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		The purpose of the List of the Americas responds directly to the Quebec Summit mandate of the Presidents and Heads of State of the Americas to identify and protect multiculturalism in the Americas.
		An example of an unacceptable category of heritage site would be historic vernacular settlements, whose official registration many governments in the Americas reject for lack of sufficient "monumentality" and "historicity," or because they stem from a lifestyle or traditions not accepted or encouraged by the mainstream culture.
		Sites nominated to the List of the Americas would not require previous official recognition as monuments or heritage sites on the part of government authorities, nor the approval to be presented as candidates.
	www.oas.org /udse/cic/ingles/web_cic/USAnonpaperOASHeritageSites.doc (1237 words)

	World Heritage Sites in the United States
		This site demonstrates the Mesoamerican influence on the culture of the Southeast.
		This site contains essentially all phases of Hohokam cultural development from the earliest villages established around 400 B.C. up to A.D. Subsequently this same site was occupied by the Pima from the time of contact with the Spanish until around 1940.
		The site consists of a kill site marked by numerous bison bones and a camp a short distance away.
	www.cr.nps.gov /worldheritage/list1.htm (5813 words)

	World Heritage Convention - Office of International Affairs - National Park Service
		One hundred years later, during the Nixon administration, the United States proposed the World Heritage Convention to the international community and was the first nation to ratify it.
		Under the World Heritage Convention, both the United States and Canada are required to submit a country-specific periodic report and a joint regional periodic report for North America.
		The World Heritage Committee is a 21-nation body elected from among all those that have ratified the convention to carry out its program of recognition and mutual assistance.
	www.nps.gov /oia/topics/worldheritage/worldheritage.htm (903 words)

	National Park Service's World Heritage Sites: Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Under the terms of the World Heritage Convention, each signatory nation is asked to submit to the World Heritage Committee a tentative list of properties, which it intends to nominate for inscription to the World Heritage List during the following five to ten years.
		This tentative list constitutes the "Inventory" (provided for in Article 11 of the Convention) of the cultural and natural properties situated within the territory of each Sate Party and which is considers suitable for inclusion in the World Heritage List.
		The purpose of these tentative lists is to enable the Committee to evaluate within the widest possible context the "outstanding universal value" of each property nominated to the List.
	www.cr.nps.gov /worldheritage/tentlist.htm (5917 words)

	List of World Heritage Sites in Europe
		This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe.
		Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau
		List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_world_heritage_sites_in_europe.html (921 words)

	61 NEW SITES ON THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST
		The site is particularly noted for its wide and balanced representation of eucalyptus habitats including wet and dry sclerophyll, mallee heathlands, as well as localised swamps, wetlands, and grassland.
		The Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots.
		The ruins of the castles, on imposing elevated sites, are evidence for the social structure over much of that period, while the sacred sites provide mute testimony to the rare survival of an ancient form of religion into the modern age.
	www.unesco.org /opi/eng/unescopress/2000/00-131be.shtml (4357 words)

	POMPEII AMONG 46 NEW SITES INSCRIBED BY UNESCO ON WORLD HERITAGE LIST {4 December 1997}
		According to the Convention, the cultural heritage covers monuments, groups of buildings and sites of historic, aesthetic, archaeological, scientific, ethnologic or anthropologic values, as well as the historic areas of towns, as is the case with Naples.
		Natural heritage sites are marked by remarkable physical, biological or geological formations; precisely delineated areas of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science, conservation or natural beauty; as well as those which constitute the habitat of threatened species of animals and plants.
		The Sundarbans mangrove forest, one of the largest such forests in the world, is situated in the delta of the Ganges, Bramaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal.
	www.unesco.org /op/eng/unescopress/97-236e.htm (4199 words)

	AIArchitect, July 18, 2005 - World Monuments Fund Releases Biennial Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites
		By bringing the sites to international attention, the list helps to raise the funds needed for their rescue and often spurs local governments and communities to take an active role in protecting cultural icons in their regions.
		Many ancient sites have survived for hundreds and even thousands of years, only to be faced now with the extraordinarily powerful threats that include pollution, roadway and railroad construction, and uncontrolled development.
		An increasingly common threat faced by many religious sites around the world is the loss of their congregations, along with the ensuing lack of funds needed to undertake conservation work and perform routine maintenance.
	www.aia.org /aiarchitect/thisweek05/tw0715/tw0715worldmonuments.htm (1463 words)

	World Heritage sites (136 - 150) - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Founded by the Spaniards in the early 16th century, it became the world's leading silver extraction centre in the 18th century.
		Among the 130 monuments are pilgrimage centres, temples, shrines, bathing sites and gardens - all sites of veneration by both religious groups.
		León Viejo is one of the oldest Spanish colonial settlements in the Americas.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /world_heritage_10.htm (928 words)

