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         <title>UNESCO Director-General attends World Heritage inscription ceremony in Saint Lucia</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Director-General, Mr Ko&#xef;chiro Matsuura, paid his first official visit to St Lucia from 13 to 15 February 2005.  It was the first official visit of a UNESCO Director-General to the country. He was accompanied by Mr Gilbert Chagoury, Permanent Delegate of St Lucia to UNESCO.


During his visit, the Director-General met with the highest authorities in the country.  In particular, he held bilateral meetings with Dame Pearlette Louisy, the Governor-General; Mr Kenny Davis Anthony, the  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/110</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>WHC participates in the UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Centre participated in the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held in Kobe, Japan, from the 18th to the 22nd of January, 2005. This meeting was especially timely in light of the recent earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean region, and also coincided with the 10th anniversary of Kobe&apos;s devastating 1995 earthquake. As part of the broader Kobe Conference, the Centre organized a Thematic Session on Cultural Heritage Risk Management, together with the  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/109</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Operational Guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Centre is pleased to inform you that the Revised Operational Guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention are now available on the following Web address: http://whc.unesco.org/en/guidelines.
As decided by the Committee at its 7th Extraordinary session, the revised Operational Guidelines have entered into force on 2 February 2005, on the understanding that the provisions on the format of nominations will apply to nominations to be examined starting  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/108</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia sentences a former Yugoslav General, among other things, for the destruction of and damage to the World Heritage site of the Old Town  ...</title>
         <description><![CDATA[On 31 January 2005, the Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia sentenced retired General Pavle Strugar of the Yugoslav Peoples&apos; Army to eight years in prison for war crimes perpetrated in 1991.  He has been found guilty of war crimes against the civilian population and, under Article 3(d) of the Tribunal&apos;s Statute, of the destruction of and wilful damage to a number of historical and cultural sites located in the Old Town of Dubrovnik, in Croatia, a  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/106</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Agreement between Lithuania and the Russian Federation keeps Curonian Spit off List of World Heritage in Danger</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Curonian Spit, an elongated sand-dune peninsula straddling the border of Lithuania and the Russian Federation, will not be inscribed on UNESCO&apos;s List of World Heritage in Danger. The decision follows an agreement between the two countries to undertake an environmental assessment of the impact of oil exploration and production in the Baltic Sea, 22 kilometres from the World Heritage site. The Curonian Spit is an oustanding example of a landscape of sand dunes, that is under constant  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/107</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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