UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay called the moment 'historic', noting that Samarkand is often described in literature as one of the world's most luminous cultural crossroads. View on euronews ...

UNESCO’s Director General, Audrey Azoulay, addressed state representatives at the opening of the General Conference and ...

The 42nd session of the Unesco General Conference, held in Paris from Nov 7-22, 2023, a historic decision was adopted to convene the 43rd session in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, ...

The experts warned that these actions have devastated marginalized communities and violated international human rights ...

Famous for its mosques and mausoleums, Samarkand lies along the historic Silk Road, its name echoing through ancient tales.

At its peak, the Uzbek city of Samarkand was the beating heart of an empire that stretched from India to the Middle East.

Once regarded by travelers as one of the greatest cities in the world, Samarkand has since fallen off of the map, lost in a region barely visited by foreigners. In the late 14th century, Samarkand was ...

Turkey on Sunday opened a consulate general in the historical Samarkand city of Uzbekistan. Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu inaugurated the Turkish Consulate General in Samarkand. Speaking ...

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan -- Authorities in Uzbekistan's ancient city of Samarkand have torn down a historic building ahead of a visit by President Shavkat Mirziyoev despite an outcry by activists. An ...

“Somewhere beyond the far horizon, toward the rising sun, lies the fabled golden city of Samarkand, where the camel caravans pause before the long journeys. Westward they come, to the lands of Europe, ...

Joint UNESCO Tashkent Office/ICOMOS reactive monitoring mission on 6-12 March 2006; a brief assessment mission by an international expert of the UNESCO Tashkent Office in April 2005; mission by UNESCO ...