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	List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Asia, Australia and the Pacific.
		Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots
		List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites - Official site
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_sites_in_India (603 words)

	World Heritage Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain range, lake, desert, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated for the international World Heritage program administered by UNESCO.
		The program was founded with the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage that was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972.
		As of 2004, a total of 788 sites have been included in the list (611 cultural, 154 natural and 23 mixed properties in 134 States Parties).
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/w/wo/world_heritage_site.html (165 words)

	WORLD HERITAGE SITE FACTS AND INFORMATION
		A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain range, lake, desert, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated for the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.
		The programme was founded with the ''Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage'' that was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16_November 1972.
		Each World Heritage Site is the property of the country on whose territory the site is located, but it is considered in the interest of the international community to preserve each site for future generations of humankind.
	www.palfacts.com /World_Heritage_Site (1006 words)

	World Heritage Committee Inscribes 24 New Sites on the World Heritage List: UNESCO Culture Sector
		The Uvs Nuur Basin (1,068,853 hectares) is the northern-most of the enclosed basins of Central Asia.
		The site is particularly significant for its relation to the beginning and the abolition of the slave trade.
		The archaeological site of Takht-e Suleyman, in north-western Iran, is situated in a valley in a volcanic mountain region.
	portal.unesco.org /culture/en/ev.php@URL_ID=10122&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (2390 words)

	World Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Campbell Island is one of the cornerstones of New Zealand’s Subantarctic World Heritage Site.
		Sites: works of man or the combined works of nature and of man, and areas including archaeological sites which are of outstanding universal value from the historical, aesthetic, ethnological or anthropological points of view.
		The World Commission of Protected Areas (WCPA) is one of the six voluntary commissions of the IUCN (The World Conservation Union) and is the largest worldwide network of protected area managers and specialists.
	www.doc.govt.nz /Conservation/World-Heritage/index.asp (1390 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Heritage \| World heritage at risk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Today, there are 173 states party to the World Heritage Convention, 730 sites in 125 countries having been designated as expressions of the world cultural and natural heritage and registered as such on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
		Heritage as Disneyland is one danger in Islamic Cairo, with others including the strains placed on areas and buildings by growing population density, the occasional flouting of building regulations and the area's rising water table, which is having a disastrous effect on the foundations of many old buildings.
		In addition to the St Menas Monastery in Egypt, these Arab sites include the town of Zabid in Yemen, registered as world heritage in 1993 and placed on the in-danger list in 2000 as a result of the unchecked deterioration of the historic buildings and their widespread replacement by concrete structures.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2002/615/hr1.htm (1446 words)

	A Global Overview of Forest Protected Areas on the World Heritage List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Therefore, for each of the 61 sites, either the information provided by the State Party in the site nomination stated that the forest component was a significant characteristic of the site or the forest data identified forest cover greater than 20% of the total size of the World Heritage site.
		Although many sites were inscribed on the World Heritage List for meeting several criteria, the forest value for these sites was listed in the site nomination by the respective State Party as a major reason for inscription on the World Heritage List.
		World Heritage sites are listed according to their corresponding number in Annex 1 and Tables 2-6.
	www.wcmc.org.uk /wh/reviews/forests/intro.htm (3995 words)

	WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE TO ANNOUNCE NEW WORLD HERITAGE SITES NEXT WEEK IN FINLAND
		The World Heritage Committee, in charge of inscribing sites as well as of examining the state of conservation of those already included on the List, has been created by the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, which was adopted by UNESCO in 1972.
		The World Heritage Committee is also in charge of the List of World Heritage in Danger, conceived to draw the attention of governments and public opinion on the need to protect sites that are particularly threatened.
		The World Heritage Committee examines reports on the state of conservation of listed sites and requires the States Parties to take corrective measures when they are not managed properly.
	www.unesco.org /opi/eng/unescopress/2001/01-132e.shtml (741 words)

	ESA Portal - International meeting on space and world heritage
		EURISY, the International Space University, NASA, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and ESA are organising the conference which is co-sponsored by the Council of Europe, the City of Strasbourg and the Alsace region.
		Its primary mission is to define and conserve the world's heritage by drawing up a list of sites whose outstanding values should be preserved for all humanity and to ensure their protection through closer cooperation among nations.
		World heritage sites include the Grand Canyon, which retraces two billion years of the earth's history; the enormous biodiversity of the Galapagos Islands, which inspired Charles Darwin in his theory of evolution and the historic city of Strasbourg, the site of the conference.
	www.esa.int /export/esaCP/ESA7KUTHN6D_index_0.html (412 words)

	info: WORLD HERITAGE SITE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		World Heritage Site #540: The historic centre of St.
		World Heritage Site #776: The Shinto Itsukushima Shrine of Miyajima, Hiroshima (Japan).
		World Heritage Site #936: The Cueva de las Manos in a remote region of Patagonia (Argentina).
	www.digital-innovations.net /World_Heritage_Site (2099 words)

