Safeguarding cultural heritage: the replica of the Winged Bull of Nimrud produced by “Associazione Incontro di Civiltà” to be exhibited at UNESCO headquarters
The replica of the Lamassu – the Winged Bull which protected the North West Palace of Ashurnasirpal in the archaeological site of Nimurd (Iraq) before being destroyed by ISIS – will be exhibited in front of the main entrance of UNESCO headquarters until January 2018. The full-size reproduction of the statue was produced thanks to state-of-the-art 3D printing techniques by “Associazione Incontro di Civiltà” presided by Mr. Francesco Rutelli, with […]
Read moreSpeech by Italian Minister of Culture and Tourism Dario Franceschini at the opening of UNESCO’s 39th General Conference : « Safeguarding heritage means protecting humanity, its values, identity, history and beauty »
In its allocution during the plenary session, Italian Minister Franceschini underlined Italy’s engagement and its key results in the field of safeguarding cultural heritage, namely through the creation of the first dedicated national task force (Italy’s “Culture Blue Helmets”), which are already operational in several crises areas in the world. Furthermore, Minister Franceschini wished to […]
Read more39th UNESCO General Conference : October 30 – November 14, 2017
39th UNESCO General Conference starts today – with an Italian-chaired Culture Commission for the first time – and will end on November 14. Every 2 years, all the representatives of UNESCO’s Member States meet during the General Conference. For all detailed information, please visit this dedicated page on UNESCO’s website.
Read more39th UNESCO General Conference and Executive Board: Italy’s engagements
In a few days the 39th UNESCO General Conference will start, with an Italian Chair to its Culture Commission for the first time. The autumn session of the Executive Board has just ended with the approval of the Appeal for the protection of cultural heritage in crisis zones which was proposed by Italy and will […]
Read moreFranceschini, presentation of the “Culture Blue Helmets” at the UN Headquarters
Here you can find the press release issued by the Italian Minister of Culture after the presentation of the Italian Unite4Heritage Task Force at the UN Headquarters in New York.
Read moreUNESCO’s Executive Board unanimously approves Italy’s proposal of Appeal for the safeguarding of cultural heritage in crisis zones
UNESCO’s Executive Board unanimously approved Italy’s proposal of Appeal for the safeguarding of cultural heritage in crisis zones. The Appeal will be launched by the Organization’s 195 Member States during the next General Conference, in the framework of the Culture Commission, which will be chaired by Italy. This initiative has two purposes : a) underline […]
Read moreFrancesca Merloni named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador by the Organization’s Director-General, Irina Bokova
(ANSA) – PARIS, OCT 4 – Today the Italian poet and writer Francesca Merloni has been named UNESCO goodwill Ambassador by the Organization’s Director-General, Irina Bokova, for “her engagement in favor of UNESCO’s creative cities network”. She is the Organization’s younger goodwill Ambassador and this year’s only Italian nominee. During a ceremony which was attended, […]
Read moreItaly elected to the Approval Commette of the Fund for the Elimination in Doping in Sports
During the 4th Conference of State Parties of the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport of 2005 which took place in Paris on September 25-26, Italy has been elected to the Fund’s Approval Committee for 2017-2019, together with the Russian Federation, Chile, China, Cameroun and Kuwait. This result rewards our country’s active role in […]
Read moreAgreement between Italy and UNESCO to foster girls’ education and protect cultural heritage through education in Pakistan
In the presence, among others, of the Pakistani Ministers of Education and Communication, the Italian Ambassador in Islamabad, Stefano Pontecorvo, signed an agreement with UNESCO pour a two-year project called “Support to girls’ right to education and safeguarding cultural heritage through education in Pakistan”. This project aims at supporting the Pakistani Government in its efforts […]
Read moreItaly and France work together avec UNESCO on the Ice Memory project
« Ice Memory » is an international programme which aims to create a climate archive in order to save the « memory » of the world’s glaciers from deteriorations dues to global warming. The project was launched in 2015, thanks to the collaboration between the Italian National Centre for Research (CNR), the Ca’ Foscari University in Venice and the […]
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