HUMAN RIGHTS UNESCO strives to ensure memory remains part of global heritage 19-09-2023 13:11 While UNESCO has universalist aspirations, memorials are ripe for appropriation for political causes – especially where they touch on bloody events of the past.
ISLA DE PASCUA / RAPA NUI Tourists return but Easter Islanders draw lessons from Covid isolation 11-08-2022 12:20 A first flight with tourists, mostly with reservations made before the pandemic was declared at the beginning of 2020, arrives on Thursday at Mataveri international airport, in Hanga Roa.
Latin America Ecuador prosecutor investigates ex-president over missing artefacts 26-07-2022 16:49 Ex-president of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno, has been accused of stealing valuable artefacts from presidential palace, investigation has begun.
Protected Sites Tourists trample all over protected, prehistoric Peruvian hill carving 14-07-2022 13:08 Peruvian officials search for tourists who damaged ancient hillside carving, the 2,500 year-old Paracas Candelabra.
RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparks diplomatic battle at UNESCO 13-04-2022 14:04 Russia is due to host the annual meeting of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee in just two months, a meeting that Western nations say they will now boycott over the invasion of Ukraine.
ENDURANCE DISCOVERED Shackleton's lost shipwreck discovered off Antarctica 10-03-2022 21:49 Explorers discover one of most famous shipwrecks in history on an expedition organised by Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust.