In August 2013, the UN General Assembly made the decision to proclaim 6 April as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. UNESCO is the United Nations’ lead agency for Physical ...

Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) starts with the notion that “wars begin in the minds of men so it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed”.

The publication of the Nomination file, including the maps and names, does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever of the World Heritage Committee or of the Secretariat of UNESCO concerning ...

‘Mali’s age-old heritage was targeted because it embodied the living soul of a society and a people. In the face of fanaticism, the Malians have given a lesson in tolerance, dialogue and peace,’ said ...

HIROSHIMA--Local authorities and campaigners here are seeking to add origami cranes that symbolize world peace and the anti-nuclear weapons movement to UNESCO’s Memory of the World register.