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Cianjur gets unesco award for preserving angklung

The Cianjur district administration in West Java province has received an award from the United Nations Educational, ...

More than 100 countries recognise Palestine as a state

At least 112 countries around the world have formally recognised Palestine as a state, stretching from Africa to Asia, ...

Plestinian flag raised at UNESCO headquarters in Paris

The Palestinian flag was hoisted at UNESCO headquarters on Tuesday in the presence of the UN cultural agency's ...

Filipino VP, Sri Lanka president visit Borobudur temple

Filipino Vice President Jejomar Binay and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa separately visited the Borobudur ...

UNESCO chief`s visit brings agency closer to indonesia

UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova made her first official visit to Indonesia from November 19 to 25 during which ...

Bali meeting adds 11 items to UNESCO`s intangible heritage list

The 6th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage ended in Nusa Dua, ...

Bali hosted UNESCO meeting successfully

The tourism and creative economy ministry is pleased that Bali successfully hosted the sixth session of UNESO`s ...

UNESCO to consider Bali`s World Heritage nominees in 2012

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will consider four sites proposed by ...

news focus: Aceh`s Saman dance joins UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage

Aceh`s Saman dance, well-known abroad as "Thousand hands" dance, is something warranting a sense of national pride ...

RI pledges US$10 mln to support UNESCO

Education and Culture Minister Mohammad Nuh has announced that the Indonesian government will contribute $10 million ...

Saman dance officially recognized by UNESCO

Aceh`s Saman dance has been officially included in UNESCO`s intangible world cultural heritage list, an official ...

Saman dance to be nominated as UNESCO world heritage

Aceh`s Saman dance is to be nominated for recognition as an intangible world cultural heritage at the 6th session ...

RI hosting UNESCO meeting on cultural heritage

Indonesia is hosting the 6th session of the UNESCO Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage at ...

ASEAN leaders reiterate commitment to supporting Palestine

A few United Nations Security Council members may try to block Palestine`s bid for full UN membership but ASEAN ...

Israel to invite bids for 800 e. Jerusalem homes: ministry

Israel is to invite tenders for the construction of more than 800 new homes in two settlement neighbourhoods of ...