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WHC/19/43.COM/5C
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Belgium Belgique Bélgica Бельгия بلجيكا 比利时 The Kingdom of Belgium
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Poland Pologne Polonia Польша بولندا 波兰 The Republic of Poland
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Portugal Portugal Portugal Португалия البرتغال 葡萄牙 The Portuguese Republic
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WHC-15/20.GA/10
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Le Tata de Sikasso ou tarakoko selon une appellation locale, a été édifié sous le règne de Tièba, entre 1877 et 1897. L'ouvrage fut agrandi et renforcé par Babemba. Au moment du siège sans succès de Samory, quinze mois durant - de mars 1887 à juin 1888, il comptait trois enceintes concentriques :
- le tata extérieur mesurant 9 km, épais de 6m à la base et de 2m au ...
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India,
Construction of a dam (issue resolved);
Bodo people insurgency;
Destruction of Park infrastructures;
Illegal removal of vegetation;
Poaching
,Principal issues:
Rehabilitation following damage to infrastructure in 1992 due to rebel activities. Poaching on selected wildlife species.
New information:
At its twenty-fifth session in June 2001, the Bureau had noted that ...
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Voies romaines et cités archéologiques d’Hippone ( Annaba) ; Calama ( Guelma) ; Thibilis (Announa) ; Thubursicu Numidarum (Khamissa), Madaure (M’daourouch); Thagaste (Souk Ahras) ; Castellum Tidditanorum (Tiddis) ; Thagura (Taoura ); Milev ( Mila); Sitifis (Sétif); Caesarea ( Cherchel ); Cartenae ( Ténès); Theveste ( Tébessa) et Tubunae ( Tobna).Parmi les pères de ...
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Les chutes de la Lobé sont situées à environ 6 kilomètres de la ville de Kribi, dans le département de l’océan, sur la côte Atlantique, province du Sud Cameroun. Le site est à 310 Km de Yaoundé la capitale du Cameroun en passant par la ville d’Edéa. Les chutes de la Lobé sont formées à partir d’un ensemble de plusieurs ruisseaux qui progressent en une série de cascades sur ...
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« EL GALA'A » (Kalaat-Senen) communément désignée à l'époque contemporaine par la « Table de Jugurtha » du nom du Roi numide Jugurtha qui s'est abrité sur la terrasse de la Table en guise de résistance au général romain Marius lors d'une bataille qui a été décisive dans l'histoire de l'Afrique du Nord et de l'Empire romain (107-105 av. J-C).
Elle domine les plaines ...
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The four Nabatean towns of Haluza, Mamshit, Avdat and Shivta, along with associated fortresses and agricultural landscapes in the Negev Desert, are spread along routes linking them to the Mediterranean end of the incense and spice route. Together they reflect the hugely profitable trade in frankincense and myrrh from south Arabia to the Mediterranean, which flourished from ...
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Les Tunnels ferroviaires de NJOCK sont situés dans le village de MINLOH MALOUME (chefferie du village MINLOH) dans la grande forêt du département du Nyong et Kéllé, région du Centre, plus précisément à 15 kilomètres de la ville d’ESEKA sur le tronçon ESEKA-MAKAK. Ce site est un ensemble de trois (03) tunnels réalisés à mains d'hommes dans un massif de rocher (Liaa). Les ...
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L’aire naturelle terrestre de Djalélo est située dans la région d’Arta à 40 km de la capitale. Elle couvre une superficie d’environ 45 km² et abrite la gazelle de Waller appelée aussi Gerenuk, (Litocranius walleri) ou encore « gazelle girafe », une espèce endémique. C’est une espèce d’antilope qui a de longues pattes grêles et un cou élancé, ce qui lui doivent son nom ...
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Caves in Kujang area are the underground karstic grottoes formed during the Quaternary of the Cenozoic Era in the limestone formations. Though their formation periods and lithological characters are same, they are different from one another in the size and scope according to the process of karstic evolution, as well as in the esthetical features according to the conditions ...
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The architectural complex of "Khazrati Shoh" i.e. mausoleum was built on the place of the grave of the saint, whose name was Khazra posho mir Khamza.There are many fragments of artistic carving on the ceiling, therefore the scientist suppose that the mausoleum was built of an old building or near it. Primarily it was square wooden mausoleum. There were columns in ...
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The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is still accepting entries for the 2004 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.The Awards programme recognizes outstanding conservation projects of the built heritage, undertaken by private sector entities or through public-private partnerships. Now in its fifth ...
