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		world heritage sites: the tentative list of the united kingdom
		The World Heritage (WH) Convention (adopted by UNESCO in 1972) was ratified by the United Kingdom (UK) in 1984.
		Two of these, Blaenavon and St George, Bermuda were given World Heritage Site status by UNESCO in November 2000.
	www.culture.gov.uk /historic_environment/World_Heritage.htm

	world heritage
		world heritage sites: the tentative list of the united kingdom
		The World Heritage (WH) Convention (adopted by UNESCO in 1972) was ratified by the United Kingdom (UK) in 1984.
		Two of these, Blaenavon and St George, Bermuda were given World Heritage Site status by UNESCO in November 2000.
	www.culture.gov.uk /historic_environment/World_Heritage.htm (1057 words)

	United Kingdom - UNESCO World Heritage sites - Travel-Images.com
		The World Heritage List was established under terms of The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage adopted in November 1972 at the 17th General Conference of UNESCO.
		States Parties can request international assistance under the Fund for the preparation of tentative lists and nomination forms, expert missions, training of specialized staff, and supply of equipment when appropriate; they can also apply for long-term loans and, in special cases, non-repayable grants.
		Emergency assistance is also available under the Fund in the case of properties severely damaged by specific natural or man-made disasters or threatened with imminent destruction.
	geo.ya.com /travelimages/unesco-uk.html (331 words)

	UNESCO - Communication and Information Sector - New Technologies Helping to Save World Heritage
		As UNESCO prepares to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, adopted on November 16, 1972, preservationists campaigning to save sites, landscapes and monuments of "exceptional universal value" still face serious threats, even though most of the 730 world heritage sites are well managed.
		Many other world heritage cities are also now experimenting with this kind of decentralized cooperation, including Lille (France), Turin (Italy) and Hue (Viet Nam); Bath (United Kingdom) and Katmandu (Nepal); Barcelona (Spain) and Vigan (Philippines); Bergen (Norway) and Mozambique Island.
		Today, tourism and land speculation pressures often have the effect of excluding the most disadvantaged inhabitants from some 200 historic centres on the World Heritage List, of which approximately 30 are located in Latin American and the Caribbean.
	www.unesco.org /webworld/news/2002/021009_world_heritage.shtml (1462 words)

	United Kingdom - UNESCO World Heritage sites - Travel-Images.com
		The World Heritage List was established under terms of The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage adopted in November 1972 at the 17th General Conference of UNESCO.
		United Kingdom - UNESCO World Heritage sites - Travel-Images.com
		Requests must concern work necessary for the preservation of cultural or natural sites included in the World Heritage List or assistance to national or regional training centres.
	www.travel-images.com /unesco-uk.html (1462 words)

	61 NEW SITES ON THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST
		2000-131) - UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, meeting since November 27 in Cairns, Australia, has inscribed 61 new cultural and natural sites on the World Heritage List which now contains 690 sites of “outstanding universal value” in 122 countries.
		The List also increasingly takes into account the idea of “cultural landscape”, notably with the inclusion of the archaeological landscape of the first coffee plantations in the South-East of Cuba and the industrial landscape of Blaenavon in the United Kingdom.
		The new sites are in a total of 39 countries, including sites in four countries which were not previously on the List, confirming the Committee’s wish to improve the geographical balance.
	www.unesco.org /opi/eng/unescopress/2000/00-131e.shtml (367 words)

	world heritage
		The World Heritage (WH) Convention (adopted by UNESCO in 1972) was ratified by the United Kingdom (UK) in 1984.
		The UK has signed a bilateral agreement with UNESCO to assist in support of World Heritage Sites in the Caribbean, sub Saharan Africa ands South Asia and is providing funding under the terms of the agreement.
		Two of these, Blaenavon and St George, Bermuda were given World Heritage Site status by UNESCO in November 2000.
	www.culture.gov.uk /historic_environment/World_Heritage.htm (1057 words)

	www.bradford.gov.uk
		UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) adopted the World Heritage Convention in 1972 and it was ratified by the United Kingdom in 1984.
		This is then evaluated by either ICOMOS (International Council of Monuments and Sites) and / or ICCN (The World Conservation Union) and the World Heritage Committee makes a final decision.
		The government of each country puts forward a tentative list of sites to be considered for inscription.
	www.bradford.gov.uk /council/planning/heritage/saltaire.asp (1057 words)

