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,The challenges experienced by the World Heritage properties are the symptoms of crises of global magnitude. The solution-oriented discussions around the future of our World Heritage therefore, require expertise well beyond the realm of heritage.
UNESCO launches “50 Minds for The Next 50” to convene fifty leading, innovative, bold, respected thinkers of our times from ...
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,African Heritage Sites Facing Climate Change is a series of workshops and capacity-building sessions launched in partnership with the Foundation for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage in Rabat. This initiative is aimed at site managers, mentees, experts, representatives of civil society, institutional stakeholders, cultural heritage professionals, and young Africans. ...
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Save Venice Inc. brought three projects in the Church of San Francesco della Vigna to completion during the year.
The Cappella Badoer-Giustinian was restored in memory of one of the founding fathers of the international private organizations for Venice, John MacAndrew, and his wife Betty. The chapel is faced with relief sculptures that were probably salvaged from an ...
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The decoration, carried out at the end of the 18th century for the wedding of Alvise Querini di Zuanne and Maria Teresa di Francesco, consists of stucco work in the pre-neoclassical style, with marmorino borders in shades of green and pink.The ceiling is covered with a series of frescoes, the centre-piece being the Allegory of Dawn, by Jacopo Guarana, surrounded by other ...
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Bura appartient à un ensemble de sites de cette partie de la moyenne vallée du Niger qui traversent l'ouest de la République du Niger sur 450 km ; sur un parcours de 250km de long et environs 150 km de large entre la frontière Malienne et les méandres du « W ».Le site de Bura se trouve dans un cirque d'environ 1 km de diamètre ouvert vers le sud-est et dominé par ...
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Cet ensemble de villes englobe les principales villes fortifiées de la zone frontalière du nord, qui s'étend sur les régions françaises du Nord - Pas-de-Calais et de Champagne-Ardennes, la Belgique et les régions sud des Pays Bas. Ces villes bastionnées constituent, au coeur du nord-ouest de I'Europe, à les rivages de la mer du Nord et les reliefs plus tourmentés des ...
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Le Bassindu du fleuve Niger (du seuil de Markala au lac Débo) couvre une superficie de plus de 4 119 500 hectares. Riche en ressources naturelles et présentant des écosystèmes variés (lacs, plaines, forêts inondables, bourgoutières), il est la plus vaste zone humide continentale d’Afrique de l’Ouest et la seconde pour l’Afrique après le delta de l’Okavango au Botswana.
La ...
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As per Article 8(1) of the World Heritage Convention (or Rule 49 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Heritage Committee), the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention meets during the sessions of the General Conference of UNESCO.
During its session, the General Assembly determines the uniform percentage of contributions to the World Heritage Fund applicable ...
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WHC-13/19.GA/8
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WHC-15/39.COM/INF.16
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WHC-11/18.GA/10
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WHC-12/36.COM/8B.Add
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WHC/18/42.COM/8B.Add
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WHC-14/38.COM/12
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WHC/16/40.COM/5C
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La voie romaine Bavay-Tongres est une section d'un des axes majeurs de la Gaule septentrionale qui reliait deux points stratégiques, la Mer du Nord depuis Boulogne jusqu'au Rhin à Cologne.
Afin d'assurer la maîtrise du territoire après la conquête de la Gaule par César, les Romains entreprirent la création d'un réseau de chaussées s'articulant autour des villes, chef ...
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Kamabulon ou Case Sacrée de Kangaba : 11° 56’ 31’’ N 8° 24’ 37’’ W
Site de KurukanFuga : 11° 56° 998’’ N 8° 24’ 420’’ W
L’Arche de Kamandjan : 12° 23’ 111’’ N 8° 21’ 598’’ W
Kamablon ou Case Sacrée de Kéniéro : 12° 22’ 934’’ N 8° 31’ 269’’ W
Le bien dénommé « Sites historiques et paysages culturels du Manden » est un bien en série composé du Kamabulon, de la Case ...