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Christchurch, New Zealand, 28 June - The World Heritage Committee on Thursday took the unprecedented decision of removing a site from UNESCO's World Heritage List. The Arabian Oryx Sanctuary (Oman), home to the rare antelope, today became the first site to be deleted since UNESCO's 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage ...
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Béthanie - the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Landmark Heritage Campus has been awarded an Honourable Mention at the 2008 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Cultural Heritage Awards.
An award presentation ceremony will take place on 9 December 2008 at the Béthanie campus. Officiating guests include Ms Béatrice Kaldun, UNESCO's China representative for Culture ...
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World Heritage site managers of 22 States Parties have been meeting in Yaoundé, Cameroon, since 21 June, 2010, to advance in the preparation of periodic reports in French and Portuguese-speaking African countries.The three-day sub-regional meeting, organized by the World Heritage Centre and the UNESCO Office in Yaoundé, was inaugurated on Monday 21 June 2010 ...
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Since the Kingdom of Bahrain became for the first time a member of the prestigious World Heritage Committee in 2007, one of the objectives has been to welcome the distinguished delegates of the States Parties to the Convention in our country. For the last four years, all the Bahraini authorities have been working on the preparation of this ...
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The MEA Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) Initiative brings together the UN, UNESCO, FAO and UNEP, and 12 global UN Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEA) to develop harmonized and interoperable information systems in support of knowledge management activities among MEAs for the benefit of Parties and the environment community at large. The Initiative is ...
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The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today expressed grave concern about the damage to Egypt’s Museum of Islamic Art, following the reported explosion of a car near the Police Security Directorate, which is located at Port Said Street in Cairo, in front of the main entrance of the Museum.
“I firmly condemn this attack and the destruction it has ...
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UNESCO dispatched an expert mission to the Philippines from 4 to 11 December following the massive earthquake and powerful typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), which successively struck the central region of the country in October and early November 2013. The goal of the mission was to assist the Government and people of the Philippines in assessing the impact of the disasters on ...
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At its 38th session to be held in Doha, Qatar, from 15 to 25 June 2014, the World Heritage Committee will examine the state of conservation of 150 World Heritage properties. The full reports are now publicly available through the World Heritage State of conservation Information System at the following Web address: whc.unesco.org/en/soc
As part of the reactive monitoring ...
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At its 41st session to be held in Krakow, Poland, from 2 to 12 July 2017, the World Heritage Committee will examine the state of conservation of 154 World Heritage properties. The full reports on these properties are now publicly available through the World Heritage Centre’ State of conservation Information System at the following Web ...
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UNESCO expresses its deep concern over cyclone 'Amphan', which recently hit Bangladesh and eastern India, and wishes to express its deepest sympathy for the loss of human life and the material damage caused by this disaster, in solidarity with the people affected.
On 20 May 2020, cyclone Amphan made landfall across the West Bengal-Bangladesh coast, which includes two World ...
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The World Heritage Centre and the advisory body for natural World Heritage, IUCN, are following with concern the situation in the immediate surroundings of the Galápagos Islands, where the massive presence of industrial fishing vessels from diverse nationalities has been repeatedly reported by media worldwide.
The state of conservation for the Galápagos Islands, including ...
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The International Committee on Historic Towns and Villages (CIVVIH) was established in 1982. The Committee deals with questions relevant to the planning and management of historic towns and villages. Its membership is made of experts who have different professional backgrounds related to historic town preservation. They come from ICOMOS member countries all over the world ...
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Italy Italie Italia Италия إيطاليا 意大利 The Italian Republic
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Spain,,In May 1993 the World Heritage Centre received from an individual from Spain an extensive report suggesting serious problems as to the conservation of this World Heritage Site. The report pointed out that no appropriate institutional arrangements between the national, regional and local authorities were in place, that no restoration and conservation plans existed ...
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Peru,
Fragility of its adobe structures;
Occupation of land by farmers
,The Chan Chan Archaeological Zone was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1986 in view of the fragility of its adobe structures. An extensive monitoring report on the conditions of the site, prepared in the context of the regional monitoring programme for Latin America, was presented ...
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Dushanbe, Tajikistan,This workshop, organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, will bring together the relevant authorities of each State Party in the sub-region (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), China, as well as international experts from UNESCO and ICOMOS, to discuss the serial nomination of the Silk Road for inscription on the ...
