The World Heritage Centre held, from 17 to 19 March 2026 in Kingstown (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), a capacity-building workshop on the World Heritage Convention, bringing together key national actors from three Small Island Developing States (SIDS) working towards the preparation of their first World Heritage nominations: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada and the ...

UNESCO is deeply alarmed by the 24 March strikes that hit a building in the area of Bernardine Monastery within the World Heritage property of ‘L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre'. UNESCO recalls that cultural property is protected under the 1954 Hague Convention and the 1972 World Heritage Convention. All parties must safeguard heritage and refrain from any a...