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         <title>Exhibition of Aksum Obelisk Re-installation opens in Rome</title>
         <description><![CDATA[On 25 November 2009, the exhibition &apos;Aksum Rediscovered: the Re-installation of the Obelisk&apos; was opened in Rome, Italy at the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The exhibition illustrates the re-installation of the Aksum Obelisk from where it stood in front of the FAO Headquarters for several decades, to its original location at the Aksum World Heritage site in Ethiopia. It coincided with the Inauguration of ICCROM&apos;s XXVI General Assembly.
Following the  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/567</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Business Skills training sessions begin for World Heritage sites</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Business Skills for World Heritage Programme, a collaboration between international environmental charity Earthwatch, global energy company Shell and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, was kicked off with a training course held in Borneo from 19th to 29th October 2009. The programme seeks to improve the management effectiveness of World Heritage Sites using business planning techniques.
Representatives from three natural World Heritage sites, all in South-east Asia, were each partnered with  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/566</link>
         <author>sreid@earthwatch.org.uk (Simon Reid, Earthwatch)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>&apos;Patrimoine mondial de l&apos;UNESCO : les sites marocains&apos; is published</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The book &apos;Patrimoine mondial de l&apos;UNESCO : les sites marocains&apos; (&apos;UNESCO World Heritage: the Moroccan sites&apos;) is a&amp;nbsp;voyage to an exceptional part of Moroccan heritage. Ancient traces, fairytale wanderings, exquisite landscapes: writer-photographer Jean-Jacques Gelbart has captured Morocco&apos;s most incredible sites through the lens of his camera.&amp;nbsp;
Eight writers have added prose to his images to introduce the sites, including the particular attachments  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/565</link>
         <author>ed.gelbart@orange.fr (Karine Tordjeman)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Poland is the Denkmal national partner 2010</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Denkmal, European Trade Fair for Conservation, Restoration and Old Building Renovation 18 - 20 November 2010
After Italy (2004), France (2006) and Hungary (2008), the Denkmal trade fair&apos;s new national partner is now confirmed. The Republic of Poland will be introducing itself at the European Trade Fair for Conservation, Restoration and Old Building Renovation from 18 to 20 November 2010&amp;nbsp;in Leipzig. &quot;The Denkmal trade fair enables us to consolidate German-Polish cooperation  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/564</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>General Assembly elects 12 new members to World Heritage Committee and sets priorities for future of Heritage Convention</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The General Assembly of States Parties to the 1972 World Heritage Convention replaced more than half the 21 members of the World Heritage Committee during its biannual session, which took place at UNESCO Headquarters from 23 to 28 October. The Committee is responsible for the implementation of the Convention. The General Assembly also focused on the priorities to be set in implementing the Convention as it approaches its 40th anniversary.
The new members elected to the World Heritage Committee  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/563</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Twelve members elected to World Heritage Committee</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Twelve new members were elected to the World Heritage Committee during the 17th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France from 23 to 28 October. The new members of the Committee are Cambodia, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Iraq, Mali, Mexico, Russian Federation, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand and United Arab Emirates. Each country will serve a mandate of four years.
The 21-member World Heritage Committee meets once a year  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/562</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (WH-Info)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>UNESCO and online travel giant TripAdvisor launch World Heritage partnership</title>
         <description><![CDATA[TripAdvisor, the world&apos;s largest on-line community of travellers, and UNESCO launched a partnership on Thursday to mobilize travellers&apos; support to preserve natural and cultural sites inscribed on UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage List.
At the launch of the partnership, TripAdvisor founder and Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Kaufer, pledged to donate up to US$1.5m of support over the next two years to UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage Centre.
The donation will help the Centre handle the  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/561</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (WH-Info)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>A 7000 Euro Grant For the Realization of a Cultural Project Concerning the Mediterranean World</title>
         <description><![CDATA[You are a native of a Mediterranean country. Born after 31 December 1980 you will be under 30 years of age in 2010. You wish to undertake a project furthering the knowledge and understanding of Mediterranean cultures.
Every year the Marc de Montalembert Foundation offers through competitive selection a 7000 euros grant  to enable the implementation of such projects.
The grant is meant to incite research and appreciation of the region&apos;s cultural diversities. Candidates will be required to  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/560</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (WH-Info)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Statement by UNESCO&apos;s World Heritage Centre on mission to study conservation and infrastructure development in Ibiza</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Representatives from the national, regional and local authorities led by Spain&apos;s Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, Ambassador Mar&amp;iacute;a Jes&amp;uacute;s San Segundo, met Francesco Bandarin, Director of the World Heritage Centre, on 8 October to discuss the conservation of the World Heritage property of &quot;Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture&quot;.
The meeting focused on preparations of a joint expert mission to the Spanish site by the World Heritage Centre, the International Union for  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/559</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (WH-Info)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>17th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention and the 35th UNESCO General Conference</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The 35th session of the General Conference is meeting from 6-23 October 2009, and the 17th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention will meet from 23 to 28 October 2009 at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.
At the General Conference, a feasibility study on the desirability of a new UNESCO Recommendation on the conservation of the Historic Urban Landscape will be presented for discussion. The goal of this instrument is to address many of the challenges that  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/558</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (WH-Info)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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