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Friday, June 28, 2013
Closing ceremony of World Heritage Committee brings to life the ancient culture of Angkor
Some 500 of the 1400 participants of the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee made the journey from Phnom Penh to Siam Reap and visited the ... -
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Sites in Germany and Italy bring to 19 the number of sites inscribed on the World Heritage List this year
Two new sites and one extension to a Polish site were inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List on Sunday afternoon, bringing to 19 the total ... -
Sunday, June 23, 2013
My Son, Viet Nam: Director-General Celebrates Restoration of World Heritage Champa Kingdom Monuments
After 16 years of excavation and restoration work, a group of tower temples and monuments belonging to the My Son Sanctuary, once the religious and ... -
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Sites in Ukraine, the Iran and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee inscribed the following three sites on Sunday morning: Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora (Ukraine). The ... -
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Honghe Hani Rice Terraces inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage alongside an extension to the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park
The World Heritage Committee has inscribed a site of rice terraces in Yunnan (China) and an extension to the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park which is now ... -
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Qatar and Fiji get their first World Heritage sites as World Heritage Committee makes six additions to UNESCO List
Qatar and Fiji had their first World Heritage sites inscribed during the afternoon session of the World Heritage Committee on Saturday, as the ... -
Friday, June 21, 2013
World Heritage Committee inscribes two new natural sites from China and Namibia on UNESCO World Heritage List
China’s Xinjiang Tianshan and Namib Sand Sea (Namibia) were inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List on Friday. Mount Kenya-Lewa Wildlife ... -
Friday, June 21, 2013
Mount Etna and the Mountains of Pamir inscribed on World Heritage List alongside El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar
The World Heritage Committee has inscribed natural sites from Tajikistan, Italy, and Mexico on the World Heritage List. Tajikistan National Park ... -
Friday, June 21, 2013
Hill Forts of Rajastan and Wooden Churches of the Carpathian region inscribed on World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee today inscribed two new cultural World Heritage sites, one in India and the other astride the border of Poland and ... -
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Syria’s Six World Heritage sites placed on List of World Heritage in Danger
The World Heritage Committee has decided to place the six World Heritage sites of the Syrian Arab Republic on the List of World Heritage in Danger so ... -
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Youths practice hands-on site conservation at 2013 World Heritage Youth Forum at Angkor, Cambodia
The World Heritage Youth Forum, Cambodia 2013 was held at the site of Angkor, Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 8 to 16 June 2013, in ... -
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
New opportunity for training in risk management at World Heritage sites
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in partnership with the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) and in collaboration with the Centre for Heritage ... -
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
UNESCO and Panasonic renew strategic partnership agreement
UNESCO and Panasonic Corporation announced the renewal of their strategic partnership agreement today. The new agreement will run for two years from ... -
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
World Heritage Committee inscribes East Rennell on the List of World Heritage in Danger
The World Heritage site of East Rennell has been inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger due to logging that is affecting the ... -
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Director-General pays official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia on the occasion of the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee
On 16 June, during her official visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, met with His Majesty King Norodom ... -
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
African Culture Ministers call for balancing heritage conservation and social and economic development
On 17 June 2013, in the context of the 37th Session of the World Heritage Committee in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the Director-General, Irina Bokova, took ... -
Monday, June 17, 2013
World Heritage Committee removes the Iranian World Heritage site of Bam and its Cultural Landscape from danger listing
The World Heritage Committee has decided that improvements in the management and conservation of the World Heritage site of Bam and its Cultural ... -
Monday, June 17, 2013
African ministers concerned by the region’s World Heritage sites
Must countries choose between economic development and the safeguarding of heritage? This was the subject of the annual Round Table of African ... -
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Watch the live webcast of the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee in Phnom Penh
The 37th session of the World Heritage Committee is now underway in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from 16 to 27 June 2013. Media contacts: Roni Amelan ... -
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Important Khmer statues returned to Cambodia during opening of World Heritage meeting in Phnom Penh
Solemn appeals for the preservation of the heritage of humanity and colourful cultural performances marked the opening of the 37th session of the ...