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Regensburg, Germany,The City of Regensburg, a German medieval town, which was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2006, will host this year's OWHC Northwest European Regional Conference
The selected conference theme ‘Earth, Wind, Water, Fire - Environmental Challenges to Urban World Heritage’ fits perfectly into the concept of the United ...
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Munich, Germany,The 8th Bamiyan Working Group meeting is organized by UNESCO (World Heritage Centre in close collaboration with UNESCO Kabul Office) for the 25th and 26th of March 2010 in Munich at the Munich Technical University in cooperation with ICOMOS Germany. The aim of the meeting is to advise UNESCO and the Afghanistan authorities on issues related to the ...
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Seoul, Korea,Full and short paper submission deadline for the 16th Int'l Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia with a special track on Virtual Heritage. To be held October 20-23, 2010 in Seoul, Korea, VSMM 2010 will bring information technology and multimedia specialist together with leaders in Art, Science and Heritage to explore creative solutions to 21st Century ...
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Samarkand, Uzbekistan,The 2nd UNESCO Sub-regional workshop on the Central Asian Rock World Heritage Nomination is organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in close collaboration with UNESCO Tashkent Office, Almaty Office, Tehran Office, for the 6-10 September 2010 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan in cooperation with IICAS,(International Institute for Central Asian Studies) ...
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,The National Museum of Cambodia, founded in 1920, possesses one of the world's greatest collections of Khmer artefacts. They include sculpture, ceramics and ethnographic objects from the prehistoric, pre-Angkorian, Angkorian and post-Angkorian periods.
As an active member of the UNESCO/Japanese-Funds-in-Trust project “Revitalising World Heritage Site Museums in ...
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Florence, Italy – S. Croce, sala del Cenacolo,Services for Culture: a visit of qualityPolicies, best practices and experiences in managing services for the public at heritage sites.
The audience and participants for the 5th Conference are all museums, monuments, libraries, archives and archaeological sites open to the public and under either public or private ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris,On 25 and 26 February 2016, scientific experts will convene at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, to discuss potential new World Heritage marine sites in the Arctic. The meeting is part of a new project led by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the New York-based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The ...
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Room XI (Fontenoy),The World Heritage Centre is organizing an information and exchange session for the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention on the occasion of the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee (Istanbul, Turkey, from 1 to 20 July 2016).
This meeting will take place in Room XI (Fontenoy) from 10 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. on Tuesday, ...
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Segovia (Spain),The Second Meeting of European World Heritage Associations is being organized by the Spanish Group of World Heritage Cities and the Segovia City Council, with the support of the Association des biens francais de patrimoine mondial (ABFPM), the Associazione Beni Italiani Patrimonio Mondiale and the Nordic World Heritage Network. The meeting will be held in ...
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Grand Palais, South-East Gallery - 3, avenue du General Eisenhower, Paris 8th,Grand Palais, South-East Gallery - 3, avenue du General Eisenhower, Paris 8thFree admission| Every day (except Tuesdays) from 10 am to 8 pm and on Wednesdays until 10 pm.
With exceptional digital techonologies, the Eternal Sites exhibition offers an unprecedented immersive experience at the heart ...
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historic center of Zacatecas, Mexico,On 23 August 2017, the first meeting for the establishment of the Administrative Council of the Regional World Heritage Institute in Zacatecas, Category 2 Centre created under the auspices of UNESCO in 2010. The meeting will take place in the building "La Casa del Conquistador", where the Institute is located, situated in the historic ...
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Suva, Levuka, Fiji,Workshop on “Heritage/Environmental Impact Assessments for the Pacific Island States” will be organized in Suva and Levuka, Fiji from 20 to 28 November 2017 by the World Heritage Centre and the World Heritage Institute of Training & Research for the Asia & the Pacific Region (WHITRAP), and in cooperation with the Department of Heritage and Arts ...
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Boulogne-sur-mer, France,Nausicaa, the French National Sea Centre, is organizing the High Seas International Conference to raise public awareness and mobilize civil society on the challenges of the High Seas.
The Conference takes place from 27 to 28 June 2018 in Boulogne-sur-mer and is co-organized with l’Agence Francaise pour la Biodiversite (AFB), the Food and ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, Room IV,World Heritage and Sustainable Development: sharing experiences from Africa and China
The World Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund and the National Commission of the People’s Republic of China for UNESCO, organized the UNESCO-Africa-China Forum on World Heritage Capacity Building and Cooperation, from ...
