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02 - World Heritage Convention
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Nine
new members elected to World Heritage Committee
Nine new members have been elected to the 21-member World Heritage
Committee in charge of implementing UNESCO’s Convention Concerning
the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Australia,
Bahrain, Barbados, Brazil, China, Egypt, Jordan, Nigeria and Sweden
were elected for four-year terms. The election took place during
the General Assembly of the 184 States Parties to the Convention
who meet every two years, when their representatives come to UNESCO’s
Headquarters in Paris to attend the Organization’s General
Conference.
UNESCO, Press Release No.2007-133. UNESCOPRESS.
Publicated: 25-10-2007
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General Assembly of the States Parties to the world heritage Convention
on October 24 2007, UNESCO’s director-General inaugurated
the 16 General Assembly of the States Parties to the World Heritage
Convention, which from now on has 185 States Parties.
UNESCO. Office of the Spokeswoman. Flash
Info N° 155-2007. Publicated: 25-10-2007
Recent
WHC Meeting on the Rift Valley
A scientific workshop was convened on 26-29 March 2007 at the UNEP
Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya to discuss the possibilities of nominating
the Great Rift Valley (GRV) for World Heritage status. The workshop
recognised the outstanding universal value of the GRV, the cradle
of humankind, with its cultural and natural heritage, its cultural
landscapes, its biodiversity and its importance as a flyway for
migratory birds...
AEWA - African-Eurasian Waterbrid Agreement.
News & Events. Germany. Publicated: 15-10-2007 |
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Managing
World Heritage Sites
Autor Anna Leask, Alan Fyall
World Heritage Sites are some of the most recognised locations around
the world. They include natural sites such as the Grand Canyon and
the Great Barrier and cultural ones such as the Pyramids at Giza,
the Walled City of Baku in Azerbaijan and the Historic Centre of Riga
in Latvia. The responsibility to manage them successfully and ensure
that the resources are not damaged by visitors, war or environment
is therefore vital. Managing World Heritage Sites covers the management
issues encountered at cultural and natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites).
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Publication
on archaeological and cultural heritage of the Easter Island
The UNESCO Regional Office of Education in Santiago publishes the
book "Rapa Nui. Past, Present, Future", that reports the
closing of the project on restoration and conservation of the archaeological
and cultural heritage and of the Easter Island, as well as the experience
of the training course for tourist guides and park rangers. This
publication attempts to be a significant contribution to disseminate
and present the numerous efforts to maintain alive one of the most
important heritage sites of the planet, as well as to express our
recognition to the Rapanui culture and its people.
OREALC. UNESCO Santiago. Library. Publicated:
8-10-2007
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Call
for projects for the 2008 International Gardens Festival
The Conservatoire International des Parcs et Jardins et du Paysage
(International Conservation Centre for Parks, Gardens and Landscape)
is planning an international competition for the 17th International
Gardens Festival in Chaumont-sur-Loire (from 30 April to 19 October
2008). Twenty-six plots, each of 210 sq.m have been set aside for
the competition.
Val de Loire Mission. What's new. Projects
in the Loire. France. Publicated: 1-10-2007
The
Loire comes to life
The Regional Conservation Centre for the banks of the Loire and
its tributaries (CORELA) is showing an educational animated film
on its website to help visitors explore the Loire landscapes of
the Pays de la Loire region: the Loire and its levees, the Loire
and its promontories, and the Loire as a meeting-point (the estuary).
Conservatoire régional des rives
de la Loire et de ses affluents (CORELA). Actualités. France.
Publicated: 1-10-2007 |
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The
Loire Fleet in the 18th century
After the success of the exhibition on the Loire Fleet in the 18th
century during the Remontée du Sel event in 2005, the Val de
Loire Mission, in association with Editions Loire et terroirs, is
publishing an album containing all the displays from the exhibition.
This publication is the outcome of research and donations from both
public and private sources in the Val de Loire. Much of it is devoted
to visual representations and the work as a whole focuses on four
main themes to give a wide-ranging picture of the subject: The people
involved; Commerce
New needs, new perspectives; How people lived
Mission
Val de Loire. What's new. Books. France. Publicated: 1-10-2007 |
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Plaisirs
de Loire
Who could think that the Loira was so visited in the past?
From mid 19 century to the end of the 1960’s, the river has
been in the center of numerous activities of leisure. People bathed,
sailed, fished…, when they were not simply limited to attend
a show or to see the river. Submerge in "Plaisirs de Loire"
in the particular universe of the popular parties, public squares
and other sites of life near the river. Discover in this rich album
to what extent people knew how to make the most out of every moment
relax.
Val de Loire Mission. France. Publicated:
1-10-2007 |
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World Heritage Forthcoming Events
24 to 25 October 2007: 16th General Assembly of the States Parties
to the World Heritage Convention. UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France.
Information: wh-info@unesco.org
5 November 2007: Awards Ceremony for the 2007 UNESCO-VOCATIONS PATRIMOINE
Fellowships for the World Heritage Site Managers. UNESCO Headquarters,
room XII, Paris, France. Information: l.patchett@unesco.org
3 to 5 December 2007: First meeting for the exchange of experience
in managing and executing the integral conservation and development
plan of the historic centres of the cities Coro and La Vela, Venezuela.
Information: n.sanz@unesco.org
World Heritage Centre. Events. Publicated:
26-09-2007
Central
Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative (CAWHFI)
The Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative is the result
of a long consultation between the World Heritage Center of UNESCO
and its various partners. This Initiative aims to improve the management
of protected areas of the Congo Basin that could be recognized of
"outstanding universal value" and to improve their integration
in the ecological landscape encompassing them.
World Heritage Centre. Activities. France.
Publicated: 28-09-2007
Tragic
accident at Kilwa Kisiwani World Heritage site
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre sends its condolences to the family,
friends and colleagues of Ruzna Amli, a young Tanzanian woman from
Songo Mnara, who had worked with the UNESCO restoration project
of the Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara Ruins, a World Heritage Site
in Tanzania. The young mother of three died of the consequences
of a tragic accident during the restoration works. We deeply regret
that all medical, personal and financial efforts undertaken by the
people around her could not help save Ms Amli's life. Our thoughts
are with her family and friends in this moment of grief.
World Heritage Centre. News & Events.
France. Publicated: 28-09-2007
CL/WHC-07/5
- Provisional List of Candidates
During the 16th General Assembly of the States Parties to the World
Heritage Convention (24-25 October 2007), 9 new members of the World
Heritage Committee will be elected. In conformity with existing
Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly of States Parties, one
of these 9 seats will be reserved for a State Party with no properties
inscribed on the World Heritage List. The World Heritage Committee
is composed of 21 States Parties to the Convention. The General
Assembly will be called upon to replace the outgoing members of
the World Heritage Committee and to determine the amount of the
States Parties' contributions to the World Heritage Fund in the
form of a uniform percentage applicable to all States. At each of
its previous sessions, the General Assembly decided that this amount
would be one per cent of the contribution of those States to the
regular budget of UNESCO.
World Heritage Centre. News. France. Publicated:
26-09-2007 |
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