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      <title>Timbuktu Trial: &quot;A major step towards peace and reconciliation in Mali&quot;</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Criminal Court (ICC) has recognized Ahmed Al-Faqi Al-Mahdi guilty of war crime and has sentenced him to 9 years in prison for his responsibility in the deliberate destruction in 2012 of nine mausoleums and the secret gate of the Sidi Yahia mosque in UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage site of Timbuktu (Mali).
&quot;The decision of the International Criminal Court is a landmark in gaining recognition for the importance of heritage for humanity as a whole and for the communities that have  ...]]></description>
      <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1559</link>
      <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2016 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>UNESCO&apos;s Culture Conventions more important than ever</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Destruction of cultural heritage has reached unprecedented levels. In light of this, and culture&apos;s unique contribution to peace and sustainable development, the ratification, implementation and visibility of UNESCO&apos;s six Culture Conventions are more important than ever.
This was the focus of the Second Meeting of the Chairpersons of the Committees of UNESCO Culture Conventions at UNESCO Headquarters on 26 September 2016, where two key themes were addressed: safeguarding cultural heritage  ...]]></description>
      <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1562</link>
      <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2016 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>Director of World Heritage Centre&apos;s message on World Tourism Day 2016</title>
      <description><![CDATA[With almost 1.2 billion people travelling abroad each year, tourism has become a powerful economic sector, a passport to prosperity, dialogue and peace, and a transformative force improving millions of lives.
Tourism and World Heritage are natural partners. Almost all World Heritage sites are or become tourist destinations-some are among the most iconic places on Earth. The key objective of the World Heritage Convention is to protect sites of Outstanding Universal Value for future  ...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2016 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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