The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization or Unesco is an agency of the United Nations headquartered in Paris. It administers programmes like the World Heritage Sites, Memory of the World and Intangible Cultural Heritage lists. In Southeast Asia, it has regional offices in Bangkok, Jakarta, Hanoi, Manila and Phnom Penh.
See also: Tentative Lists, Unesco nominations
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Unesco funds over a million (US?) dollars for the preservation of Thang Long Citadel. Over $1.2 million to preserve Thang ...
Divers from Southeast Asia are currently in Thailand undergoing training by Unesco to preserve underwater cultural treasures. photo credit: ben.ramirez ...
Cambodian officials at the World Heritage Committee meeting in Seville, Spain announced that the meeting refused to consider Thailand's protest ...
A recent visit by Unesco officials to Preah Vihear prompted a curt notice by Thailand that Unesco must ask for ...
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The UNESCO 2007/2008 World Heritage Map is now available online now! The map highlights the 851 World Heritage Sites around ...
The LA Times posts this story about how the Myanmar government has renovated - rather arbitrarily and inaccurately - it's ...
The last time I wrote about the new 7 wonders result, I mentioned that voting patterns were a little skewed. ...
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