<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
  <rss version="2.0">
    <channel>
       <title>World Heritage Centre News</title>
       <link>http://whc.unesco.org/</link>
       <description>All the World Heritage News</description>
	   <ttl>240</ttl>
       <language>en</language>
       <copyright>Copyright 2013 UNESCO, World Heritage Centre</copyright>
       <docs>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/rss/</docs>
       <lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 11:05:20 EST</lastBuildDate>
       <image>
            <title>UNESCO, World Heritage Centre News</title>
            <url>http://whc.unesco.org/document/logowhc.jpg</url>
            <link>http://whc.unesco.org/</link>
       </image>


   <item>
         <title>World Heritage sites participate in Earth Hour</title>
         <description><![CDATA[UNESCO will partner with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for Earth Hour,&amp;nbsp;one of the world&apos;s largest and most well-known environmental campaigns in the world. UNESCO has invited World Heritage sites to participate in this initiative by switching off the lights on the night of Earth Hour: Saturday, 31 March 2012, from 8:30 to 9:30pm local time.&amp;nbsp;The lights will also be switched off at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova says, &quot;As a leading advocate  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/861</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
   </item>

   <item>
         <title>Loss and Damage Assessment after China Earthquake</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Officials continue to assess the damage following the devastating May 12&#xa0;earthquake in China, where approximately 69,000 people were killed and 19,000 are still missing. The 8.0 magnitude quake affected Sichuan Province in southwest China. The worst affected areas were two counties where two World Heritage sites are located: The Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries and the Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System.In the Panda Sanctuaries, about 133 people, including six staff members  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/439</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
   </item>

   <item>
         <title>World Heritage Committee Inscribes 61 New Sites on World Heritage List</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Cairns - UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage Committee, meeting since November 27 in Cairns, Australia, has inscribed 61 new cultural and natural sites on the World Heritage. The List now has 690 sites of &amp;quot;exceptional universal value&amp;quot; in 122 countries. Sites in Azerbaijan, Malaysia, Nicaragua and Suriname are on the List for the first time. Ten of the new sites are properties inscribed for natural values, 50 are inscribed for cultural values, and one site exhibits mixed cultural and natural  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/184</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2000 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
   </item>

</channel>
</rss>
