Safeguarding Our Heritage and Fostering Creativity

Culture plays a key role in enhancing and preserving our shared identities while enriching individuals with the power of creativity to thrive. Protecting and safeguarding the world’s cultural and natural heritage and supporting creativity and dynamic cultural sectors are fundamental to addressing the challenges of our time, from climate change to poverty, inequality, the digital divide and ever more complex emergencies and conflicts.

UNESCO is convinced that no development can be sustainable without a strong culture component, and only with a human-centred approach to development based on mutual respect and open dialogue among cultures can lead to lasting peace.

Home to a rich collection of diverse cultural heritage and dynamic creative sectors, currently, Cambodia has three World Heritage Sites:

World Heritage Sites

Angkor Wat Temple

Preah Vihear Temple

Sambor Prei Kuk Temple Zone

Koh Ker: Archaeological Site of Ancient Lingapura or Chok Gargyar

Intangible Cultural Heritage

And six Intangible Cultural Heritage elements inscribed on the UNESCO lists:

Royal Ballet of Cambodia

Sbek Thom, Khmer shadow theatre

Tugging rituals and games

Chapei Dang Veng

Lkhon Khol Wat Svay Andet

Kun Lbokator, traditional martial arts in Cambodia

Our Conventions

Cambodia has ratified all six core Conventions aiming to safeguard cultural heritage sites and practices.

Diversity of Cultural Expressions

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Safeguarding our living heritage

Underwater Cultural Heritage

World Heritage

Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property

Armed Conflict and Heritage

Our Programmes

UNESCO works with the Royal Government of Cambodia and partners to preserve cultural heritage - sites, objects and intangible and underwater heritage, support Smart Cities Roadmap development, and promote the creative and cultural industries for sustainable development.

Safeguarding of the Bayon Temple

ICC for the Safeguarding and Development of the Historic Sites of Angkor and Sambor Prei Kuk

Promoting the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and Creative Economy

Intangible Cultural Heritage Education

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