New entries are added every year via the World Heritage Committee. Its 47th session recently wrapped up in Paris after adding ...

UNESCO runs the influential World Heritage Sites program. There are 26 UNESCO World Heritage sites in the United States ...

The decision to pull U.S. funding and participation from UNESCO will deal a blow to its work preserving cultural heritage ...

Several places in Los Angeles and further north in California are on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Here's what that means.

Thanks to the continued support of the Government of Flanders (Belgium), the World Heritage Online Map Platform has evolved ...

One of the United Nations' UNESCO program missions is the World Heritage program, which protects historic and cultural sites.

UNESCO said it stands ready to support both Cambodia and Thailand in assessing damage, implementing safeguarding measures, ...

Furthermore, UNESCO is facilitating urgent repair and rehabilitation works at key cultural landmarks in Odesa, with contributions from Italy and Japan. Beneficiary sites include the Odesa House of ...

With the aim of increasing the number of African heritage sites on the World Heritage List, the States Parties to the Convention also adopted a dedicated strategy for the continent developed by UNESCO ...

An application to get Unesco Global Geopark status for Charnwood Forest is being led by The National Forest. The area in the ...

South Korea will host its first U.N. World Heritage Convention summit in July 2026 after joining the convention in 1988, UNESCO announced on Tuesday.