Exhibition of Aksum Obelisk Re-installation opens in Rome

On 25 November 2009, the exhibition 'Aksum Rediscovered: the Re-installation of the Obelisk' 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 … November 26, 2009

Business Skills training sessions begin for World Heritage sites Nov 13, 2009

'Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO : les sites marocains' is published Nov 10, 2009

Poland is the Denkmal national partner 2010 Oct 29, 2009

General Assembly elects 12 new members to World Heritage Committee and sets priorities for future of Heritage Convention Oct 29, 2009

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17th General Assembly of States Parties
The 17th session of the General Assembly will take place at UNESCO Headquarters, Room XII and II, from 23 to 28 October 2009. Opening of … October 23, 2009 - October 28, 2009

Aksum Rediscovered Nov 25, 2009 - Dec 4, 2009

3rd International Conference of the Alliance of World Heritage Cultural Landscapes on "Use and Management of Water in World Heritage Cultural Landscapes" Nov 25, 2009 - Nov 26, 2009

Workshop on the Application of the concept of Historic Urban Landscapes in the African context Nov 30, 2009 - Dec 3, 2009

Regional Capacity-building Workshop on Assessment of Vulnerability of World Cultural and Natural Heritage Properties to Disasters and Climate Change Dec 6, 2009 - Dec 12, 2009

Marc de Montalembert grant 2010, application deadline Dec 31, 2009

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World Heritage Papers 25 - World Heritage and Buffer Zones
Buffer zones are an important tool for conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List. All along the history of implementation of the World Heritage Convention, the protection of …"

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