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Friday, August 25, 2006
Decisions adopted at the 30th session of the World Heritage Committee now available online
The Decisions adopted at the 30th session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 8 to 16 July 2006, are now available online, in English and French.Decisions adopted at the 30 th session of the World Heritage ...

Friday, August 11, 2006
UNESCO Director-General launches “heritage alert” for the Middle East
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, today launched an alert to protect heritage in the Middle East. The full text of the declaration follows: "The heritage site of Tyre is under threat."UNESCO has already launched two ...

Thursday, August 3, 2006
2006 International Youth Camp Held for Restoration of Khami Ruins National Monument
The 2006 International Youth Volunteer Camp on the Restoration of Khami Ruins National Monument took place from 15 June to 8 July. The goal of the camp is to take remedial action and save crumbling World Heritage sites in their respective ...

Wednesday, August 2, 2006
Worldwide photography project launched in support of World Heritage
A new partnership to promote UNESCO World Heritage sites has been launched with the signing on 19 July of a Memorandum of Understanding between UNESCO and the New Zealand-based company GSP Our Place-World Heritage (GSP OP-WH Ltd). Under the ...