage List during its 44th session held online and chaired from Fuzhou, ...

“The Age of Silk" ("Los Tiempos de la Seda") exhibition is presented by the National Museum of Ceramics and Sumptuary Arts "González Mar", and the General Sub Directorate of State Museums of the ...

The Spice Routes, also known as Maritime Silk Roads, is the name given to the network of sea routes that link the East with the West. They stretch from the west coast of Japan, through the islands of ...

In 1975, the discovery of Chinese ceramics in the sea near Shinan launched a series of underwater excavations close to the Korean peninsula. They revealed a shipwreck which was subsequently explored ...

UNESCO is pleased to announce the winners of the 7th edition of the Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads International Photo Contest. UNESCO calls on young people around the world, aged 14 to 25 years old, to ...

The Lord Buddha was born in 623 BC in the sacred area of Lumbini located in the Terai plains of southern Nepal, testified by the inscription on the pillar erected by the Mauryan Emperor Asoka in 249 ...