Statements and Decisions

10 May 2016

UNESCO Director-General welcomes the signature of the US Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act
24 December 2015

Director-General condemns destruction of vestiges in the Ancient City of Bosra, a Syrian World Heritage
5 October 2015

UNESCO Director-General Condemns the Destruction of the Arch of Triumph in Palmyra -- "Extremists are terrified of history"
15 September 2015

Director-General in Sofia to participate in a Conference on Fighting the Looting of Syria’s Cultural Heritage
04 September 2015

UNESCO Condemns the Destruction of the Palmyra Funerary Towers
1 September 2015

Director-General Irina Bokova expresses consternation at the destruction of the Temple of Bel in Palmyra
24 August 2015

Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova firmly condemns the destruction of Palmyra's ancient temple of Baalshamin, Syria
21 August 2015

Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova condemns the destruction of the Mar Elian Monastery in Syria
19 August 2015

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova deplores the loss of two leading scholars of Syrian antiquity
3 July 2015

Irina Bokova condemns latest destruction of cultural property from the site of Palmyra in Syria

UN Security Council Resolutions

UN and UNESCO Joint Statements

Decisions taken by the Council of the European Union