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Eleven Spa towns in Europe are celebrating after their collective addition to Unesco’s list of World Heritage sites. Bad Kissingen in Germany is one of them and the news was welcomed there. “Super, this is something very special,” said resident Daniela Flint. “I think it is brilliant for the town and all the work that’s […]
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From UNESCO Study 11 to UNESCO 2050: Project BEST and the Forty-Year Plan to Reimagine Education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
June 2nd, 2021 
Awake Goy I recently visited former Senior Policy Advisor to the US Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt, who gave me access to her archive of files that she collected from the US Department of Education. After digging through a collection of files collated by Lawrence P. Grayson, who was the Advisor for Mathematics, […]
Iran eyes UNESCO status for five intangible elements
April 29th, 2021 Awake Goy TEHRAN – Iran seeks to register five intangible elements on UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in near future, Mehr reported on Tuesday. The country has recently submitted [revised] dossiers for the ancient festivities of Mehregan and Yalda, crafting and playing [the stringed instrument of] the Oud, traditional craft of silk spinning, and […]
UNESCO chief set for new term, eyes US return – official
March 21st, 2021 Awake Goy The head of UNESCO, the United Nations’ cultural agency, is expected to win a second term later this year after nobody else submitted their candidacy for the position by the deadline on March 16, a UNESCO official said on Wednesday. Outgoing Director General Audrey Azoulay was appointed in 2017 after a bitter campaign. Her mandate […]
Ground broken on new development for UNESCO-tagged qanat
January 10th, 2021 Awake Goy TEHRAN – Construction of a reserve reservoir for a UNESCO-registered qanat was officially begun on Thursday in Baghestan, a town in Ferdows county of Iran’s South Khorasan province. The reserve reservoir will be connected to Qanat of Baladeh to help water supply to the agricultural and permanent settlements in a semi-arid region. The ground-breaking ceremony […]
Maranjab caravanserai one step closer to UNESCO status
January 3rd, 2021 Awake Goy TEHRAN – Iran has almost completed preparations for Maranjab caravanserai, which is located adjacent to a barren desert of the same name in central Isfahan province for possibly becoming a UNESCO World Heritage. The Safavid-era (1501–1736) caravanserai was used by the travelers of the time to rest on their way to the Khorasan, Rey, and […]
Finland’s bittersweet boost as UNESCO recognises its sauna culture
December 24th, 2020 Awake Goy Finland must feel like it has won the lottery with a record-low jackpot. The country received a huge boost last week when UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) officially recognised the importance of its sauna culture. Yet it was a bittersweet moment for the Nordic country – the majority of its public saunas […]
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No Comments »A taste of diplomacy: Couscous added to Unesco list after Algeria and Morocco agreement
December 17th, 2020 Awake Goy The United Nations has added couscous to its intangible cultural heritage list in a symbolic, but minor, diplomatic breakthrough for archrivals Morocco and Algeria. Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, states that continue to be embroiled in major conflicts, came together to highlight their shared history of the traditional Berber food by submitting a request to […]
Ukraine seeks UNESCO status for Chernobyl to help manage visitors to nuclear site
December 14th, 2020 Awake Goy Ukraine is seeking UNESCO World Heritage status for the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident. In the ghostly town of Pripyat, and its better-known neighbour Chernobyl, many visitors wander among the buildings and streets from where thousands were evacuated over three decades ago. “The Chernobyl zone is already a world famous landmark,” guide Maksym […]
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December 5th, 2020 Awake Goy Three years after the United States quit UNESCO, the United Nations’ cultural agency, over accusations of anti-Israel bias, diplomats say the Paris-based body has managed to put its house in order, potentially easing the way for Washington’s return.The agency, founded in the ashes of World War Two to protect the common cultural inheritance of humanity, […]
The Amazing UNESCO Site Going to Waste in Israel
November 24th, 2020 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Views: 0
Iran complains to UNESCO against Turkey’s bid to register Islamic calligraphy
July 28th, 2020 Awake Goy 
IRNA – Deputy head of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran said that Iran has officially complained to UNESCO against Turkey’s bid to register Islamic calligraphy case for 2021 event. Mohammad Hassan Talebian said that in 2020, Turkey did not suggest an case in this regard but it has recently presented a […]
Posted in Jew World Order, Jewish News Tags: against, calligraphy, complains, islamic, register, Turkey, unesco No Comments »UNESCO highlights Iran’s capacities in sports for peace and development
April 24th, 2018 Awake Goy un.org.ir– UNESCO and the University of Tehran celebrated the 5th International Day of Sport for Development and Peace to highlight the importance of investment in physical activities for the present and future of the country. At a ceremony that was hosted by the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education of the University of Tehran, Alexander […]
Posted in Jew World Order, Jewish News Tags: capacities, Development, highlights, peace, sports, unesco No Comments »Easter Island statues could be lost to sea, warns UNESCO
March 18th, 2018 Awake Goy The world heritage body blamed rising tides, which have been rapidly eroding the island’s coasts for years. However, the group is now warning that rising sea levels could completely destroy the island’s iconic ‘heads.’ “Some Easter Island statues are at risk of being lost to the sea because of coastal erosion,” said Adam Markham, deputy […]
USA and israel leaves UNESCO, Goodbye and Good Riddance
December 28th, 2017 Awake Goy By Jeremy Salt | Palestine Chronicle | December 25, 2017 By Jeremy Salt | Palestine Chronicle | December 25, 2017 Holding hands, the US and Israel have decided to walk out of UNESCO. Nothing could be more appropriate. Two rogue states run by two dangerous buffoons. Two states that have wreaked immense violence across the […]
US Withdrawal From UNESCO: Abandonment Of Principles
October 19th, 2017 Awake Goy Above Photo: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France. Credit: UNESCO OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, Oct 18 2017 (IPS) – A woman shopkeeper is standing on a plastic chair to avoid knee high swirling rainwater mixed with sewage. “I work with a women’s cooperative selling products made by Palestinian women in my shop. The sewage water has gone into the electric wires, […]
The real reasons Trump is quitting UNESCO
October 17th, 2017 Awake Goy By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth At first glance, the decision last week by the Trump administration, followed immediately by Israel, to quit the United Nation’s cultural agency seems strange. Why penalise a body that promotes clean water, literacy, heritage preservation and women’s rights? Washington’s claim that the UN’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is […]
US quits UNESCO over ‘anti-Israel bias’ and Israel follows suit
October 14th, 2017 Awake Goy US, Israel quit UN heritage agency citing bias PARIS (Reuters) 12 Oct by John Irish — The United States and Israel announced on Thursday they were quitting the U.N.’s cultural agency UNESCO, after Washington accused it of anti-Israeli bias. The withdrawal of the United States, which is meant to provide a fifth of UNESCO’s funding, […]
Trump puts Israel first with UNESCO withdrawal
October 13th, 2017 Awake Goy Ali Abunimah Power Suits 12 October 2017 Israel has tried to use UNESCO to legitimize its colonization of Palestinian heritage sites in the occupied West Bank, including Hebron’s Ibrahimi mosque. APA images Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy was on full display Thursday when the State Department announced that the United States is withdrawing from […]
USA and Israel quit UNESCO over alleged anti-Israeli bias
October 13th, 2017 Awake Goy nsnbc : The United States and Israel have both withdrawn from the UN Science, Culture and Education Agency UNESCO after accusing it of having […]
