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Thursday, November 30, 2000
World Heritage Committee Inscribes 61 New Sites on World Heritage List
Cairns - UNESCO'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 "exceptional universal value" in 122 ...

Wednesday, November 29, 2000
World Heritage Committee Adds Three Sites to the List of World Heritage in Danger
Cairns - On the third day of its 24th session, the World Heritage Committee added three sites to the List of World Heritage in Danger. The three sites, the Historic Town of Zabid (Yemen), the Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (Senegal) and the Fort ...

Monday, November 27, 2000
World Heritage Committee opens 24th Session in Cairns, Australia, Elects New 7 Members Bureau
Cairns, Australia - The World Heritage Committee today opened its 24th annual session in Cairns, Australia. The meeting, hosted by the Australian Federal government and the government of the State of Queensland, was attended by over 320 people. ...

Wednesday, November 15, 2000
World Heritage Committee to Hold 24th Annual Session in Cairns, Australia, November 27 - December 2
The World Heritage Committee will hold its 24th annual session from November 27 to December 2 in Cairns, Australia, during which it will inscribe new cultural and natural sites on the World Heritage List and review the List of World Heritage in ...

Friday, October 20, 2000
Chairman of World Heritage Committee Named as Candidate for post of Director-General of UNESCO
Paris - UNESCO's 58-member Executive Board - whose 157th session opened on October 5 - today nominated, in the third round of voting, Koichiro Matsuura as its candidate for the post of UNESCO Director-General, to replace the present Director ...

Tuesday, March 7, 2000
President of Mexico Announces Decision to Halt Saltworks Project at World Heritage Site, El Vizcaino Whale Sanctuary
The President of Mexico, Ernesto Zedillo, announced on 2 March 2000 that the development of the proposed saltworks at San Ignacio would not proceed. The decision was made following the international UNESCO expert mission to the site in August ...