	UNESCO Bangkok: Asia-Pacific World Heritage Sites
		UNESCO seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity through the implementaiton of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972), often referred to as the World Heritage Convention.
		The World Heritage List includes cultural heritage sites, natural heritage sites and mixed sites which conform to criteria elucidated by the Operational Guidelines of the World Heritage Convention.
		There are five sites inscribed on the World Heritage List in Asia and the Pacific region.
	www.unescobkk.org /index.php?id=446 (216 words)

	world heritage
		The World Heritage (WH) Convention (adopted by UNESCO in 1972) was ratified by the United Kingdom (UK) in 1984.
		The Convention provides for the identification, protection, conservation and presentation of cultural and natural sites of "outstanding universal value", and requires a WH List to be established under the management of an inter-governmental WH Committee.
		These sites were in the main drawn from nine themes (such as industrial heritage) which had been identified as being under-represented on the WH List.
	www.culture.gov.uk /historic_environment/World_Heritage.htm (1057 words)

	Articles - World Heritage Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		UNESCO then initiated, with the International Council on Monuments and Sites, a draft convention to protect the common cultural heritage of humankind.
		The World Heritage Centre offers advice and help in preparing this file, which needs to be as comprehensive as possible.
		At this point, the file is independently evaluated by two organizations: the International Council on Monuments and Sites and the World Conservation Union.
	www.worldhammock.com /articles/World_Heritage_Site (720 words)

	World Heritage Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain range, lake, desert, building,complex, or city) that has been nominated for the international World Heritage program administered by UNESCO.
		The program aims to catalogue, name, and preserve sites of outstanding importance, either cultural or natural, to the commonheritage of humankind (exact criteria).
		The program was founded with the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural andNatural Heritage that was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972.
	www.therfcc.org /world-heritage-sites-9167.html (143 words)

	New Money Needed For World's Ancient Monuments \| Culture & Lifestyle \| Deutsche Welle \| 29.06.2004
		The idea underlying UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites is a noble one -- that a number of the world's ancient monuments are of such exceptional value and significance that their preservation should be a global concern and not just left to the countries where the sites are located.
		Under the terms of the 1972 agreement, it's a matter of prestige for countries to be accepted to the World Heritage site list, but the individual governments are expected to provide safety and protection for the places they register.
		Marie-Therese Albert, who holds the UNESCO chair for World Heritage at the Brandenburg Technical University in Cottbus said increased private sector involvement in conservation was principally a good thing, but added there was a danger that the interests of the sponsors conflicted with the idea of World Heritage.
	www.dw-world.de /english/0,3367,1441_A_1249987_1_A,00.html (929 words)

	TSUNAMI IMPACT: World Heritage Sites Not Spared From Killer Waves
		KOBE, Jan 24 (IPS) - As the world rushes to the aid of millions of survivors struggling to regain their devastated lives in the tsunami-struck countries in the Indian Ocean, a group of international archeologists is planning a joint study to restore cultural treasures that have been destroyed in the huge disaster.
		Among the damaged cultural sites are the old town of Galle and its fortifications in Sri Lanka; and, in India, the Mahabalipuram in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
		The wrath of nature on a cultural heritage site was also seen on Dec. 26, 2003 -- a year before the Asian tsunami struck - at the rich archaeological remains of the Iranian city of Bam, where 26,000 lost their lives in a huge earthquake in the area.
	www.ipsnews.net /africa/interna.asp?idnews=27140 (948 words)

	Cultural and natural heritage - All About Turkey
		An important subject to be dwelt upon in the world and in Turkey too, is the preservation of cultural values, so that these can be handed down to future generations.
		Pamukkale (Hierapolis), as mentioned in the list are now covered by a comprehensive protection and construction plan and needed restoration work has already begun.
		Furthermore, in accord with the same agreement, 100 sites along the shores of the Mediterranean sea which share a common importance, and seventeen other sites around the country have come under protection.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /heritage.htm (356 words)

	UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas and World Heritage Programme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) - The World Database on Protected Areas is the result of a collaboration between UNEP-WCMC and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA).
		UN List of Protected Areas - The UN List is the definitive list of the world's protected areas, compiled by UNEP-WCMC on behalf of UNEP and IUCN.
		World Heritage Sites - Standard format information sheets on all sites inscribed on the World Heritage List for natural or mixed natural and cultural reasons.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas (531 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| World heritage sites 'threatened'
		One of the sites thought likely to be placed on the list of culturally or naturally important places this year is the Iranian city of Bam.
		But Unesco has warned that another of Iran's ancient sites, the city of Isfahan, could be removed from the World Heritage list and branded "world heritage in danger" because of "uncontrolled urbanisation".
		Unesco would not release the full list of 48 sites - saying the successful applicants would be named over the course of the conference, which lasts until 7 July.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3847707.stm (421 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| N Korea makes World Heritage List
		Forty-eight sites are being considered for the list by the World Heritage Committee at a meeting in China.
		One of the new cultural sites is Mali's Tomb of Askia, a pyramidal structure built from the proceeds of trans-Saharan trade in 1495.
		It has also warned that the world's heritage - even in sites already on the list - is threatened by human development even more than by war or natural disasters.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3856171.stm (451 words)

	World Heritage Sites in China
		The manuscripts are now found in many sites throughout the world including the National Library of China, The British Library (not the British Museum!), the Biblitheque Nationale in Paris and the Institute of Oriental Studies in St. Petersburg.
		The Peking Man site at Zhoukoudian on the outskirts of Beijing was discovered in the 1920s and has yielded prolific fossil remains of the archaic human species Homo erectus, dated to approximately 500,000 years ago.
		The site includes archaeological remains of three cities and 40 tombs: Wunu Mountain City, Guonei City and Wandu Mountain City, 14 tombs are imperial, 26 of nobles.
	www.thesalmons.org /lynn/wh-china.html (1316 words)

	>>> AsiaNews.it <<< Wonders of nature and Asian art are now World Heritage sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		So decided the 28th Session of the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), which is holding its annual meeting in the Chinese city of Suzhou (eastern province of Jiangsu).
		Next year, at its 29th Session, the World Heritage Committee is expected to add to the list 12 historic buildings in Macau (China) including the ‘Sao Paulo Church’, the ‘Fortaleza do Monte’, the ‘Guia” Hill Fort, the ‘A Ma’ temple and the ‘Leal Senato’, which now serves as City Hall.
		Before the opening of the Session, Francesco Bandarin, Director of the World Heritage Centre, said that China’s economic growth and urban development are threatening historic and artistic sites in the larger cities and that they need to be protected.
	www.asianews.it /view.php?l=en&art=1125 (950 words)

	Africa - Unesco - the World Heritage List - Travel-Images.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		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.
		The Convention states that a World Heritage Committee "will establish, keep up-to-date and publish" a World Heritage List of cultural and natural properties, submitted by the States Parties and considered to be of outstanding universal value.
		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.
	geo.ya.com /travelimages/unesco-africa.html (220 words)

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	Mestia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The town is dominated by stone defensive towers of a type seen throughout Svaneti and also in Chechnya.
		Numerous medieval churches and fortifications of Mestia Rayon are included in a list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Mestia.htm (215 words)

	JPPI - BPPI: 13 more properties added to World Heritage List at 2004 Committee session (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A concentration of largely unexcavated archaeological, historic and living cultural heritage properties cradled in an impressive landscape which includes prehistoric (chalcolithic) sites, a hill fortress of an early Hindu capital, and remains of the 16th century capital of the state of Gujarat.
		Particularly noteworthy is the mosaic floor of the Church of Saint Stephen with its representation of towns in the region.
		Collectively the remains in the site reflect the symbiotic links between nomadic, pastoral societies and their administrative and religious centres, and the importance of the Orkhon valley in the history of central Asia.
	www.indonesiapusaka.org /mt3/archives/2004/10/13_more_propert.html (2373 words)

	UNESCO - Communication and Information Sector - New Technologies Helping to Save World Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		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.
		A Heritage Centre has been set up by the local authorities, who have benefited from the experience and know-how of their counterparts in Chinon to enact appropriate laws and urban planning regulations.
		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.
	www.unesco.org /webworld/news/2002/021009_world_heritage.shtml (1462 words)

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