World Heritage Centre News http://whc.unesco.org/ All the World Heritage News 240 en Copyright 2013 UNESCO, World Heritage Centre http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/rss/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:49:20 EST UNESCO, World Heritage Centre News http://whc.unesco.org/document/logowhc.jpg http://whc.unesco.org/ Ten years of decentralised cooperation between the cities of Chinon and Luang Prabang sponsored by UNESCO http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/218 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST Workshop Held for Identification of Cultural World Heritage in the Pacific Region http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/219 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST Fourth Expert Working Group on the Preservation of the Bamiyan Site issued recommendations for Safeguarding Bamiyan http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/217 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:00:00 EST Goldman Sachs declares World Heritage sites "off limits” http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/216 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST Town of Bamberg Spared Construction Project Potentially Harmful to World Heritage Values http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/214 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Fri, 09 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST Cultural and Ecotourism Developments in Central Asia http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/223 w.soo@unesco.org (Wen-Chyi Soo) Fri, 09 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST Fourth Expert Working Group on the preservation of the Bamiyan World Heritage site http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/205 m.nagaoka@unesco.org (Mr Masanori Nagaoka) Wed, 07 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST [in French only] Sauver les derniers rhinocéros blancs du Nord du Parc national de la Garamba (RDC) http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/211 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Fri, 02 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST UNESCO World Heritage Desk Diary 2006 http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/203 jean.de.lannoy@euronet.be (Jean de Lannoy) Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST World Heritage Alliance launched http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/202 l.patchette@unesco.org (Lynne Patchett) Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST Second training workshop for Jet tours guides held at UNESCO HQ http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/199 j.sullivan@unesco.org (Joanna Sullivan) Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EST Monuments and Sites in their Setting: Conserving Cultural Heritage in Changing Townscapes and Landscapes http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/198 icomos15th_sian@vip.163.com (ICOMOS 15th anniversary) Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EST Final Result of the election to the World Heritage Committee http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/197 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:00:00 EST Results of the election to the World Heritage Committee http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/196 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EST Election to the World Heritage Committee http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/194 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:45:00 EST [in French only] 15e Assemblée générale des Etats parties à la Convention de 1972 sur la protection du patrimoine mondial, culturel et naturel http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/193 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EST Results of the election to the World Heritage Committee http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/195 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EST 15th session of the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/192 a.lemaistre@unesco.org (Ms Anne Lemaistre) Sat, 08 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EST Final Decisions of the 29th Session of the World Heritage Committee now available http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/190 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EST Nova Scotia Provincial Government buys 17 waterfront properties in the Town of Lunenburg, Canada http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/189 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EST China's Pingyao forms yoke of friendship with Provins of France http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/188 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EST Biodiversity-Related Conventions Speak on Millennium Development Goals http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/186 david.ainsworth@biodiv.org (David Ainsworth) Mon, 12 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EST Hurricane Katrina Causes Damage to Everglades National Park http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/185 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EST Melina Mercouri Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes goes to the Iranian village of Maymand http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/281 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Mon, 05 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EST Mostar, Macao and Biblical vestiges in Israel are among the 17 cultural sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/135 r.amelan@unesco.org (Roni Amelan) Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EST Norwegian Fjords and Japan's Shiretoko peninsula are among the seven natural sites added to UNESCO's World Heritage List http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/134 r.amelan@unesco.org (Roni Amelan, UNESCO Press Relations) Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EST Three sites withdrawn from UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/133 r.amelan@unesco.org (Roni Amelan, UNESCO Press Relations) Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:50:00 EST New Sites to be Inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/132 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EST New findings from Peking Man site http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/131 fondation-edf@edf.fr (Pierre Bonthonneau) Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EST Colleagues Honoured for 25 and 30 years at UNESCO http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/257 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EST Opening of UNESCO Intl. Symposium on "Conserving Cultural and Biological Diversity” http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/129 t.schaaf@unesco.org (Thomas Schaaf) Mon, 30 May 2005 00:00:00 EST World Heritage and contemporary architecture: Towards new conservation standards http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/126 dewaal@europaforum.or.at (Claudia de Waal) Mon, 09 May 2005 00:00:00 EST Durmitor World Heritage site is no longer threatened http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/124 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EST Major archaeological discoveries in Aksum http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/125 f.altena@unesco.org (Flora Van Regteren Altena) Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EST Aksum obelisk arrives in Ethiopia http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/122 f.altena@unesco.org (Flora Van Regteren Altena, World Heritage Centre) Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EST Space branch of Chinese Science Academy joins UNESCO's World Heritage Preservation http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/121 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Fri, 15 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EST World Heritage Cities in Mauritania celebrated at UNESCO April 11 to 14 http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/120 i.le-fournis@unesco.org (Isabelle Le Fournis) Thu, 07 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EST Space technology to protect mountain gorillas http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/119 i.le-fournis@unesco.org (Isabelle Le Fournis) Wed, 06 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EST Paper Series N°12 "The State of World Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (2003)" http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/117 g.boccardi@unesco.org (Mr Giovanni Boccardi, Asia-Pacific Unit, World Heritage Centre) Mon, 04 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EST Trinidad and Tobago ratifies the World Heritage Convention http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/118 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Mon, 04 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EST Aksum obelisk returns to Ethiopia: UNESCO to handle its reintegration into the World Heritage site http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/116 j.sopova@unesco.org (Jasmina Sopova) Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST Sierra Leone ratifies the World Heritage Convention http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/114 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST Agreement between UNESCO and NASA will strenghten conservation of World Heritage http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/115 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST UNESCO Director-General attends World Heritage inscription ceremony in Saint Lucia http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/110 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST WHC participates in the UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/109 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Mon, 07 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST Operational Guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/108 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST 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 ... http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/106 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST Agreement between Lithuania and the Russian Federation keeps Curonian Spit off List of World Heritage in Danger http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/107 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST First meeting of experts on the cultural heritage of the Old City of Jerusalem http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/105 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST The decisions taken by the World Heritage Committee during its 7th Extraordinary Session can now be consulted online http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/104 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Sun, 23 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST Further information about damage to two World Heritage sites in Indonesia http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/103 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST World Heritage sites in regions hit by the recent earthquake and tsunami http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/102 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Wed, 05 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST Countess Setsuko Klossowska de Rola named UNESCO Artist for Peace http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/100 wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre) Tue, 04 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST