Inscribed on UNESCO's "Memory of the World" register is Claude Lanzmann's "Shoah"

The nine-hour-and-thirty-minute film "Shoah" by Claude Lanzmann, which recounts the extermination of six million Jews who were victims of Nazi ideology during World War II, was inscribed on the "Memory of the World" register by UNESCO as a form of cinematic heritage.

Jill Biden celebrates the United States' re-entry into UNESCO in Paris

On Tuesday, in Paris, Jill Biden was there for a ceremony that marked the official re-entry of the United States back into the United Nations agency. The ceremony involved the hoisting of the American flag.

On Tuesday, the United States flag was hoisted once more at the United Nations E...

Srinagar added to UNESCO's list of creative cities

The capital of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar is among the 49 cities in the UNESCO creative cities network. These 49 cities have been added to the network of 246 cities by the Audrey Azoulay, the Director-General of UNESCO.

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• Srinagar becomes one...

UNESCO adds prehistoric sites in Japan as World Heritage sites

The pre historic sites of Jomon Era have been added to the World Cultural Heritage list by UNESCO on Tuesday. These sights provide an insight into the cultural and spiritual world and give an insight into the hunter gatherer society.

The area consists of 17 sites across the island of Ho...

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURAL CRAFTMANSHIP RECOMMENDED TO UNESCO’S INTANGIBLE HERITAGE LIST

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• Japanese architectural craftsmanship recommended to UNESCO’s intangible heritage list.
• The recommendation covers techniques in 17 areas.
• The traditional techniques enhance the resilience of buildings to earthquakes ...

JAPAN PROMOTES EMPTY TOURISM CAMPAIGNS

Highlights:

• Coronavirus outbreak has affected the tourism industry of Japan severely
• Kyoto launched a “suitemasu Arashiyama” campaign to bring in more tourists

The tourism industry in Japan has taken a severe hit followin...

FLIPSIDE OF BEING SHORTLISTED BY UNESCO AS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE

UNESCO selects unique destinations around the world and declares the same as World Heritage sites. This prompts tourists from all over the world to come visit the place. This boosts the revenue of the tourism industry and also the economy of the surrounding places.

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Austria more than ready to embrace the green energy world

Austria has been historically involved in mediating major issues across Europe, and it continues to do so even today especially in the best interest of the environment as the major mediation capacities of the country lie in ecological and environmental projects in Europe as it is a member of the ...

Mysterious 3,000-year-old fingerprints found at ancient site

In the United Arab Emirates, at an archaeological site, some three thousand years old, mysterious fingerprints have been seen in bricks. These fingerprints were seen in Abu Dhabi at the Hili 2 site. It is basically a part of the World Heritage Site of UNESCO called Al Ain. The Department of Cu...