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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Declaration by the UNESCO Director General concerning Virunga National Park, World Heritage site
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, said today he was alarmed by the violent incidents taking place in the province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mr Matsuura voice his support to the statement made ...

Thursday, October 30, 2008
UNESCO and the IAU sign key agreement on Astronomy and World Heritage
A Memorandum of Understanding is to be signed today, 30 October 2008, between UNESCO and the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The IAU will be integrally involved in the process of developing UNESCO's Astronomy and World Heritage ...

Friday, October 24, 2008
UNESCO - Vocations Patrimoine fellowships awarded to young preservation professionals from around the world
Five young heritage professionals from Canada, Egypt, Hungary, Peru, and Zimbabwe, received UNESCO-Vocations Patrimoine fellowships to pursue post graduate research at University College Dublin (Ireland) and at the Brandenburg Technical ...

Monday, October 20, 2008
World Heritage Centre Receives World Tourism Award
The World Heritage Centre has been awarded the 2008 World Tourism Award in recognition of its ‘outstanding guidance, support and encouragement to 185 countries around the world by establishing and monitoring 878 World Heritage sites’ ...

Monday, October 20, 2008
Places of Wonder and Discovery, the first book published by Our Place, is now available
The first book published by Our Place, is now available. The first in a series of ten books produced in collaboration with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, this edition includes 350 original photographs of 50 World Heritage sites in 35 ...

Monday, October 20, 2008
2009 UNESCO World Heritage Desk Diary Published
The UNESCO World Heritage Desk Diary 2009 has just been published. Featuring a useful week-at-a-glance design, it is illustrated with 79 colour photos of World Heritage sites, each accompanied with a short caption. It also introduces the ...

Monday, October 20, 2008
World Heritage Review n°51 - World Heritage and Spiritual Heritage
World Heritage is a quarterly magazine featuring in-depth articles on World Heritage sites around the world written by experts and illustrated with spectacular photographs. Published by UNESCO in English, French and Spanish since 1996, this is a ...

Thursday, October 16, 2008
Australian Funds-in-Trust Agreement created to support World Heritage activities
A Funds-in-Trust Agreement to support World Heritage activities was established in August 2008 between UNESCO and the Australian Government, thanks to the latter’s generous contribution of 2.5 million Australian Dollars. The objective of ...

Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Netherlands FIT to enhance management effectiveness at Borobudur
With a view to enhancing the capacity of the Indonesian national and local authorities to improve the state of conservation at Borobudur Temple Compound World Heritage property, the World Heritage Centre developed a technical cooperation project ...

Monday, October 13, 2008
Spain Honors the UNESCO World Heritage Centre
On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the ‘Association of World Heritage Cities of Spain’, celebrated in the city of Avila on 17 September, the World Heritage Centre was awarded Spain’s first ever ‘Patrimonio’ ...

Friday, October 10, 2008
Violent clashes in southern sector of Virunga National Park
Over the last few days, Virunga National Park has been the scene of violent fighting between the Congolese Army and Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple (CNDP) rebels. On Thursday 9 October, the Managing Director of the ...