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Exhibition of Cultural Products from South Punjab

Promoting Cultural Industries for Poverty Alleviation in District Bahawalpur.

UNESCO in collaboration with THAAP organized an Exhibition of the Cultural Products of South Punjab at Lok Virsa Islamabad on Sunday, 1st of April 2012 at 1600 hrs. The exhibition displayed the cultural products prepared under the joint initiative of One UN (ARP-JPC-2) project “Promotion of Cultural Industries for Poverty Alleviation in Bahawalpur” which was spearheaded by UNESCO in partnership with THAAP in 2011. Read more...

Dr. Gwang-Jo Kim Visit to the National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa)

Dr. Kim Gwang-Jo, Regional Director UNESCO Asia-Pacific Office Bangkok paid a visit to ethnological museum of Lokvirsa on 30th April 2012 along with Dr. Kozue Kay Nagata, Country Director UNESCO Islamabad office.
Lokvirsa official received Dr. Gwang-Jo Kim and briefed him on the activities of Lokvirsa in relation to documenting and promoting the intangible cultural heritage of Pakistan. Read more...

International Mother Tongue Day

UNESCO pays tribute to indigenous communities for preserving their mother tongues for cultural harmony
On the occasion of International Mother Langauge Day, 21 Feb 2012, UNESCO Islamabad pays tribute to indigenous languages of Pakistan. In Pakistan there are 28 indigenous mother languages endangered of the extinction. Read more...

Second Meeting of the Executive Board of the National Fund for Moenjodaro

The second meeting of the Executive Board of the National Fund for Moenjodaro was held on 14th February, 2012 at Moenjodaro guesthouse. Chaired by the Minister of Culture, Sindh Government,
Ms. Sassui Palijo, the meeting was participated by a UNESCO team, led by the UNESCO Director, Dr. Kozue Kay Nagata. As per the composition of Executive Board, notified by the Sindh Chief Minister in July 2011, the Director of UNESCO Islamabad is a key member of the Executive Board.. Read more...

International Seminar on Human Rights, Culture of Peace and Tolerance in an Era of Extremism

University of Gujrat organized an International Seminar on "Human Rights Culture of Peace & Tolerance in the Era of Extremism" in collaboration with UNESCO Islamabad and
International Peace Bureau, on January 24, 2012. Educationists, Scholars, political leaders and other speakers from civil society participated in the Seminar. Speakers expressed their views on the importance of peace and shared ideas on promoting a culture of peace and tolerance. Read more...

Training Workshop for Museum Professionals from Asia Pacific Region

UNESCO Office Tehran and Islamabad in cooperation with Center for Cultural Heritage Conservation and Management (CCHC&M), National College of Arts, Lahore have organized a 5-day training workshop to build the capacity of Museum professionals from Asia
Pacific Region including Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Read more...

World Heritage Site at Makli

One of the largest necropolises in the world, with a diameter of approximately 12 kilometers, Makli Hill is supposed to be the burial place of some 125,000 Sufi saints. It is located on the outskirts of Thatta, the capital
of lower Sindh until the seventeenth century, in southeastern province of present-day Pakistan. Read more...

Training Workshop on Safeguarding Intangible Culture

The Certificate Awarding Ceremony of the training workshop on the implementation of 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage was held on 30th June 2011. Read more...	Certificate Awarding Ceremony
Picture Gallery, Video Gallery

UNESCO DG's message on World Day for Cultural Diversity

Ten years ago, the international community came together to highlight the importance of dialogue among cultures and its commitment to diversity by unanimously adopting the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity.

With this historic declaration, the States of the world recognized cultural diversity as the common heritage of humanity. Read more...

Saving Kalash Valleys