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The International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding of Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage (ICC) was formed in 2002 to coordinate all international efforts for the safeguarding of cultural heritage in Afghanistan. UNESCO was entrusted with coordinating all such activities by the Afghan government.
The mandate of this Committee as defined in its Statutes as approved ...
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The 13th Bamiyan Expert Working Group Meeting met at the Technical University of Munich, Germany (1-3 December 2016), and released important recommendations for future safeguarding actions at the Bamiyan World Heritage site, Afghanistan.
The Governor of the Bamiyan province, the Deputy Minister of Culture of Afghanistan, accompanied by high-ranking officials from the ...
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UNESCO and ICCROM held an online ceremony to mark the launch of their joint initiative “Improving Management Effectiveness of World Heritage in Africa” with representatives from UNESCO World Heritage, ICCROM, IUCN, the Ambassadors of Japan, Norway, South Africa and Switzerland, and other participants. This event marks the end of the first set of activities (from 6 December ...
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Australia,
Invasive Species
Legal and illegal long-line fishing
,On 31 January 2013, a report on the state of conservation of the property was submitted by the State Party. The report gives an overview of the implementation and preliminary results of the Macquarie Island Pest Eradication Plan, the State Party’s findings regarding the dieback of the Macquarie Cushion ...
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Côte d'Ivoire,
Conflict and political instability (issue resolved)
Lack of management control and of the accesses to the property
Poaching
Encroachment: human occupation and agricultural pressure
Bush fires
Illegal gold panning
Boundaries: reduction of the surface of the Park
,The State Party has continued its efforts in terms of improving the surveillance mechanism and ...
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Salonga National Park is Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve. Situated at the heart of the central basin of the Congo river, the park is very isolated and accessible only by water. It is the habitat of many endemic endangered species, such as the dwarf chimpanzee, the Congo peacock, the forest elephant and the African slender-snouted or 'false' crocodile. ...
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L'oasis de la région de Gabès est une ancienne oasis traditionnelle littorale qui doit son existence à trois ressources naturelles et patrimoniales: (i) Un sol, généralement sablonneux, qui à travers du temps a acquis sa caractéristique propre suite à l'utilisation des engrais naturels. (ii) Une eau jaillissante aux endroits où les nappes profondes affleuraient à la ...
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Le bien se trouve affecté comme Monument Historique National par Résolution du Pouvoir Exécutif Nº 584/86 du 14 d'août 1986. De ce fait, il se trouve aussi inclus comme Bien d'Intérêt Municipal, par Décret du Législatif Départemental de Montévideo Nº 26864 du 5 d'août 1995. La Rambla parcourt trois zones qui se trouvent sous protection ...
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Use of the World Heritage emblem, or logo, is strictly regulated and determined by the World Heritage Committee, with guidelines for its use defined in Chapter 8 of the Operational Guidelines. Please note that before using the World Heritage logo in any form, authorization from the appropriate UNESCO National Commission is required. Click here for more information ...
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Ramsar sites refer to sites listed on the List of Wetlands of International Importance, also known as the Ramsar List. These sites are designated because they meet the Criteria for identifying Wetlands of International Importance. The first criterion refers to Sites containing representative, rare or unique wetland types, and the other eight cover Sites of international ...
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WHC/18/42.COM/13.Rev
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WHC-11/18.GA/INF.8
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WHC/17/41.COM/8C
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WHC/18/42.COM/8C.Rev
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WHC/19/43.COM/8C
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WHC/19/43.COM/8C
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WHC-15/20.GA/13
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WHC-12/36.COM/5E
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WHC-15/20.GA/INF.14
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WHC-11/35.COM/INF.10C
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WHC-12/36.COM/9B
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Czechia Tchéquie Chequia Чешская Республика الجمهورية التشيكية 捷克 The Czech Republic
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Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Pays-Bas (Royaume des) Países Bajos (Reino de los) Нидерланды (Царство Царство) هولندا (مملكة) 荷兰 （王國的） The Kingdom of the Netherlands
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Ecuador,
Earthquake of March 1987;
Overpopulation;
Heavy traffic
,[Oral report by ICOMOS and the Secretariat]
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Les Califes omeyyades de Damas (660 av. J.C – 750 av. J.C) se firent construire dans la steppe de magnifiques palais appelés «Châteaux du Désert » parce qu'ils se situaient sur la lisière du désert syrien, loin de la Capitale et de ses tracasseries ainsi que des regards indiscrets des habitants et où ils pouvaient s'adonner au plaisir de la ...
