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Not war but drought has forced more than 100,000 people in northern Iraq to abandon their homes since 2005, with 36,000 more on the verge of leaving, UNESCO said Tuesday.
Since he lost a high-profile bid to become the head of the United Nation's cultural agency, UNESCO, Egypt's culture minister and his supporters have been beating the nationalist drums, proclaiming him a victim of a Jewish conspiracy aiming to undermine their country.
Tango was declared part of the world's cultural heritage by the United Nations on Wednesday and granted the international seal of approval Argentina and Uruguay have long sought for the dramatic dance and its sensual moves.
Egypt's culture minister on Wednesday blamed a conspiracy "cooked up in New York" by the world's Jews for keeping him from becoming the next head of the U.N.'s agency for culture and education.
A look at Bulgarian Irina Bokova, elected Tuesday to head the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO.
A Bulgarian diplomat on Tuesday became the first woman to lead the U.N.'s agency for culture and education, beating out a controversial Egyptian candidate whose one-time threat to burn Israeli books had galvanized opposition.
The United Nations' agency for culture and education remains undecided about who will be UNESCO's next leader.
An Egyptian culture minister who once threatened to burn Israeli books will face off against a career diplomat from Bulgaria in the race to lead the U.N.'s agency for learning and culture.
Iraq's U.S.-led invaders inflicted serious damage on Babylon, driving heavy machinery over sacred paths, bulldozing hilltops and digging trenches through one of the world's greatest archaeological sites, experts for UNESCO said Thursday.
Jill Biden, the wife of the U.S. vice president and longtime educator, says American community colleges could be a pillar of economic recovery and a source of new skills after layoffs — and a model for poorer countries struggling to educate their citizens.
A 16th century stone bridge over the Drina River that links Bosnia and Serbia has been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List, the organization's director said Tuesday.
The highest-ranking American at UNESCO has resigned before a key audit of contracts that his office awarded, saying opponents thwarted his reform drive at the U.N. organization — and even threatened to kill him.
François Houtart & Abdul Sattar Edhi share 2009 UNESCO Tolerance, Non-violence PrizeProfessor François Houtart (Belgium, President of the Brussells Tribunal on Iraq) and Abdul Sattar Edhi (Pakistan) are to share 2009 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence.
UNESCO Inscribes Indonesian Batik on the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityIn 2 October 2009, UNESCO would announcement Indonesia Batik as intangible world heritage.
Minister Farouk Hosni lost the position of UNESCO secretary-general. After the results of the vote were announced, the Egyptian press slammed Hosni's defeat in the election as proof of a "clash of civilizations" and of lobbying by the United States and Europe under Jewish pressure.
Global Harvest Initiative Seeks Not to Feed People, But to Bolster Big Ag ProfitsNot For Profit ...
Jewish leading group urges UNESCO member states to reject Faruq Hosni's candidacy A leading Jewish organization fighting anti-Semitism has urged UNESCO member states to reject the candidacy of Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni for the UN bodu top post, calling him "unfit for the position.
Very, Very Lost in TranslationPlease explain how a man who calls Israel an evil nation and refuses to allow translation of books from hebrew into Arabic as Egypt's Culture Minister, can successfully bid to become UNESCO's ambassador? Is this like Lybia chairing the Human Rights Committee again?
Leading Candidate for UNESCO Leadership Once Offered to Burn all Israeli (Jewish?) Books in His Country's LibrariesThis from a U.N. agency supposedly devoted to promoting "science, education, and culture" around the world. Are organizations like UNESCO still worthwhile?
The U.N.'s Shocking Sexuality Guidelines :: Janice Shaw CrouseDuring the summer slump, two United Nations agencies -- United Nations Economic, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) -- issued highly controversial new guidelines for sexuality education of children around the world.
Nicaragua Literacy Goals Met Using Cuban Method; Illiteracy Drops from 21% to Less Than 4%After an intense two-year literacy campaign, Nicaragua has managed to reduce the number of people who cannot read and write to below four percent of the adult population, from nearly 21 percent.
All-female newspaper among winners of UN literacy awardsA newspaper produced entirely by women in rural India is among the four winners of this year's Literacy Prizes awarded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in recognition of innovative programmes designed to teach women, adolescents a …
Battle for Europe's last ancient forestClimate change, border disputes and the opposition of residents to expansion threaten eastern Poland's unique woodlands.
Experts: Iraq invasion harmed historic BabylonIraq's U.S.-led invaders seriously damaged Babylon, driving machinery over sacred paths, bulldozing hilltops and digging trenches through one of the world's greatest archaeological sites, experts said.
The Moral and Economic Decline of AmericaWe have not had a true capitalist system in this country for a very long time, but rather an oligarchy ever increasing in power.
EURweb.com - WYCLEF'S ANTI-POVERTY EFFORTS HONORED: World Hunger Year taps Harry Belafonte to present award to musician.konbit for Alleviating Poverty
World Digital Library to launch at UNESCOTHE World Digital Library, a website offering free access to rare books, maps, manuscripts, films and photographs from across the globe, launches Tuesday at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
Preserving Languages is About More than WordsLanguage extinction has been a phenomenon for at least 10,000 years, since the dawn of agriculture.
'Endangered' Gaelic on map of world's dead languagesGAELIC is "definitely endangered" and needs help to survive the 21st century, according to a new report which puts it on a map of the world's dead and threatened languages.
2,500 languages under threat in the worldMore than a dozen languages have only one native speaker left as migrants head for cities worldwide.
Mother tongue, land are preciousA noted intellectual from southwest Asia argues in favor of the language one is born with -- the mother tongue.
Hundreds of languages face extinction - The Boston GlobeOnly one native speaker of Livonian remains on Earth, in Latvia. The Alaskan language Eyak went extinct last year when its last surviving speaker passed away.
Nigeria's white 'priestess' diesSuzanne Wenger, the Austrian artist who dedicated her life to saving traditional Nigerian spiritual beliefs, has died aged 94. Mrs Wenger was a devotee of the animist culture of pre-Christian Yoruba gods from Nigeria's south-west.
Mexico City, January 11, 2009, With last year's addition of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve and the town of San Miguel de Allende and the nearby Sanctuary of Jesus Nazareno de Atotonilco, Mexico has now a list of 29 World Heritage Sites in the UNESCO sponsored list.
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