	America's Decisions
		America's decisions and the actions and results they triggered have been signposts to all of humanity.
		Yet, since the 1970s, America's politicians have repeatedly, if not consistently, acted as if quotas and the aspiration of equal outcomes is the definition of "civil rights." Prior to 1965, America's majority saw to it that our nondefense federal spending virtually never topped 10 percent of our income.
		Yet another t 'ime like the early thirties with the world in depression, like the early Forties with the world at war, like the Fifties when expanding communism was contained, and like the Eighties when opportunity returned to America and the world's oppressors were diminished.
	www.heritage.org /Research/PoliticalPhilosophy/HL361.cfm (2177 words)

	World Heritage sites (31 - 45) - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		The monasteries of San Francisco and Santo Domingo, and the Church and Jesuit College of La Compañía, with their rich interiors, are pure examples of the 'Baroque school of Quito', which is a fusion of Spanish, Italian, Moorish, Flemish and indigenous art.
		In ancient times, the site was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
		Founded in the 10th century, it became the new centre of the Islamic world, reaching its golden age in the 14th century.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /world_heritage_3.htm (1099 words)

	World Heritage Sites in Canada
		The park has the first historic traces of a European presence in the Americas, the ruins of a Norse settlement from the 11th century, with wooden and earth houses similar to those found in Norway.
		This site is composed of four national parks: Banff, Jasper, Yoho and Kootenay and of three British Columbia provincial parks: Mount Robson, Mount Assiniboine and Hamber (the last three added in 1990).
		The Burgess Shale Site, previously inscribed on the WHL, is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks.
	www.thesalmons.org /lynn/wh-canada.html (626 words)

	IUCN - World Commission on Protected Areas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The project, Enhancing our Heritage, responds to this need and was presented at a side meeting held on 10 July during the 30th meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Vilnius, Lithuania.
		How to assess a site for World Heritage status and understanding the concepts of ‘Outstanding Universal Value’ and ‘Conditions of Integrity’, were themes at a recent capacity building workshop on the Island of Vilm, Germany, from 24-28 November 2005.
		The World Heritage Committee, comprised of 21 States, will examine IUCN's evaluations at its annual session from 10-17 July 2005 in Durban, South Africa, and make the final decision on which of the nominated sites will be inscribed on the World Heritage List.
	www.iucn.org /themes/wcpa/wheritage/news.htm (1738 words)

	World Heritage Sites in the United States
		Descendants of the giant evergreens that grew during the age of the dinosaurs, redwoods thrived in moist temperate regions of the world.
		A series of defensive structures were built between the 15th and 19th centuries at this strategic point in the Caribbean Sea to protect the city and the Bay of San Juan.
		It has welcomed millions of immigrants to the United States of America since it was inaugurated in 1866.
	www.thesalmons.org /lynn/wh-usa.html (954 words)

	Ethnic Heritage Links
		This site also includes links to: birth, death, and marriage certificates, newspapers, personal files of soldiers who served in the armed forces from the Boer War up to the present day, and electoral rolls.
		This is the companion site to the PBS television series that aired in 1998.
		Provides indices of family surnames in Ustica and America, a list of the first inhabitants of Ustica, and references to Usticesi in the South.
	www.archives.gov /genealogy/heritage (2160 words)

	Congress Should Expand Offshore Energy Production
		Most of America’s offshore areas are off-limits to oil and natural gas drilling, despite years of tight energy supplies and high prices for oil and gas.
		The U.S. is the only nation in the world that has placed a significant amount of its potential domestic energy supplies off-limits.
		The ban on energy development covers 85 percent of the areas off of America’s coasts, such as portions of the Alaska coast, nearly all of the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, and the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
	www.heritage.org /Research/EnergyandEnvironment/wm1086.cfm (1046 words)

	Amazon.com: Managing World Heritage Sites: Books: Anna Leask,Alan Fyall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		World Heritage Sites are some of the most recognised locations around the world.
		They include natural sites such as the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier and cultural ones such as the Pyramids at Giza, the Walled City of Baku in Azerbaijan and the Historic Centre of Riga in Latvia.
		WHS sites are high profile and as their designation states they are unique.
	www.amazon.com /Managing-World-Heritage-Sites-Leask/dp/0750665467 (1106 words)

	CNN.com - Welsh mining town named world treasure - November 30, 2000
		Other new sites named in Europe include Kronborg Castle in Denmark, part of the Loire Valley in France, the monastic island of Reichenau in Germany, Spain's Roman walls of Lugo and the High Coast in Sweden.
		Also included were four sites in China, including the imperial tombs of the Ming and Qing dynasties, Australia's Greater Blue Mountains Area, the Holy Trinity Column in the Czech city of Olomouc and Gusuku Sites and related monuments and ruins of the Kingdom of Ryukyu in Japan.
		UNESCO's World Heritage Convention now protects 691 sites of "outstanding universal value" in 122 countries, including the Great Wall of China, the Vatican City, the cathedrals of Notre-Dame, in France, and Cologne, in Germany, and Mount Kenya National Parks.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/11/30/heritage.blaenavon/index.html (618 words)

