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         <title>The Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino in Mexico Inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1993</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee at its twenty-third session held in Marrakesh (Morocco) from 29 November to 4 December 1999, adopted the conclusions and recommendations of the mission of international experts sent to the Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (Mexico). The Committee endorsed the main findings of the mission&apos;s report which &amp;quot;concluded that the World Heritage site under present circumstances is not in danger, and scientific data show that the whale population is not endangered and  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/149</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 1999 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Committee Inscribes 48 New Sites on Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Marrakesh - UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage Committee, meeting since November 29 in Marrakesh (Morocco), has inscribed 48 new cultural and natural sites on the World Heritage List. The List now has 630 sites of &amp;quot;exceptional universal value&amp;quot; in 118 countries. Sites in South Africa, Nigeria, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Turkmenistan are on the List for the first time. Notable among the new sites are the Vald&amp;eacute;s Peninsula in Patagonia (Argentina), Robben Island (South Africa), Lorentz  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/165</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 1999 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>World Heritage Committee Adds Four Sites to the List of World Heritage in Danger</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Marrakesh - UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage Committee, meeting in Marrakech (Morocco) since November 29, has today included four new sites on its List of World Heritage in Danger. They are the Iguacu National Park (Brazil), the Rwenzori Mountains (Uganda), the Salonga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and the Groups of Monuments at Hampi (India). The inclusion of the Iguacu National Park on the List of World Heritage in Danger follows a mission carried out at the site in March 1999.  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/163</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>United Nations Foundation (UNF) Broadens Support for World Natural Heritage</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Marrakesh - The 23rd session of the World Heritage Committee in Marrakesh, Morocco, was informed today that the United Nations Foundation (UNF) would contribute $2.9 million to World Heritage sites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The project, &amp;quot;Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Protecting World Natural Heritage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo&amp;quot;, was approved by the Board of Governors of the United Nations Foundation, at their Meeting held in  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/159</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>In Depth Debate on Kakadu National Park in Extraordinary Session of UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage Committee</title>
         <description><![CDATA[UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage Committee in an Extraordinary meeting today welcomed efforts by the Australian government to help resolve the controversy surrounding uranium mining and milling in an enclave within the Kakadu National Park which, some claim, endangers this unique archaeological and ethnological site.
The Committee decided not to inscribe the site, which has been on the World Heritage List since 1982, on the List of World Heritage in Danger. Speakers at the Committee meeting  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/127</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Second letter from the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee to the Environmental Groups concerning the Whale Sanctuary of El Viscaino (Mexico)</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Second letter from the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee to the Environmental Groups concerning the Whale Sanctuary of El Viscaino]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/151</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 1999 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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