World Heritage Committee

Emergency workers rescue an elderly person in Xuchang, in China's Henan Province.
China Fire and Rescue

News in Brief 21 July 2021

21 July 2021
News in Brief
  • Flood-hit China region saw a year’s worth of rain in under a week: WMO
  • Liverpool’s historic waterfront removed from UNESCO World Heritage List
  • WHO chief backs Tokyo Olympic Games’ ‘power to inspire’
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The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the world's largest coral reef system.
Ocean Image Bank/Matt Curnock

Great Barrier Reef in danger, UN World Heritage Committee draft report finds

22 June 2021
Climate and Environment

A United Nations body is recommending that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef be included on a list of world heritage in danger, according to a draft report issued on Monday, a move which has been heavily criticized by the Australian Government.  

National Library, Vienna, Austria.
UN Photo/ Rocio Franco.

UN adds Historic Centre of Vienna to list of endangered sites

6 July 2017
General News

The Historic Centre of Vienna has been added to the list of World Heritage in Danger because of a planned high-rise building, the UN announced on Thursday.

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