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Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch
The World Heritage Committee inscribed 22 new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during its ongoing session in Christchurch. The new inscriptions include 16 cultural properties, five natural and one mixed, cultural and natural.
UNESCO. Press Release N°85. France. Publicated: 29-06-2007

Three new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee today finalized this year’s additions to UNESCO’s World Heritage List with the inscription of three new sites: Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius (Serbia), Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (Azerbaijan), and Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico.*
UNESCO. Press Release N°2007-84. France. Publicated: 29-06-2007

Bosnian Bridge among five new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee on Thursday evening inscribed another five sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List: Mehmed Paša Sokolovic Bridge of Višegrad (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Rideau Canal (Canada), Bordeaux, Port of the Moon (France), and the Old Town of Corfu (Greece), and Lavaux, vineyard terraces (Switzerland).
UNESCO. Press Release No.2007-81. France. Publicated: 29-06-2007

Oman’s Arabian Oryx Sanctuary : first site ever to be deleted from UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee on Thursday took the unprecedented decision of removing a site from UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The Arabian Oryx Sanctuary (Oman), home to the rare antelope, today became the first site to be deleted since UNESCO’s 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage entered into force.
UNESCO. Press Release No.2007-82. France. Publicated: 29-06-2007

World Heritage Committee approves Auschwitz name change
The World Heritage Committee has approved Poland’s request to change the name of Auschwitz on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. After international consultations, the property, listed as “Auschwitz Concentration Camp” in 1979, is to have the title of “Auschwitz Birkenau” and the subtitle of “German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945).”
UNESCO. Press Release No.2007-83. France. Publicated: 29-06-2007

World Heritage Committee inscribes two natural, one mixed, and four cultural sites onto UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee today inscribed two natural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List: Teide National Park (Spain); Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathian (Slovakia, Ukraine). The Committee also inscribed the Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda (Gabon) as a mixed – cultural and natural – site. Four cultural sites were inscribed: the Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Lanscape (South Africa) as a cultural landscape, and Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes (Namibia), the Kaiping Diaolou and Villages (China) and Samarra Archaeological City (Iraq), which was also placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger. It furthermore decided to approve the extension of the natural site of Jungfrau - Aletsch - Bietschhorn, (Switzerland).
UNESCO. Press Release N°2007-79. France. Publicated: 28-06-2007

World Heritage Committee inscribes four new cultural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee on Thursday afternoon inscribed four cultural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List: Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (Japan), Parthian Fortresses of Nisa (Turkmenistan), Sydney Opera House (Australia), and the Red Fort Complex (India).
UNESCO. Press Release N°2007-80. France. Publicated: 28-06-2007

Natural sites in Madagascar, China and Korea inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee on Wednesday decided to inscribe the three new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List: the Rainforests of the Atsinanana (Madagascar); South China Karst (China); and Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes (Republic of Korea).
UNESCO. Press Release N°2007-77. France. Publicated: 27-06-2007

Galapagos and Niokolo-Koba National Park inscribed on UNESCO’s List of World Heritage in Danger
The World Heritage Committee today inscribed the Galapagos (Ecuador), and Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal) on UNESCO’s List of World Heritage in Danger with a view to mobilizing support for their conservation.
UNESCO. Press Release N° 2007- 76. France. Publicated: 26-06-2007

World Heritage Committee keeps Dresden on UNESCO World Heritage List but warns against bridge project
The World Heritage Committee on Monday decided to keep Dresden Elbe Valley (Germany) on the List of World Heritage in Danger. But it asked Germany to provide an alternative solution to traffic management than the bridge currently planned in the site inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2004.
UNESCO. Press Release N°2007-73. France. Publicated: 25-06-2007

Florida Everglades and Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve removed from Danger List
The World Heritage Committee has decided that improvements in the preservation of the Everglades National Park (Florida, USA) and Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (Honduras) were sufficient to remove both UNESCO World Heritage site from the List of World Heritage in Danger.
UNESCO. Press Release N°2007-72. France. Publicated: 24-06-2007

World Heritage Committee opening in Christchurch celebrates Pacific Heritage
The Pacific region's traditional respect for both natural and cultural preservation was celebrated at the opening of the 31st session of the World Heritage Committee, chaired by Tumu te Heuheu of New Zealand, here Saturday.
UNESCO. Press Release N°.2007-71. France. Publicated: 23-06-2007

Royal Palaces of Abomey and Kathmandu removed from Danger List
The World Heritage Committee has removed Royal Palaces of Abomey, Benin, and Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, from the List of World Heritage in Danger, recognizing progress in the two sites’ state of preservation.
UNESCO. UNESCO Press Release N°2007-74. France. Publicated: 25-06-2007

UNESCO launches the re-erection project for the Aksum obelisk in Ethiopia
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has signed a contract with Lattanzi SRL, an Italian construction company, for the re-erection of the Aksum obelisk on its original location in Ethiopia. The obelisk is the second largest stela on the Aksum World Heritage site.
UNESCO. Press Release No. 2007 -70. France. Publicated: 22-06-2007

Lübeck Declaration on world heritage
Adopted on June 14, 2007 by about 280 heritage professionals from 30 European countries, it specially claims for an effective mechanism to encourage dialogue and to better manage the possible conflicts related to sites at risk, and for European countries to organize a Heritage Day, and increased cooperation between sites.
UNESCO. German National Commission for UNESCO. Germany. Publication: 21-06-2007