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Historique du Palais des Princes Evêques
Le premier palais épiscopal a été construit par Notger (972-1008) en même temps que la cathédrale qui lui faisait face. Le Prince-Evêque accorde la même importance aux deux bâtiments. Le bâtiment était certainement construit en colombage, sur un niveau de pierre. Il sera détruit par un incendie en 1185.
Il est ...
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The property includes several group and individual tombs - totalling about 30 individual tombs - from the later period of the Koguryo Kingdom, one of the strongest kingdoms in nowadays northeast China and half of the Korean peninsula between the 3rd century BC to 7th century AD. The tombs, many with beautiful wall paintings, are almost the only remains of this culture. ...
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The Dutch Water Defence Lines represents a defence system extending over 200 km along the edge of the administrative and economic heartland of Holland. It is comprised of the New Dutch Waterline and the Defence Line of Amsterdam. Built between 1815 and 1940, the system consists of a network of forts, dikes, sluices, pumping stations, canals and inundation polders, working ...
13308.
This site, comprising several protected areas, is situated predominantly along the Great Escarpment on Australia’s east coast. The outstanding geological features displayed around shield volcanic craters and the high number of rare and threatened rainforest species are of international significance for science and conservation.Extension of the "Australian East Coast ...
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International assistance requests under the World Heritage Fund are evaluated by both the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee, namely ICOMOS and ICCROM for cultural or mixed heritage and IUCN for natural or mixed heritage.International assistance requests for US$30,000 or less are evaluated by the World Heritage Centre only. The ...
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On 10 November 2011 UNESCO’s General Conference adopted the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape by acclamation, the first such instrument on the historic environment issued by UNESCO in 35 years.
The Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape does not replace existing doctrines or conservation approaches; rather, it is an additional tool to integrate ...
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Any World Heritage property that consists of two or more areas which are physically unconnected but related, for example because they belong to the same geological or geomorphologic formation, biogeographic province or ecosystem type, and which together are of OUV; such value would not necessarily exist if its component parts were considered individually (see Operational ...
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State of Conservation or “SOC” reports are the result of the Reactive Monitoring process, which is the reporting by the Secretariat, other sectors of UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the Committee on the state of conservation of specific World Heritage properties that are under threat. These reports on the state of conservation of selected properties are examined each ...
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Refers to the properties ‘broader setting’, which paragraph 112 of the Operational Guidelines describes as:
“The broader setting, may relate to the property’s topography, natural and built environment, and other elements such as infrastructure, land use patterns, spatial organization, and visual relationships. It may also include related social and cultural practices, ...
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WHC-15/39.COM/2.rev
13315.
WHC/19/43.COM/8E.Add
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WHC-12/36.COM/12B
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WHC/17/12.EXTCOM/4
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WHC/18/42.COM/14
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WHC/19/43.COM/5D
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WHC-12/36.COM/5B
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WHC-13/19.GA/4
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Tunisia,Construction of dams; hunting; grazing and air pollution,In response to studies of the drying up of this wetland, the Permanent Delegation of Tunisia has written the Tunisian authorities to suggest it be inscribed on the danger list.
In response, the Minister of Agriculture noted that mitigation measures to safeguard the site are underway and that it is not ...
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Cet ensemble de trois sites comprend : Le Tata, palais fortifié du Sultan Sénoussi.Les grottes de Kaga-Kpoungouvou.La ville de Ndélé. L'ensemble de ces biens représente l'histoire associée au plein épanouissement du Sultanat du Dar-El-Kouti vers la fin du XVIIIème et début du XIXème. La Centrafrique a longtemps été un point de passage pour les migrations qui ont ...
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WHC-10/34.COM/16
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La grotte de Matupi est un des sites archéologiques majeurs de l'Afrique subsaharienne. Il a livré une séquence d'occupation s'étendant sur plus de 40.000 ans.
Les niveaux les plus profonds sont datés entre 32.000 et > 40.700 avant le présent. Ils ont fourni une des plus vieilles industries microlithiques du monde.
Les niveaux inférieurs (entre c. 140-185 cm) sont ...
