UNESCOs Director-General, Irina Bokova, has announced the laureates of the UNESCOEquatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences for 2014. In line with UNESCOs goals to encourage research; mobilize science knowledge and policy for sustainable development and fostering capacity-building in science and innovation, the purpose ...

Tehran, April 28, IRNA Visiting Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Irina Bokova Sunday evening visited the cultural and historical complex of Golestan Palace in Tehran. She toured different parts of the complex including Emarat-e Badgir (Building of the Wind Towers) and Shams-ol-Emareh ...

Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Irina Bokova has visited Takht-e Jamshid historical site in Shiraz. Bokova was accompanied by the deputy director of Irans Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization Mohammad Hassan Talebian in her visit to Shiraz on Sunday. Takht-e Jamshid ...

Tehran, April 22, IRNA - UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova will be coming to Iran next week to attend the Isfahan Cultural Week, which will be held from April 23 to 30. Foreign diplomats and a numbers of foreign ambassadors in Iran have also been invited to attend the event, which has been organized by the Isfahan Municipality, Isfahan mayors advisor ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Vice-President and Head of the Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) Mohammad Ali Najafi in a letter to UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova protested against Azerbaijans negligence with regard to the Persian heritage existing in the Central Asian country. The Baku government has removed tiles containing ...

Tehran, Aug 22, IRNA - UNESCO aims to reveal the extent and consequences of slave trade tragedy and portray the wealth of the cultural traditions that African peoples have forged in the face of adversity. Director-General of UNESCO Ms Irina Bokova made the statement in a message issued on the occasion of the International Day for the Remembrance of ...