Europa Nostra supports the search for a compromise solution for the preservation of the World Heritage Site, the Elbe Valley
On 22 May 2007, Europa Nostra’s Executive President, Dr Andrea H. Schuler sent letters to the Minister-President of the Free State of Saxony and the Mayor of Dresden, urging them to examine all possibilities of a compromise solution for the preservation of the Elbe Valley.
Europa Nostra. Newsletter. The Netherlands. Publicated: 21-06-2007

UNESCO confirms that it is not involved in the “New 7 wonders of the world” campaign
In order to avoid any damaging confusion, UNESCO wishes to reaffirm that there is no link whatsoever between UNESCO’s World Heritage programme, which aims to protect world heritage, and the current campaign concerning “The New 7 Wonders of the World”.
UNESCO. Press Release No. 2007-66. France. Publicated: 20-06-2007

[portuguese] Amazônia ganha Centro de Excelência da Petrobras
Foi lançado no dia 5 de junho, em Manaus (AM), o Centro de Excelência da Petrobras na Amazônia (Ceap Amazônia) com a participação do coordenador de Ciências Naturais da UNESCO no Brasil, Celso Schenkel. Após o lançamento, Schenkel acompanhou técnicos da Petrobras até a cidade de Soure, na Ilha de Marajó (PA), para conhecer o trabalho da ONG Caruanas de Marajó. “A UNESCO tem em sua tradição apoiar centros desta natureza, focados na produção e na gestão da informação. O Ceap é uma grande oportunidade de expressar uma das áreas de mandato da UNESCO em se tratando da construção de sociedades sustentáveis”, afirmou Schenkel.
UNESCO. News. Informativa da UNESCO no Brasil. Publicated: 18-06-2007

Torrential landslide at the Kamchatka Volcanoes World Heritage Site
The World Heritage Centre expresses its deep concern after a torrential landslide of snow, mud, stones, trees and vegetation at the Geyser Valley in the Volcanoes of Kamchatka World Heritage site...
World Heritage Centre. News. France. Publicated: 04-06-2007

Fontevraud Abbey: Conferences, outdoor Cinema, summer workshops
Come to the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud for a summer in the limits of dream and reality! Exhibitions, conferences, outdoor cinema, animations… Many opportunities to explore imagination with great personalities like historian Jacques Le Goff, writer Umberto Eco or artist Pierre Soulages and producer Isao Takahata.
Fontevraud Abbaye. News. France. Publication: 14-06-2007

Royal Palaces of Abomey in Young African Hands
Equipped with shovels, wheelbarrows and water buckets, twelve girls and thirteen boys between the ages of 14 and 17, from eight different countries in West Africa, set about attempting to put their newly learned conservation skills to work at the Royal Palaces of Abomey World Heritage site (Benin) from 19 to 23 February 2007.
World Heritage Centre. News. France. Publicated: 07-06-2007

New Publication: Nature and culture: ambivalent dimensions of our heritage; change of perspective
UNESCO-sponsored programmes and publications. 2002. Editors: German Commission for UNESCO and Brandenburg University of Technology. Edited by Sieglinde Gauer-Lietz, Chair Intercultural Studies, BTU Cottbus. Publicated in German and English
UNESCO. Documents and Publications. France. Publicated: 06-06-2007

World Heritage Expo to be Held in Northeastern China
The city of Shenyang in northeastern China will hold the World Cultural and Natural Heritage Expo from June 9 to October 9, 2007. Sponsored by UNESCO, the exhibition will showcase natural and cultural heritage from around the world including photographs, models as well as written and video materials related to most of the World Heritage sites inscribed on the World Heritage list.
World Heritage Centre. Exhibitions. France. Publicated: 04-06-2007

Visit to the gardens of the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud. 3 events in June
Saturday 2 June from 14:00 to 17:00. Meet one of the gardeners at the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud. Jérôme Ferrault will answer visitors' questions on maintaining the gardens. Sunday 10 and 24 June from 15:30 to 16:30. Guided tour of the Abbey gardens led by Alix Brunel, a guide and speaker at Fontevraud. Free entry to these events is included with admission to the Abbey.
Val de Loire Mission. Exhibitions and visits. France. Publication: 01-06-2007

Exhibition "Villandry and the Gardens of the World"
From 01 June to 31 July 2007. Black and white photographs by Dana Fritz, an American photographer who takes in the main axes and hidden corners of gardens at first glance. Her pared-down, tranquil images are magnificent in their simplicity and offer the viewer an as yet unexplored depth of field.
Val de Loire Mission. Exhibitions and visits. France. Publication: 01-06-2007

"See you in the Gardens" 2007: gardening and water
Organised by the French Ministry of Culture, "See you in the Gardens" (Rendez-vous aux jardins) offers visitors the chance to enjoy over 1,700 parks and gardens on the theme of gardening and water on Friday 1, Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 June.
Val de Loire Mission. Exhibitions and visits. France. Publication: 01-06-2007

Committee to review 45 candidates for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee will consider requests for the inscription of 45 new sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List when it meets for its 31st session in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 23 June to 2 July
UNESCO. Media Advisory No.2007-38. France. Publicated: 01-06-2007

Inauguration of a World Heritage Training and Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific Region in China
The Government of China will launch a World Heritage Training and Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific Region in China. The inauguration ceremony of this institute will take place at Tongji University.
UNESCO. World Heritage. France. Publication Date: 29 May 2007

Fire on Cutty Sark, of Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site
The World Heritage Centre expresses its deep concern after the fire on the Cutty Sark tea clipper, part of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage site located in the United Kingdom.
UNESCO. World Heritage. France. Publication Date: 29 May 2007