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The Succulent Karoo biome is an internationally recognized biodiversity hotspot, and is the world's only arid hotspot. The 116 000 km2 biome extends from the south-west through the north-western areas of South Africa and into southern Namibia. The biome is home to 6 356 plant species, 40% of which are endemic and 936 (17%) of which are listed in the Red Data Book. In ...
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The World Heritage Committee consists of representatives from 21 of the States Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, elected by the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention.
The current composition of the Committee is: Argentina, Benin, Chile, China (Chair), Colombia, Egypt, India, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, ...
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On 13 March 2009 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the latest maps of World Heritage sites produced by the Belgian universities of Louvain (UCL) and Gand (UGent), with the financial support of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO) were officially presented to the Congo Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN).
The General Director for the ...
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UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and Panasonic Corporation on 3 June announced a strategic partnership agreement to promote sustainable development through World Heritage conservation and environmental education for the next generation.
"This new partnership with Panasonic will strengthen our ability to accomplish our mission," said Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director General. ...
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From 7 to 9 November 2011, experts from the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) undertook an advisory mission to examine development projects affecting the World Heritage site "Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Sevilla", inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1987.
At its three last sessions, the World Heritage Committee discussed ...
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UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre welcomes the U.K. government's decision to reject the planning permission for the Navitus Bay Wind Park proposal offshore from the World Heritage property Dorset and East Devon Coast, often referred to as Jurassic Coast.
This decision followed a detailed application review process which took into consideration the importance of the World ...
13341.
The international workshop “Strengthening of the capacities of national and local teams in the preservation of the stone structures of Qhapaq Nan” was held from 21 to 23 June 2017 in the municipality of Alausi, Ecuador. The workshop was the second activity conducted within the framework of the project “Support of the strengthening of the participatory management system of ...
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UNESCO expresses its full support to the Argentinian fire-fighters and authorities regarding the fire that broke out on the night between 25 and 26 January 2024 in the Eastern side of the World Heritage site of Los Alerces National Park in Argentina, located in northern Patagonia.
We commend the hundreds of Argentinian fire-fighters working to bring the blaze under ...
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On 22 July 2024, the Republic of Nauru officially deposited its instrument of ratification of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972), with the UNESCO Director-General Ms Audrey Azoulay. With this new ratification, the UNESCO World Heritage Convention now has 196 States Parties making the Convention one of the most ...
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Zimbabwe,Poaching,IUCN reported to the 13th Session of the Bureau that Mobil Oil was about to begin an oil exploration programme in the Zambesi valley including the above reserve.
On request of the Zimbabwe Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, IUCN prepared environmental impact guidelines to be built into the contract between Mobil and the Government. ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Political uncertainties,
New settlements in the Park,
Gold mining,
Livestock grazing,
Destruction of vegetation,
Poaching,
Agricultural encroachment,
Over-exploitation of fish populations,
Lack of financial resources
,Virunga National Park was included on the List of World Heritage in Danger in December 1994, due to the tragic events in ...
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Ecuador,
Fire (issue resolved);
Limited protected area;
Over fishing;
Tourist pressure;
Lack of financial resources
,The Committee, at its last session in Merida, Mexico, decided to "include the Galápagos National Park in the List of World Heritage in Danger, effective 15 November 1997, unless a substantive written reply by Ecuador is received by 1st May 1997, and the ...
13347.
Mount Emei World Heritage site, Sichuan Province, China,The third International Conference on Natural World Heritage will take place at Mount E'mei World Heritage site in Sichuan Province of China from 5 to 8 November 2007. With support from the World Heritage Centre, this conference will be co-organized by China's Ministry of Construction, the Chinese National ...
13348.
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris,Following the 167th session of the Executive Board, the Director-General of UNESCO was authorized to create an International Co-ordination Committee for the Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage of Iraq. Its first session was held on 24- 25 May, 2004 and the second on 22 - 23 June, 2005.In addition to Iraqi experts, the Committee is comprised of ...
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Vilm, Germany,Organized by: the World Heritage Centre, UNESCO, IUCN, and the Natural Heritage Protection Fund (Russia) with support from the German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety at the International Academy for Nature Conservation, Isle of Vilm.
The Seminar dealt in lectures, case studies and discussions with the following ...
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Warsaw, Poland,At its 35th session (UNESCO, Paris, 2011), and within the wider framework of the Revisions to the Operational Guidelines, the World Heritage Committee welcomed “the offer of the Government of Poland to host an expert meeting on criterion (vi) in the first quarter of 2012 and requests the World Heritage Centre to report on the results of this meeting to the ...