	ALA \| Bilingual Books for Children
		Books chosen for this list met the following criteria: The books should be suitable for children ages 0-14, represent a complete translation, and be determined to contain high literary quality in each language.
		The committee believes that presenting high quality books in two languages is an important step in increasing awareness of rich heritages and cultural traditions, and may enhance the understanding of other cultures.
		The English word is set at the top of the page in bold lowercase letters while a list running down the side of the clean-cut page depicts the word in each original language with phonetic pronunciation added.
	www.ala.org /ala/alsc/alscresources/booklists/bilingualbooks.htm (3424 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Tikal National Park was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1979.
		CULTURAL HERITAGE The main attraction of the park is the ruined city of the Maya Indians reflecting the cultural evolution of Mayan society from hunter- gathering to farming, with an elaborate religious, artistic and scientific culture which finally collapsed in the late 9th century.
		There is a high degree of cooperation between the site and the MAB authorities, as well as between regional planning and development authorities, local communities around the reserve, and the coordinating body for integrating scientific activities at the site (Lehnhoff Temme, 1990).
	www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas/data/wh/tikal.html (2043 words)

	PBS - "Ancestors in the Americas"
		The Oral History Site is a project of Asian American Studies 150 at UC Berkeley.
		WestWeb is a topically organized web site featuring links on the study of the American West, created and maintained by Catherine Lavender, Department of History, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York.
		The unofficial but very extensive site of the 442nd (Go for Broke) Unit of WWII, composed of Japanese American U.S. Army combat soldiers (profiled in Loni Ding's PBS films Color of Honor: The Japanese American Soldier in WWII and Nisei Soldier: Standard Bearer for an Exiled People.
	www.pbs.org /ancestorsintheamericas/aahistorysites.html (817 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Africa World Heritage sites named
		The world's largest and oldest meteorite crater, the Vredefort Dome, in South Africa was added for its scenic and scientific interest.
		Six other world sites were also announced by Unesco, the UN's cultural body, at its meeting in South Africa.
		The committee is due to add new cultural sites to its list in the coming days.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/4685389.stm (271 words)

	The Religious Society of Friends
		Aaron Fowler and Laura Dungan, music that leads the listener to be attentive and appreciative of one's place in the world, examine matters of the heart and conscience, and lend courage to take next steps on the journey.
		Q-Light A list for queer (lesbian, gay male, bisexual, transgendered or questioning) Quakers and interested guests to discuss issues relating to being queer, being a Friend, and the intersection thereof.
		The ERAF list provides on-line networking for Friends with a concern for issues of race, diversity, inclusiveness and privilege, especially as they play out in the Society of Friends.
	www.quaker.org (2557 words)

	Declaration of the Mayors and Representatives of World Heritage Cities - Québec City, April 2001
		Summit of the Americas in Miami in 1994, made a commitment to address problems specific to the Americas by focusing their deliberations and plans on four major themes essential to the preservation and rehabilitation of ancient city centres, namely, the strengthening of democracy, economic integration, the eradication of poverty, and a pledge of sustainable development;
		Summit of the Americas in Santiago de Chile, in 1998, ratified the implementation of an action plan designed to promote quality of life in these cities, recommending especially that they address the social, cultural, economic and environmental constraints to which the oldest of our urban centres are subjected;
		Summit of the Americas is an appropriate time for reflection, agreements, and for the defining of concerns, objectives and common projects for the furthering of human progress, the development of cities and the wellbeing of those who inhabit them, particularly of those living in the oldest districts;
	www.copa.qc.ca /Anglais/Reunions_missionsa/Avril2001a/DecMaires_a.html (963 words)

	Buddhist shrine on World Heritage list - World News - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The temple was declared a UNESCO heritage site in June 2002, but it took several months to prepare before the formal dedication could be held Thursday with the lighting of lamps, beating of drums and reciting of Buddhist scriptures by monks in red and saffron robes.
		For months leading up to the dedication, shopkeepers, residents and vendors have protested eviction plans and officials say many have erected makeshift constructions recently in hopes that they’ll be declared as part of the existing site and allowed to remain.
		UNESCO is responsible for implementing the 1972 U.N. Convention on the protection of cultural and natural sites around the world, with 754 sites listed in more than 120 countries.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4311609 (533 words)

	Potential Fossil Hominid Sites for Inscription
		The most economical explanation of the evidence is that successive population movements out of Africa replaced the regional populations, such as the Neanderthals, in all parts of the inhabited Old World.
		These sites, such as Olduvai Gorge and La Chapelle aux Saints, are signposts on the route to our own self-discovery of our evolutionary heritage.
		We have organized the sites into three groups and indicated to which time period (A-D) they belong.
	www.icomos.org /studies/hominid.htm (1060 words)

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