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15 November 2002

William L. Allen
Editor-in-Chief National Geographic Magazine

"You have to think of ways to entice the press into covering things. Put yourself in the role of the editor, who will ask, 'What is going to entice me to write about this site? Give me reasons to be in love with it.'"


Franca Coin
President, Venice International Foundation

“As president, my job has been made easier because I’m in Venice, one of the most loved cities in the world.”



John Fanshawe
Birdlife International

“Birds are a prominent figure in art, especially in the works of Picasso and Matisse. They are a strong link between culture and nature. They lift our spirits and remind us that part of us is always free.”


Silvia Finguerut
Head of Cultural Heritage, Department of the Marinho Foundation, Brazil

“Some people are trying to sell cars, or soap. We sell culture.”
Silvia Finguerut, Head of Cultural Heritage, Marinho Foundation
Karan Grover, President of India’s Heritage Trust Karan Grover
President, The Heritage Trust, India

“By teaching our children that our heritage will become a perishable commodity if ignored, we will help future generations learn how to care for their heritage. If we lose our origin, we lose our identity. It is not feasible to come up with a plan for development that ignores environment and culture. That is the world we live in, the world that we need to preserve and to create.”


Erika Harms
Resource Mobilisation Officer for the UN Foundation, 15 November 2002

“The outcome of the Venice workshop prior to the Congress shows a network of people supportive of creating World Heritage partnerships which allow the World Heritage Committee, the World Heritage Centre and the World Heritage sites to benefit.”


Simon Molesworth
Chairman of the Australian Council of National Trusts

“At the end of the day it is involvement, it’s feeling it in the heart. It’s coming to believe that the place you identify with must truly be saved.”


Farea Hassan Soliman
Professor, Ain Shams University, Cairo

“As for our future strategies, we should consider World Heritage conservation as a societal issue; we should consider it a national good.”


Timothy E. Wirth
President of the UN Foundation

"Partnerships -- with international NGO's, corporations, foundations and others -- is at the heart of all the work we do at the UN Foundation because the UN cannot solve the pressing global problems facing the world's people alone. Our work with UNESCO and the World Heritage Centre are shining examples of what effective partnerships can accomplish."
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