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Gyeongju, Republic of Korea,From 24 to 26 September 2014, the OWHC’s Regional Secretariat for Asia-Pacific will hold its first regional conference in the city of Gyeongju, Republic of Korea.
The conference is organized in close cooperation with the Gyeongju Municipal Government, the UNESCO Bangkok Office, the Korean National Commission for UNESCO, the Cultural Heritage ...
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Strasbourg, France,The Association of World Heritage Properties in France (ABFPM) and the City of Strasbourg, in cooperation with the World Heritage Centre, with the support of the Ministry of Ecology and the Ministry of Culture of France, are organizing the “First Meeting of World Heritage Associations in Europe” on 15 to 16 October 2015 in Strasbourg (France).
The ...
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,Thanks to the support of Thailand, the International consultative workshop on conservation and management of the World Heritage of religious interest, focused on Asia-Pacific (2017), will be held in Bangkok and Nakhon Phnom Province of Thailand from 17 to 19 May 2017.
The three-day workshop is organized by the Thai National Commission for UNESCO in cooperation with the ...
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,As the climate crisis intensifies, both cultural and natural World Heritage sites face growing and unprecedented challenges. In response, the Heidelberg Center for Cultural Heritage (HCCH) and ICOMOS Germany will convene a high-level roundtable on 2 July 2025, bringing together scholars, policymakers, site managers and international partners to identify concrete avenues ...
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This partnership builds on state-of-the-art digital visual and sound processing technologies for the production of short digital TV documentaries on Heritage using Hi-Vision technology as well as quality 3-D moving images and reconstruction images related to heritage.
These videos have been edited and adapted especially by UNESCO for online access. They are part of the NHK ...
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The Task Force on the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention was established by the 23rd session of the World Heritage Committee in Marrakesh, Morocco, 29 November - 4 December 1999.
The Committee determined that the Task force, chaired by Canada, would include Australia, Belgium, Hungary, Morocco, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, and the advisory bodies (ICOMOS, ...
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Le territoire bissau-guinéen est divisé en deux zones principales: la zone continentale et la zone insulaire, communément appelée l'Archipel des Bijagós, constituée par 88 îles et îlots parmi lesquels 23 sont habités. C'est la zone la plus riche en Guinée-Bissau, en termes de la biodiversité.L'Archipel des Bolama-Bijagos occupe une superficie totale de plus de ...
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All four clusters of Magadansky Reserve are separated from each other, rather hard-to- reach and have no settlements or constant transport roads. Each cluster has its own distinctive features in locality appearance, climate conditions, composition of flora and fauna.
Clusters of the Magadansky Reserve are located within the Northern Far East mainland mountain and upland ...
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The 2nd South East European (SEE) World Heritage Youth Forum for peace and sustainable development was held from 6 to 11 April 2013 in Zajecar, eastern Serbia, home of the Gamzigrad – Felix Romuliana / Palace of Galerius World Heritage site.
At the opening ceremony on 7 April, the message delivered on behalf of Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO, stated: "Our theme ...
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An expert meeting for the preparation of the serial transnational World Heritage nomination “Silk Roads: Fergana – Syrdarya Corridor” took place in Kyzylorda (Kazakhstan) on 14 November 2016, as follow-up to the Almaty Agreement adopted on 24–25 November 2015 during the Fourth Meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the World Heritage Serial Nomination of the Silk Roads ...
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Since 1995, KOBI Graphis has been supporting the World Heritage Centre by contributing to the promotion of the properties protected over the World Heritage Convention. It helps in safeguarding and raising awareness among the youth through publishing. KOBI Graphis publishes and commercializes World Heritage calendars on behalf of the Japanese company, Matsushita Electric ...
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Following the launching in December 2006 of the Patrimonito Storyboard Competition organized by the World Heritage Centre in coordination with the UNESCO Associated Schools, the contest results are now available.
Four hundred students from the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda registered to take part in the Competition. They submitted ...
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World Heritage is the designation for places on Earth that are of outstanding universal value to humanity and as such, have been inscribed on the World Heritage List to be protected for future generations to appreciate and enjoy. Places as diverse and unique as the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Galápagos Islands in Ecuador, the Taj Mahal in India, ...
