This conference comes at an important time: since 2018, the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has committed to ...

The purpose of the World Heritage Convention is to protect sites with “outstanding universal value” as heritage for all humanity. Japan’s cultural property protection system is advanced ...

The Korea Heritage Service is accepting applications from local governments until June 5 to select a candidate city to host ...

Under the World Heritage Convention, a site may be listed as “in danger” if development projects or major public works threaten the natural values the site was designated to protect. Today’s decision ...

Under the World Heritage Convention, a site may be listed as “in danger” if development projects or major public works threaten the natural values the site was designated to protect. According to ...

The date, April 18, commemorates the adoption of the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage in 1982. Since then, countries worldwide have used this day to ...

World Heritage Day, observed every year on April 18, is officially known as the International Day for Monuments and Sites. The day aims to raise awareness about the value of cultural and natural ...