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         <title>Director-General concerned about attacks on World Heritage site of Ghadam&#xe8;s (Libya)</title>
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The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today called for the protection of Libya&amp;rsquo;s Old City of Ghadam&amp;egrave;s inscribed on UNESCO&amp;rsquo;s World Heritage List in 1986.
&amp;ldquo;I am deeply concerned by information that the Libyan city of Ghadam&amp;egrave;s has been the target of rocket attacks,&amp;rdquo; the Director-General said. &amp;ldquo;I call upon all those involved to refrain from hostile acts that could cause additional damage to this outstanding city, inscribed on the World  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/875</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>UNESCO convenes Libyan and international experts meeting for the safeguard of Libya&apos;s cultural heritage</title>
         <description><![CDATA[UNESCO has invited experts from both inside and outside of Libya to urgently examine the preservation of cultural heritage in the country, notably measures to safeguard cultural sites; prevent illicit trafficking, protect museums and strengthen cultural institutions in the wake of civil strife and the overthrow of the Gaddafi regime. The meeting - the first on protecting Libyan cultural heritage after the fall of the regime - will take place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 21  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/799</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Director-General urges military forces engaged in Libya to refrain from endangering cultural heritage </title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today called on both Libya and the coalition of States implementing a no-fly zone over the country to respect the Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1954) and its two (1954 and 1999) Protocols, as appropriate, and keep military operations away from cultural sites.
Of the ten states that make up the coalition involved in the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1973 (Belgium,  ...]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/730</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (World Heritage Centre)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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