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Fostering Youth Commitment towards World Heritage
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the selected projects of the World Heritage Volunteers 2020 - 2021 Campaign.
Under the theme Fostering Youth Commitment towards World Heritage, 55 action camp projects will be implemented from February to December 2021, at 55 World Heritage properties and sites on the ...
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Honduras,Extreme pressure with the invasion of refugees and settlers into the Reserve,Problems with illegal settlement, logging and poaching were brought to the attention of the Committee at its 12th Session.
There was concern at the possible settlement of 4,000 Nicaraguan Mishkito Indians near the buffer zone and their subsistence agriculture and hunting could pose ...
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Greece,,The Bureau noted that the restoration work was continuing and that the archaeological activities were limited to excavations connected with the installation of an electric line. The Bureau was concerned that the means and human resources to ensure the protection of the site were not yet in place.
The Division of Classical Antiquities responsible for the management ...
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Niger,,The Bureau expressed concerns that the region in which this site is situated has recently been affected by armed conflict. The Bureau was informed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Niger had requested the Director-General of UNESCO to launch an appeal for the protection of this site. The Bureau recommended that the World Heritage Centre ...
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Lebanon,
Water infiltration affecting the walls
Road project
,Expressions of concern have been received by the Secretariat about extensive rehabilitation works being undertaken by the Lebanese Department of Antiquities contrary to established procedures. After the twenty-second session of the Bureau, the Centre received letters from the Lebanese authorities explaining the ...
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Industrial salt production facility;
One mile-long pier construction
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Twenty-second session of the Committee – page 97 of Annex IV.
Twenty-third ordinary session of the Bureau – Chapter IV. 35
New information: Following the request of the World Heritage Committee and its Bureau and at the invitation of the Mexican authorities, a ...
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Shanghai, China,This is the first international training course prepared by the World Heritage Training and Research Institute for the Asia and the Pacific Region (WHITR-AP) in collaboration with the International Organization for Conservation of Cultural Heritage (ICCROM), on Management Planning for Cultural Heritage. The course will be led by advisors ...
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Kyoto and Kobe, Japan,The Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan is organizing the 6th International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage in Japan from 10 to 24 September 2011 (application deadline: 15 May 2011). This training course aims at promoting the development of ...
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Kyoto and Kobe, Japan,The Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan is organizing the 6th International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage in Japan from 10 to 24 September 2011 (application deadline: 15 May 2011). This training course aims at promoting the development of ...
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Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain,The "Bahrain Report" is the outcome of the First annual meeting of World Heritage related Category 2 Centres and of relevant UNESCO Chairs and Higher Education and Research Institutions, which was held on 19-20 December 2010 in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, hosted by the Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Bahrain and jointly organized by the ...
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UNESCO Headquarters,In celebration of both the International Youth Year (IYY) and Tenth Anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers (IYV+10), a global youth volunteer exchange on transformational change through non-formal education for life skills, heritage education, and literacy will take place at UNESCO Headquarters from 30 June to 1 July 2011.
This ...
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Apia, Samoa,A Pacific Regional World Heritage Workshop will be organized by UNESCO World Heritage Centre in cooperation with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Samoa at Apia from 5 to 9 September 2011. This activity has been financed by the UNESCO/Australian Funds-in-Trust with the World Heritage Centre.
The workshop will bring together about 70 national ...
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Kyoto, Japan,Tomorrow's Kyoto Cultural Heritage Platform is organizing a "Portraying Kyoto's Cultural Heritage" painting and drawing contest for primary school children. To commemorate the final meeting for the Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, this event will give children an opportunity to learn about the importance of the World ...
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Phnom Penh, Cambodia,An informal meeting of Category 2 Centres related to World Heritage took place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 20 June 2013, on the side of the 37th Session of the World Heritage Committee (17-27 June 2013). The meeting, chaired by Mr. Giovanni Boccardi (World Heritage Centre), had an informal character and was aimed to share information on recent ...
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Punta del Este, Uruguay,The Ramsar Convention Secretariat is pleased to launch a call for nominations for the sixth edition of the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards, which will be presented at the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties in Punta del Este, Uruguay, in June 2015.
Three Awards will be given – each with the Evian Special Prize of US$10,000 ...
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,The European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards is Europe’s highest honour in the heritage field.
It recognises the best restoration projects; the most impressive research; the most dedicated heritage professionals and volunteers; and the finest awareness raising, training and educational programmes. Architects, craftsmen, cultural heritage experts, ...
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Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland,The purpose of this international conference is to summarize previous discussions and experiences regarding the recovery and reconstruction of UNESCO World Heritage sites and attempt to develop the most appropriate, universal guidelines for moving forward with properties of exceptional value at the time of destruction.
Implementing ...
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Les Iles Marquises sont situées dans l'Océan Pacifique, près de l'Equateur, entre le 8° et 11 ° sud à environ 5700 km de l'Australie, 6000 km du continent Américain, et 8000 km de l'Asie du sud-est. Cet archipel, considéré comme l'un des les plus isolés au monde, est constitué d'une douzaine d'îles principales d'origine volcanique, âgées de 0,4 million à 7 ...