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Countries (or States Parties) submit nomination proposals to the World Heritage Committee. If the Committee determines, based on the recommendations of its Advisory Bodies (ICOMOS and IUCN), that the nomination meets at least one of the necessary criteria, then the property proposed by the State Party is inscribed on the World Heritage List. In general, the Committee adds ...
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Disaster risk management is the application of disaster risk reduction policies and strategies to prevent new disaster risk, reduce existing disaster risk and manage residual risk, contributing to the strengthening of resilience and reduction of disaster losses.
Annotation: Disaster risk management actions can be distinguished between prospective disaster risk management, ...
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“Cultural diversity” refers to the manifold ways in which the cultures of groups and societies find expression.
These expressions are passed on within and among groups and societies.
Cultural diversity is made manifest not only through the varied ways in which the cultural heritage of humanity is expressed, augmented and transmitted through the variety of cultural ...
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Ecosystem services are processes by which the environment produces benefits useful to people, akin to economic services. They include:
Provision of clean water and air;
Pollination of crops;
Mitigation of environmental hazards;
Pest and disease control;
Carbon sequestration.
Accounting for the way in which ecosystems provide economic goods is an increasingly popular area ...
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The vision of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme is that the world's documentary heritage belongs to all, should be fully preserved and protected for all and, with due recognition of cultural mores and practicalities, should be permanently accessible to all without hindrance.
The mission of the Memory of the World Programme is:
To facilitate preservation, by the ...
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Usually referred to as simply the Operational Guidelines, these help to explain the implementation of the Convention. They include procedures for:
inscription of properties on the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger;
protection and conservation of World Heritage properties;
granting of International Assistance under the World Heritage ...
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Située au pied d'une colline dans un paysage de plaine, la cour Royale de Tiébélé forme un espace circulaire irrégulier d'environ 1,2 ha. On y accède au sud-ouest par l'entrée principale. On distingue plusieurs éléments caractéristiques: le Pourou, butte sacrée où sont enterrés les placentas des membres de la famille, le nabarê, l’autel de l’ancêtre, le ...
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Les îles Ehotilé ont été érigées en Parc National par le décret N074-1 79 du 25 avril 1974 sur l'initiative des Communautés locales (cas unique en Côte d'lvoire et même en Afrique de l'Ouest).Milieu naturelLe Parc National des Iles Ehotilé est un ensemble de 6 îles (Assokomonobaha, Balouaté, Meha, Nyamouan, Elouamin et I'île sacrée Bosson Assoun) situées en ...
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L'emplacement choisi pour Dura Europos tient à sa position stratégique au point où la route qui va d'Antioche, la capitale méditerranéenne de l'empire séleucide, à Séleucie-du-Tigre, la capitale babylonienne, descend du plateau pour longer l'Euphrate. L'intérêt d'une telle position n'avait pas échappé aux maîtres de la région dans les périodes antérieures à la ...
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L'antique cité d'origine phénicienne (Antaradus) enlevée aux Musulmans par les Croisés garde des vestiges vivants de ce passage qui a duré deux siècles (fin Xle fin Xllle siècle) et qui l'a entièrement façonnée, la transformant en un bastion des Frans parmi les plus stratégiques du bord de la Méditerranée d'où, grâce à son port, elle assurait la liaison ...
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L’espace appelé Gourma au Mali concerne trois régions (Mopti,Tombouctou et de Gao). La zone s’étend sur 83 millions d’hectares (environ 83.000 km²), à l’Est du Mali, entre le fleuve Niger et la frontière du Burkina Faso. Le Gourma est limité au Nord et à l’Est par le fleuve Niger, à l’ouest et au sud par les collines et falaises du pays Dogon. Le Gourma est une vaste zone ...
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The UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, adopted in 2001, is intended to enable States to better protect their submerged cultural heritage.
The main principles laid out in the Convention are the obligation to preserve underwater cultural heritage, the prioritization of in-situ preservation and the stipulation that underwater cultural ...
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Les Mégalithes de Djohong sont situés à 80 km de Meiganga dans le Département du Mbéré. « Tazunu » est l’appelation locale de ces mégalithes. Dans le cas présent, il désigne aussi le village où les mégalithes sont situés. Le monument mégalithique est constitué de deux pièces dont l’une reste toujours plantée au sol et l’autre en position renversée et doublée. La première ...
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Mexico,Urban development pressures in the areas surrounding the property,The State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property on 7 February 2012.
The report was compiled by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and includes information on the process of assessment of the physical state of conservation of the inscribed property ...