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Depending on their amount, International Assistance requests under the World Heritage Fund are approved by
the Director of the World Heritage Centre, when the request is for US$5,000 or less;
the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, when the request is between US$5,001 and US$30,000 (but between US$5,001 and US$75,000 for emergency assistance requests);
the World ...
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The "Policy document on the impacts of climate change on World Heritage properties" was adopted by the 16th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention. It touches on synergies between conventions on the issue; identification of future research needs in this area, legal questions on the role of the World Heritage Convention with regard to suitable ...
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According to Article 5(d) of the World Heritage Convention, the States Parties are required to:”[…] take the appropriate legal, scientific, technical, administrative and financial measures necessary for the identification, protection, conservation, presentation and rehabilitation of this heritage ”.
The World Heritage Operational Guidelines (paragraph 97) further states ...
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The World Heritage Convention defines natural heritage as:
natural features consisting of physical and biological formations or groups of such formations, which are of Outstanding Universal Value from the aesthetic or scientific point of view;
geological and physiographical formations and precisely delineated areas which constitute the habitat of threatened species of ...
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World Heritage Resource Manuals are tools available to help States Parties in their implementation of the World Heritage Convention.
Consult the Resource Manuals
UNESCO, ICCROM, ICOMOS and IUCN. 2010. Managing Disaster Risks for World Heritage. Paris, UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
UNESCO, ICCROM, ICOMOS and IUCN. 2011. Preparing World Heritage Nominations.(Second edition). ...
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WHC-12/36.COM/INF.10D
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WHC-13/37.COM/INF.19
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WHC-09/18.GA/INF.3B
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WHC-13/37.COM/8B.Add
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WHC-10/34.COM/INF.5F.2
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WHC-11/35.COM/INF.10C
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WHC-12/36.COM/12D
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WHC-13/37.COM/5E
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37 C/REP/13
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WHC/21/44.COM/10B
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WHC/17/41.COM/6
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WHC-15/39.COM/6
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WHC-13/37.COM/6
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WHC-14/38.COM/6
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Brazil Brésil Brasil Бразилия البرازيل 巴西 The Federative Republic of Brazil
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Japan Japon Japón Япония اليابان 日本 Japan
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Russian Federation Fédération de Russie Federación de Rusia Российская Федерация الاتحاد الروسي 俄罗斯联邦 The Russian Federation
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United States of America États-Unis d'Amérique Estados Unidos de América Соединенные Штаты Америки الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية 美利坚合众国 United States of America
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Côte d'Ivoire,Poaching, gold prospection, tree-felling, and subsequent encroachment,IUCN has brought this site to the attention of the Committee four times since 1982, recommending it for consideration in the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The values of the park have been considerably eroded since it was inscribed through gold mining, poaches, illegal settlement and ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Poaching;
Managerment issues (issue resolved);
Civil unrest
,Since the Committee included this property in the List of World Heritage in Danger, at its last session in December 1996, the eastern regions of the country where this site is located have become further destabilised. Infrastructure of the Park has been damaged and ...
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Türkiye,Management issues (issue resolved) ,IUCN has received preliminary worrying reports on the state of conservation of Hierapolis-Pamukkale World Heritage site. The reports note that the limestone cliffs are becoming discoloured. Furthermore, despite the authorities prohibiting visitors from entering the travertines, and the placement of signs ...
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Le Turó de la Seu Vella de Lleida a été expliqué comme un paysage de la mémoire, un jalon monumental et un patrimoine situé dans un vide urbain. Le complexe, au coeur de la ville de Lleida, sur un promontoire qui centre géographiquement une grande plaine alluviale, présente trois éléments architecturaux qui composent le patrimoine le plus significatif et symbolique des ...
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Le site métallurgique de Begon II est situé dans la partie sud du Tchad à environ 150 km de Moundou. L'agglomération la plus proche, Bessao, est à 50 km du site. Le site se trouve à 1,5 km du village de Begon II. Le site couvre une superficie de près de 1800m², et se trouve exactement sur les deux berges d'une vallée appelée « Ka-Ngoi-Bar ».