	1992 Timeline Arkansas Encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Arkansas Arkansas History State of Arkansas
		The Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, China were listed by the UNESCO among the World Heritage Sites.
		May 20 - Leo Blair, son of the Rt Hon Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Cherie Booth QC.
		November 7 - Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first First Lady of the United States to win public office.
	deltawing.htmlplanet.com /almanac/1992.html (1606 words)

	1991 and the Arkansas Encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Arkansas Arkansas History State of Arkansas
		The Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, China were listed by the UNESCO among the World Heritage Sites.
		May 20 - Leo Blair, son of the Rt Hon Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Cherie Booth QC.
		November 7 - Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first First Lady of the United States to win public office.
	www.geocities.com /arkalmanac4/1991 (1562 words)

	SIX NATURAL SITES AND TWO CULTURAL SITES ADDED
		Helsinki (Finland), December 13 — The island of Fernando de Noronha and the atoll das Rocas (Brazil), the Dorset and East Devon Coast (United Kingdom) and the Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn region (Switzerland) today joined the ranks of the sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
		It was also decided to extend three natural sites already on the List: the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador), extension to include the marine reserve; the Volcanoes of Kamchatka (Russian Federation), extension to include Kluchevskoy Nature Park; Lake Turkana National Parks (Kenya), extension of the Sibiloi/Central Island National Parks to include South Island National Park.
		It is the first time that an Israeli site has appeared on the World Heritage List.
	www.unesco.org /bpi/eng/unescopress/2001/01-137e.shtml (294 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- UNESCO warns of damage to historic Tanzanian port cities
		A total of 34 new sites were added to the World Heritage List during the meeting, including the ruins of the ancient kingdom of Koguryo in northeastern China and North Korea.
		Inclusion on the World Heritage List qualifies the sites for conservation help from the United Nations Economic Social and Cultural Organization, but countries must also promise not to alter or modernize them.
		Varberg Radio Station in Sweden, the Tomb of Askia in the African nation of Mali, and the Pitons geothermal complex on St. Lucia were also among the varied new listings, bringing the total to 788.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040708-0425-unesco-endangeredsites.html (294 words)

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		The Royal Tomb of King Dongmyeong in Pyongyang is among the Goguryeo relics added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
		The Goguryeo relics were recommended by the International Council for Monuments and Sites, an advisory group to the United Nations, to be given World Heritage recognition.
		While many believe historical evidence supports the argument that Goguryeo was a kingdom of ancient Korea, artifacts from the period have been held and preserved by China because of their geographical distribution within its borders.
	koreanow.koreaherald.co.kr /SITE/data/html_dir/2004/07/10/200407100023.asp (410 words)

	Ryukyu Islands on Encyclopedia.com
		The castles of the Ryukyu kingdom: we begin a new series this month that over the course of the year will introduce the 11 sites in Japan inscribed by UNESCO on the World Heritage List.
		During World War II the Ryukyus were the scene of fierce fighting between U.S. and Japanese forces, with the United States winning control of the islands in 1945.
		The islands were the site of an ancient independent kingdom that had its capital at Shuri, on Okinawa.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/r/ryukyui1s.asp (1236 words)

	Archaeo-Astronomical Sites & Observatories: UNESCO
		Some examples of archaeo- astronomical sites on the World Heritage List are: the Temple of the Sun in Teotihuacan (Mexico), the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu (Peru), Stonehenge (United Kingdom) and the Ulugh-Beg Observatory at Samarkand (Uzbekistan).
		It is the first programme at UNESCO to link the study of astronomy with cultural sites and monuments around the world which have been devoted to the explanation of the universe and humankind’s relationship to the sky.
		On 17 November, the elaboration of the new World Heritage Thematic Programme ‘Archaeo-Astronomical Sites and Observatories’, was officially announced by Anna Sidorenko, WHC, who is responsible for this Programme, in the presence of Magda Stavinschi, Director of the Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy, and Regina Durighello of ICOMOS.
	portal.unesco.org /fr/ev.php-URL_ID=19006&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html (317 words)

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