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         <title>Watch the live webcast of the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee in Phnom Penh</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The 37th session of the World Heritage Committee is now underway in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from 16 to 27 June 2013.


Media contacts: Roni Amelan +33 (0)1 45 68 17 64 and, during the Committee meeting: +33 (0)6 31 54 30 36Photo:&amp;nbsp;A photo gallery with pictures that can be used for editorial purposes (with mention of copyright) will be available here: www.unesco.org/new/whc-photosVideo: Video footage available for broadcasters will be accessible here:  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1028</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>UNESCO Special Envoy on Preah Vihear to meet with prime ministers of Thailand and Cambodia</title>
         <description><![CDATA[UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova&apos;s Special Envoy on the Preah Vihear Temple, Ko&amp;iuml;chiro Matsuura, will travel to Bangkok and Phnom Penh between 25 February and 1 March to discuss the safeguarding of the World Heritage site with the Thai and Cambodian prime ministers.
Mr Matsuura, a former Director-General of UNESCO (1999-2009) and a former Chair of the World Heritage Committee (1999), will also examine with both sides ways of reducing tension and promoting dialogue around the  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/715</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>UNESCO to send mission to Preah Vihear</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today reiterated her call for calm and restraint around the Temple of Preah Vihear, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2008. A border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand caused several deaths and damage to the site in recent days.
&quot;I intend to send a mission to the area as soon as possible to assess the state of the temple,&quot; she said. &quot;World Heritage sites are the heritage of all humanity and the international community has a special  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/708</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Director-General expresses alarm over escalation of violence between Thailand and Cambodia </title>
         <description><![CDATA[UNESCO Director- General Irina Bokova expressed her deep concern at the sudden escalation of tensions between Cambodia and Thailand on the issue of the Temple of Preah Vihear, inscribed on the World Heritage List.
Reports indicate that troops on either side have exchanged fire resulting in the loss of life and also some damage to the temple.
The Director-General expresses her distress at this sudden turn of events and calls upon both sides to exercise restraint for the sake of the  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/707</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Twenty-seven new sites inscribed</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The World Heritage Committee, meeting for its 32nd session, finished inscribing new sites on UNESCO&amp;rsquo;s World Heritage List on 8 July with the addition of 19 cultural sites and eight natural sites to the List.
New cultural sites inscribed during the 32nd session:

Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia) 
Fujian Tulou (China) 
Stari Grad Plain (Croatia) 
Historic Centre of Camag&amp;uuml;ey (Cuba) 
Fortifications of Vauban (France) 
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (Germany) 
Armenian  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/453</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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