UNESCO [to 26 March 2016]
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Selected Press Releases/News

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Inter Parliamentary Union Adopts Landmark Resolution to Protect Culture
25 March 2016

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UNESCO and L’Oréal Foundation launch manifesto to promote gender parity in the sciences
25 March 2016

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20 sites added to UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves
Lima, 19 March—The International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme of UNESCO added 20 sites to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves during its meeting in the capital of Peru on 18 and 19 March. The newly adopted sites include 18 national sites and one transboundary site shared between Spain and Portugal. The Council also approved 9 extensions to existing Biosphere Reserves. Following the withdrawal of two sites at the request of Austria, this brings the total number of biosphere reserves to 669 sites in 120 countries, including 16 transboundary sites.