An all-star concert in the Cuban capital, Havana, is the centerpiece of this year's celebrations for International Jazz Day on Sunday, 30 April.
Legendary jazz pianist and composer Herbie Hancock, a Goodwill Ambassador with the UN cultural agency, UNESCO, and Cuban pianist and composer Chucho Valdés, are among the artists from across the globe who will be performing.
“We must stand together” against terrorism, the words of the UN cultural organization’s chief marking its 70th anniversary on Monday in Paris.
Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, was determined that the milestone event, including the organization’s world Leaders’ Forum, would go ahead, despite the terrorist attacks in the city on Friday.
The destruction of a cultural site in Syria would be a war crime and an enormous loss to humanity if it goes ahead, the Director-General of the UN cultural agency, UNESCO has warned.
Fighters of the terrorist group ISIL, also known as Da’esh, have entered the UNESCO world heritage site of Palmyra in central Syria.
The militants have previously demolished ancient sites in Iraq.
Neil Ford asked the UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova for her reaction to the arrival of ISIL at Palmyra.
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