Topic: UNESCO
AFP Global Edition | 2010-02-26 15:10:33
Palestinian premier Salam Fayyad on Friday prayed at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank on the fifth day of clashes amid mounting international concern over Israel's addition of the shrine to its national heritage list. Dozens of Palestinian youths hurled rocks and set up burning barricades in running battles with Israeli soldiers, who responded with tear ...
AP News | 2010-02-15 16:40:38
<div id="subtitle">Haitian officials say historical buildings must be saved, not razed in post-quake rebuilding</div><div><p>Haiti's historical heritage risks being bulldozed in the push to rebuild towns and cities flattened by last month's earthquake, a leading cultural official warned Monday.</p><p> ...
AP News | 2010-02-15 15:27:37
UNESCO Secretary General Irina Bokova, left, introduces Haiti culture minister Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue during a press conference held at the UNESCO headquarters in paris, Monday Feb. 15, 2010. Haiti's culture minister joins UNESCO in a plea to preserve and ...
AP News | 2010-02-10 21:53:05
<div id="subtitle">AP INTERVIEW: UNESCO chief urges ban on trade in Haitian artifacts after quake</div><div><p>The United Nations' culture and education agency called Friday for a ban in the trade of Haitian artifacts to prevent the pillaging of cultural treasures in the aftermath of its devastating earthquake.< ...
