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The large white stone facade of the Port of Liverpool building is shown with a silver dome on top.

Fury cross the Mersey: Liverpool loses world heritage status

Culture

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee voted in a secret ballot to remove Liverpool’s World Heritage designation over developments in the city center and on its historic River Mersey waterfront.

A large sea turtle is shown swimming just above the coral reef in a photograph taken from below the animal and the light of the sun above.

UNESCO: Great Barrier Reef should be listed as ‘in danger.’ Australia disagrees.

Top of The World
The large dome of the UNESCO World Heritage site Hagia Sophia is shown from above at a distance.

Turkey’s president formally makes Haghia Sophia a mosque

Religion
Art pieces a scammer claimed were photographed in Cameroon and authorized by UNESCO for sale and export. The art collector paid 6,000 euros before calling UNESCO and realizing the fraud.

UNESCO says scammers are using its logo to defraud art collectors

Arts
Angkor Wat is shown by a pond at sunrise.

‘World Heritage’ site selection is Eurocentric – and that shapes which historic places get love and money

Arts, Culture & Media
Neopolitan pizza making is now part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Neapolitan pizza making wins world heritage status

Culture

UNESCO announced that the art of Neapolitan pizza makers will be part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The World

Experts watch in horror as Islamic State fighters destroy ancient artifacts

Culture

A video emerged this week that shows Islamic State fighters destroying artifacts in Mosul, Iraq, dating back thousands of years.

US Response to Palestinian UNESCO Membership

Global Satire

The United States’ response to the Palestinian Authority getting full membership into UNESCO is to cut off funds to the UN agency. Cartoon by Swiss Lebanese cartoonist Patrick Chappatte, International Herald Tribune.

Top of the Hour: US Cuts Off Funding to UNESCO, Morning Headlines

The U.S. is cutting off tens of millions of dollars in funding to UNESCO, the U.N.’s cultural and scientific body, after it voted to admit Palestine as a full member. State Department official Victoria Nuland says the U.S. will withhold a $60 million payment that was to be delivered later this month.

US Cuts Funding After UNESCO Accepts Palestine

The United States and Israel are withdrawing contributions to UNESCO, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural  Organization, after the body voted accepted Palestine as the 195th full member on Monday. The U.S. contributes 22 percent of UNESCO’s budget, and Israel provides another three percent. UNESCO’s full membership voted 107 to 14 to accept Palestine, with […]