At the World Heritage Convention in Doha UNESCO has announced a new $10 million fund to protect world heritage sites (WHSs) affected by conflict and natural disaster.<\/p>\n
UNESCO writes<\/span>: During her address to the opening ceremony, Sheikha Mayassa highlighted the multiple threats facing World Heritage today, and called on \u2018all of the States of the big World Heritage family \u2018to support Qatar\u2019s initiative by \u2018contributing to this newly created fund.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018This year we will be very close to reaching 1000 World Heritage properties inscribed in the List,\u201d said Sheikha Mayassa. \u2018What an achievement in terms of success of the World Heritage Convention. But it also underlines the full commitment of the international community to the principle that lies at the heart of the Convention: a shared responsibility for humanity\u2019s heritage of outstanding universal value.\u2019<\/p>\n During this session, the Committee will consider the inscription of 36 sites on UNESCO\u2019s World Heritage List\u00a0and examine the state of conservation of more than 100 of the 981 existing World Heritage properties.<\/p>\n The sites to be examined include:<\/p>\n Natural sites<\/span>: Mixed natural and cultural sites<\/span>: Cultural sites<\/span>: The proposed inscription of Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines \u2013 Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir, will be reviewed by the Committee under the emergency procedure applied to sites facing serious dangers (see items 161 and 162 in the World Heritage\u00a0Convention\u2019s\u00a0Operational Guidelines).<\/p>\n A number of side events will be held during the session, notably an African Ministers\u2019 Round Table discussion on World Heritage in Africa (21 June, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.). Another side event will be devoted to World Heritage partnerships highlighting successful preservation projects supported by private sector companies and foundations (22 June, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.).<\/p>\n During the session, Committee members will also be presented with the conclusions and recommendations of a World Heritage Youth Forum held in Qatar from 4 to 15 of June.<\/p>\n World Heritage Convention press release<\/a><\/p>\n Follow @UNESCO on Twitter using the hashtag #WorldHeritage for breaking information on important World Heritage Committee decisions during the session. Soon after tweeting, UNESCO will issue press releases about these decisions in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.<\/p>\n Follow the daily webcasts<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At the World Heritage Convention in Doha UNESCO has announced a new $10 million fund to protect world heritage sites (WHSs) affected by conflict and natural disaster. UNESCO writes: The Prime Minister of Qatar, Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al … Continue reading
\nThe Prime Minister of Qatar, Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, today announced a $10 million donation to a new fund to protect World Heritage sites affected by conflict or natural disaster. The Prime Minister made the announcement during the opening ceremony of the annual meeting of the World Heritage Committee, being hosted by Qatar in the capital, Doha, and chaired by H.E. Sheikha Al Mayassa Bint Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani..<\/p>\n
\nOkavango Delta (Botswana), South China Karst (Phase II) [Extension of the \u201cSouth China Karst\u201d] (China), Stevns Klint (Denmark), Wadden Sea\u00a0 [Extension of the \u201cWadden Sea\u201d (Germany\/Netherlands)] (Denmark and Germany), Tectono-volcanic Ensemble of the Chaine des Puys and Limagne Fault (France), Great Himalayan National Park (India), Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary (Philippines), Bialowieza Forest [extension and renomination of \u201cBelovezhskaya Pushcha \/ Bia?owie?a Forest\u201d (Belarus\/Poland).<\/p>\n
\nAncient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche [extension of the \u201cAncient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche\u201d] (Mexico), Trang An Landscape Complex (Viet Nam).<\/p>\n
\nQhapaq Nan, Andean Road System (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), The Grand Canal (China), Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diqu\u00eds (Costa Rica), Decorated Cave of Pont d\u2019Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d\u2019Arc, Ard\u00e8che (France), Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey (Germany), Tongo-Tengzuk Tallensi Cultural Landscape (Ghana), Rani-ki-Vav (The Queen\u2019s Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat (India), Sharhr-I Sokhta (Iran), Erbil Citadel (Iraq), Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves (Israel), The Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato (Italy), Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites (Japan), Silk Roads: Initial Section of the Silk Roads, the Routes Network of Tian-shan Corridor (Kyrgyzstan, China and\u00a0 Kazakhstan), Mount Mulanje Cultural Landscape (Malawi), Pyu Ancient Cities (Myanmar), Van Nellefabriek (Netherlands), Namhansanseong (Republic of Korea), Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex (Russian Federation), Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah (Saudi Arabia), Silk Roads: Penjikent-Samarkand-Poykent Corridor, (Tajikistan and Uzbekistan), Bursa and Cumalikizik: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey), Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape (Turkey), Khor Dubai (Dubai Creek) (United Arab Emirates), Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point (United States of America), Barotse Cultural Landscape (Zambia).<\/p>\n