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Five hundred years of Ryukyuan history (12th-17th century) are represented by this group of sites and monuments. The ruins of the castles, on imposing elevated sites, are evidence for the social structure over much of that period, while the sacred sites provide mute testimony to the rare survival of an ancient form of religion into the modern age. The wide- ranging ...
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Sites of fossilized dinosaurs throughout the Southern seacoast of Korea are the largest grounds of various fossilized eggs and footprints of dinosaurs from the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era in the world. These sites are characterized by the fact that the fossilized dinosaurs eggs are widely distributed in a perfectly well preserved conditions; the footprints of the ...
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Presentations will be made everyday at 10am, 1pm and 3pm on issues such as World Heritage destinations, sustainable tourism at World Heritage sites, the effects of tourism on the conservation of World Heritage sites, individual conservation efforts, the trade's role in site conservation, and World Heritage tours as new markets. World Heritage Site Managers will be on ...
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UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre vigilant on potential impacts of oil and gas exploration in Namibia and Botswana on the Tsodila and Okavango Delta World Heritage properties.
UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre has been made aware of petitions by civil society groups received by the UNESCO office in Windhoek, Namibia. The Centre is following with attention and concern the oil and ...
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International Union for Conservation of Nature is an international, non-governmental organization that provides the World Heritage Committee with technical evaluations of natural heritage properties and, through its worldwide network of specialists, reports on the state of conservation of listed properties. With more than 1000 members, IUCN was established in 1948 and is ...
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World Heritage
Policy Compendium
The World Heritage Policy Compendium is a database of World Heritage policies. It is organized around the 5 Strategic Objectives of the Convention - known as the 5Cs, - including Credibility, Conservation, Capacity Building, Communication and Communities, together with a first chapter on General Policies.
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The Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity is made up of those intangible heritage elements that help demonstrate the diversity of this heritage and raise awareness about its importance.
Source(s): https://ich.unesco.org/en/purpose-of-the-lists-00807
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World Heritage properties are those defined in Articles 1 and 2 of the World Heritage Convention and inscribed on the World Heritage List on the basis of their Outstanding Universal Value, which is fulfilled through meeting one or more of criteria (i)–(x) as explained in the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention.
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Croatia Croatie Croacia Хорватия كرواتيا 克罗地亚 The Republic of Croatia
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Lao People's Democratic Republic République démocratique populaire lao República Democrática Popular Lao Лаосская Народно-Демократическая Республика جمهورية لاو الديمقراطية الشعبية 老挝人民民主共和国 The Lao People's Democratic Republic
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North Macedonia Macédoine du Nord Macedonia del Norte Северная Македония مقدونيا الشمالية 北马其顿 the Republic of North Macedonia
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The KIT: World Heritage in Young Hands
Developed in 1998, the World Heritage in Young Hands Educational Resource Kit for secondary school teachers is one of the main tools of the World Heritage Education Programme. It aims to sensitize young people to the importance of preserving their local, national and world heritage.
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L’observatoire est situé au sommet du pic du Midi de Bigorre, à 2876 m d’altitude. C’est un site scientifique de haute montagne pionnier et toujours actif. Dédié initialement à la météorologie d’altitude, il a rapidement évolué pour constituer un observatoire astronomique de classe internationale, en raison des qualités exceptionnelles de son ciel d’altitude, aujourd’hui ...
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L'ensemble que constitue les nécropoles de Bourzanga comprend deux groupes de site appartenant chacun à un groupe de population: les nécropoles à jarre dogon et la nécropole royale à stèles kurumba.I - Les nécropoles à jarres - cercueils dogonLes matériels archéologiques sur les sites comprend la céramique et du matériel lithique. La céramique est la plus abondante, la ...
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L'ensemble des forets protégées de la région d'Agadez a une formation forestière de steppe arborée inondable dont les espèces dominantes sont: Hyphaene thebaïca, Acacia ehrembergiana, Acacia raddiana, Acacia nilotica, Balanites aegyptiaca, Calotopis procera, Ziziphus mauritiana etc.... La forêt de Tamazalak l'une des principales vallées du versant Ouest de ...
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Les activités aéronautiques du site de Chalais-Meudon débutent en 1877 avec ce génial inventeur que fut Charles Renard; ce dernier réalise les matériels nécessaires à l'équipement des compagnies d'aérostiers militaires. Dans ce but, Renard fait remonter prêt du bassin de Chalais, pour servir de hangar à dirigeables, des portiques métalliques provenant des galeries ...
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Elections to replace outgoing Committee members take place during the General Assembly of States Parties, meeting every two years during the General Conference of UNESCO (Article 8.3 of the Convention).
For more information on the forthcoming elections see General Assembly.
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Communities is one of the five strategic objectives for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention (Credibility, Conservation, Capacity Building, Communication and Communities). These 5 ‘Cs’ were adopted in 2002 at the World Heritage Committee session held in Budapest, Hungary, and were enlarged to encompass ‘communities’ in 2007 *Christchurch, New Zealand, 2007).
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Equitable exchange and dialogue among civilizations, cultures and peoples, based on mutual understanding and respect and the equal dignity of all cultures is the essential prerequisite for constructing social cohesion, reconciliation among peoples and peace among nations.
Source(s): http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/dialogue/intercultural-dialogue/