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UNESCO and International Astronautical Federation sign accord
UNESCO and the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) signed a partnership agreement in Paris today, reinforcing the UNESCO- European Space Agency “Open Initiative on the Use of Space Technologies to Support the Monitoring of UNESCO Natural and Cultural Heritage”.
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PDF Abbaye de Fontevraud - Easter Festival
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Information meeting about the cultural heritage of the Old City of Jerusalem (UNESCO, 19 March 2007)
Following the publication of the Report of the technical mission of experts that went to the Old City of Jerusalem between 27 February and 2 March 2007 (see Flash Info no 36 and 40), Mr. Matsuura organized, on 19 March 2007, a meeting with Ambassadors and Permanent Delegates to UNESCO.
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Lessons Learned from the housing reconstruction following the Bam Earthquake in Iran
by Dr. Alireza Fallahi , Director, Dept. for Risk Preparedness and Reconstruction, Shahid Beheshti University (Islamic Republic of Iran)

   

World Heritage Review nº 44

This issue of World Heritage presents the eighteen new sites added to the World Heritage List during the 30th session of the World Heritage Committee in Vilnius (Lithuania) from 8 to 16 July 2006. It also carries several articles devoted to categories of heritage developed over recent years…

 

Periodic Report and Action Plan, Europe 2005-2006
it compiles data from 48 States Parties and 244 World Heritage properties. It demonstrates that many European countries are actively involved in supporting specific World Heritage conservation initiatives in other parts of the world, both within and outside Europe, in a sharing of expertise and resources between rich and poor countries.
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Statement from the Chairman of the Executive Board on the activities underway at the site of the Old City of Jerusalem. 13 March 2007
Press Release No. 2007-22 UNESCOPRESS
UNESCO Headquarters. Paris, France
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Old City of Jerusalem: Publication of UNESCO’s technical mission Report
The technical mission that I had sent from 27 February to 2 March 2007 to the Old City of Jerusalem, which is inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List and on the World Heritage in Danger List, completed its technical assessment on the works conducted on the Mughrabi pathway leading to the Haram el-Sharif.
Office of the Spokeswoman - Flash Info N° 040-2007
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Old City of Jerusalem: return of the technical mission’s experts
The technical mission sent by the Director-General of UNESCO to the Old City of Jerusalem, which is inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List, completed its technical assessment on the works conducted on the pathway to the Haram el-Sharif.
Office of the Spokeswoman - Flash Info N° 036-2007
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Nouvelle étape du projet VITOUR à Cinque Terre (Italie)
Les sept sites partenaires du programme européen INTERREG IIIC « VITOUR » se retrouvent du 14 au 18 Mars 2007 à Riomaggiore, au Parc national des Cinq Terre en Italie. La rencontre accueille également un atelier international sur le patrimoine culturel, l’environnement et le tourisme durable.
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ICCROM participates in a colloquium on UNESCO World Heritage sites in Italy
Mounir Bouchenaki, Director-General of ICCROM, took part in a one-day colloquium, organized by the Politecnico di Torino...
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Risk Preparedness: a Management Manual for World Cultural Heritage [Title and text in Arabic]
Stovel, H.
Rome: ICCROM, , 2007; XI + 144 p.
ISBN: 92-9077-207-7; language: Arabic

The second in the series of management guidelines and manuals for World Cultural Heritage (see also Feilden/Jokilehto), this volume addresses the issue of risk preparedness in both general and specific terms. After an introduction to the overall context and principles, the author then discusses property-specific strategies for various major risks, such as fire, earthquakes, flooding, armed conflict and other hazards. The final section covers putting risk-preparedness into practice. A list of sources and various key documents are also provided.

 

PRESS RELEASE: International Experts Meeting for the Rehabilitation of Earthquake-affected Prambanan World Heritage Site and Taman Sari Water Castle, 5-8 March - Yogyakarta, Indonesia
in order to prepare an integrated action plan for the post-earthquake recovery and rehabilitation works at these important cultural sites.
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Interdisciplinary research in Prambanan World Heritage Compounds and Taman Sari Water Castle in Yogyakarta
Within the framework of the project entitled “Protection and Rehabilitation of Cultural Heritage in the Earthquake-affected areas of the Special Province of Yogyakarta and the Province of Central Java”.
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Montenegro becomes UNESCO's 192nd Member State
Montenegro became the 192nd Member State of UNESCO when its Foreign Minister, Milan Rocen, signed the Organization's Constitution and deposited the instruments of acceptance on behalf of his government, on 1 March in London.
Press Release N°2007-19 UNESCOPRESS.

 
 

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