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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 ...

Indonesia hails provisional inclusion of komodo in new7wonders

After high-profile efforts to mobilize the Indonesian people`s support and despite a controversy over its ...

Ministry denies borobudur to be taken off UNESCO`s list

A senior Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry official has denied allegations that the ancient Borobudur Temple in ...

RI expected to raise Palestinian UN membership issue in Bali

Palestine expects Indonesia to raise the issue of its membership in the United Nations at the 19th ASEAN Summit in ...

Obama Middle East envoy Ross to step down-White House

Dennis Ross, a senior aide to President Barack Obama on the Middle East, has decided to step down from his post, the ...