Les populations qui ...
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Les tumulus de terre, communément appelés mbanaar en Wolof, sont des monuments funéraires réalisés avec du sable. C’est un mode opératoire qui a été décrit très tôt (XIe siècle) par le géographe Andalou Al Beckri parlant de la sépulture du roi de Ghana. à l’origine, le défunt, accompagné de certains membres de sa cour ainsi que d’un important mobilier et de généreuses ...
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Director-General of UNESCO expresses solidarity with the people of Myanmar after earthquake in Bagan
25 August – The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has expressed her profound sympathy to the government and people of Myanmar after the devastating 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar, including the ancient city of Bagan, causing loss of life and extensive damage to nearly 200 historic monuments and iconic pagodas.
“I wish to express my sincere ...
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The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, will undertake a mission to Honolulu (USA) from 1st September to 3rd September to participate in the World Conservation Congress organized by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), an advisory body to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.
The main purpose of IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii is to bring ...
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In the framework of the 2nd phase of the UNESCO/Japanese Funds-in-Trust project on “Support for Documentation Standards and Procedures of the Silk Roads World Heritage Serial and Transnational Nomination in Central Asia”, the World Heritage Centre and the UNESCO Office in Tashkent in cooperation with the Principal Department for the Preservation and Utilization of Cultural ...
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Vienna, Austria,Managing the Historic Urban Landscape
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the City of Vienna are pleased to announce this international conference, co-organized by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, which will take place in the Vienna City Hall from 12 to 14 May 2005.
About ...
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Ghent and Ostend, Belgium,5th Annual Ename International Colloquium To be held 18th - 20th March 2009 in Ghent and Ostend, Belgium
Climates of Heritage Conservation
Responding to the Challenge of Global Climate Change through Public Engagement and Social Innovation
This three-day colloquium will focus on the immediate and obvious significance of the impacts of global ...
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School of High Studies in social sciences (EHESS) in Paris,On 26 and 27 June 2013, an international colloquium on African cultural policies will be held: cooperation, models and strategies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (École des hautes études en sciences sociales -- EHESS) in Paris, France.
This two-day event ...
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Florence, Italy,In the framework of the implementation of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting in Europe and North America, the National Focal Points for Periodic Reporting from the Mediterranean Europe sub-region met in Florence, Italy from 17 to 18 September 2013.
The workshop included a practical training session on the use of the Periodic Reporting questionnaire, ...
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,The Final Meeting for the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise in the Europe Region will take place at the World Heritage property "Fortress of Suomenlinna" on 1-2 December 2014, and will be followed by a field visit to two World Heritage properties.
During the meeting, the results of the analysis for the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting in Europe will be ...
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,According to the latest IUCN World Heritage Outlook, 75 percent of the 50 UNESCO marine World Heritage sites are threatened by invasive alien species.
This month's online meeting with marine World Heritage managers will highlight the latest innovations in prevention and eradication of invasive alien species.
Invasive alien species often result in drastic habitat changes ...
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WHC-15/20.GA/10
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The Amudarya State Nature Reserve was established in 1982 and covers a total of 48 500 ha. It is split into three separate sites in the middle reaches of the Amudarya River: Nargiz (45 100 ha), Gabaklinskiy (1 200 ha) and Gereldinskiy (2 200 ha); in which the valley flood plain tugais, idge-hillocks and barkhan sands, and salt pans of the Turan lowlands are well ...
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Capitale des Trara bâtie sur le revers de djebel Filaoussene par Abdelmoumen Ben Ali en 1150 sur les ruines d’une cité berbère. Elle a accueilli de nombreux immigrants andalous chassés par la reconquista. Elle devint un important centre de textile au 16 ème siècle.C’est une ville étagée sur les flancs du djebel Filaoussène entre 400 et 500 m d’altitude sur un site ...