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         <title>Aksum obelisk returns to Ethiopia: UNESCO to handle its reintegration into the World Heritage site</title>
         <description><![CDATA[At the request of the Ethiopian and Italian governments, UNESCO will send an evaluation team to Aksum, in northern Ethiopia, to prepare the return of its celebrated obelisk. The obelisk has been in Rome since 1937.


UNESCO will draw up the re-installation project for the obelisk and the development of the site, which will be funded by Italy. The obelisk has been cut into three sections to facilitate its transportation and is at Rome airport waiting to be flown to Ethiopia. The first  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/116</link>
         <author>j.sopova@unesco.org (Jasmina Sopova)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Sierra Leone ratifies the World Heritage Convention</title>
         <description><![CDATA[On 7 January 2005, the Government of Sierra Leone officially deposited with the Director-General of UNESCO, Ko&amp;iuml;chiro Matsuura, its instrument of ratification, becoming the 179th State Party to adopt the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and natural Heritage.
This Convention, first adopted in November 1972, seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/114</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Agreement between UNESCO and NASA will strenghten conservation of World Heritage</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Ko&amp;iuml;chiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, and Frederick D. Gregory, Deputy Administrator of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), today signed a cooperation agreement at NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. 
According to the agreement, UNESCO will benefit from NASA&amp;rsquo;s expertise in the earth sciences and space technology to strengthen its work in the conservation of World Heritage sites and monitoring of Biosphere Reserves. This expertise  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/115</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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