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WHC-99/CONF.204/13Rev

WHC-99/CONF.204/14

WHC.99/CONF.209/6 Rev.

WHC-99/CONF.204/14

WHC-99/CONF.204/13Rev

The 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held from 7 to 18 November 2016, began a mere three days after the Paris Agreement, adopted at the 21st Conference in 2015, came into force. Leaders from around the world met in Marrakech, Morocco to chart a course for collective action on climate change. The ...

Marrakesh, Morocco,The Special Session "Heritage and development: diversity as an alternative" will take place on the 18th of December 2009 in Marrakesh within the framework of Africities V, the local African communities Summit (16-20 December.) This Session is organised by the World Heritage Centre, with the encouragement of the France-UNESCO Convention, and in ...

Marrakesh - UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, meeting in Marrakech (Morocco) since November 29, has today included four new sites on its List of World Heritage in Danger. They are the Iguacu National Park (Brazil), the Rwenzori Mountains (Uganda), the Salonga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and the Groups of Monuments at Hampi (India). The inclusion of ...

Essaouira is an exceptional example of a late-18th-century fortified town, built according to the principles of contemporary European military architecture in a North African context. Since its foundation, it has been a major international trading seaport, linking Morocco and its Saharan hinterland with Europe and the rest of the world. 753Medina of Essaouira (formerly ...

Morocco,a) Progressive deterioration of the built area ; b) Lack of a rehabilitation policy for the Mellah Quarter (deposit of untreated refuse, overflow of sewers along the outside walls of the houses, continuous collapse of buildings); c) Major deterioration of the maritime part of the fortifications of the Medina ; d) Construction of two commercial centres ...

Ifrane, Morocco 22-28 November 1999 Objectives The Forum aims to stimulate young people's interest in preserving the world's cultural and natural heritage. The Forum will give participants the opportunity to exchange views among themselves and education and heritage conservation experts on how to protect cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value and will be ...

Morocco, Progressive deterioration of the built framework; Absence of a rehabilitation policy for the Mellah Quarter (open air garbage dump, sewage runoff on the outer walls of houses, continuous collapse of the buildings); Advanced deterioration of the maritime part of the fortified wall of the Medina; Construction of two commercial complexes in the “buffer ...

Founded in the 11th and 12th centuries to serve the caravans crossing the Sahara, these trading and religious centres became focal points of Islamic culture. They have managed to preserve an urban fabric that evolved between the 12th and 16th centuries. Typically, houses with patios crowd along narrow streets around a mosque with a square minaret. They illustrate a ...

Morocco, Progressive deterioration of the built area ; Lack of a rehabilitation policy for the Mellah Quarter (deposit of untreated refuse, overflow of sewers along the outside walls of the houses, continuous collapse of buildings); Major deterioration of the maritime part of the fortifications of the Medina ; Construction of two commercial centres in the buffer ...

Le centre historique de Tétouan est un ensemble urbain exceptionnel situé à 40 km au sud–est du détroit de Gibraltar, entre deux montagnes, sur la rive gauche du fleuve « OUED MARTIL » qui débouche sur la Méditerranée à 10km à l’Est et dont l’embouchure abritait jadis l’ancien port de Tétouan.  Le centre historique de Tétouan occupe donc une position stratégique ayant ...