Unesco lists 12 items as endangered intangible heritageOctober 3rd, 2009 ABU DHABI - Unesco's Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Heritage has identified 12 such items in eight countries in need of urgent safeguarding, WAM news agency reported Saturday. The list includes three items from China.
Abu Dhabi to host Unesco meetings on intangible heritageSeptember 23rd, 2009 ABU DHABI - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) capital will host the meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Sep 28-Oct 2, WAM news agency reported Wednesday. Official delegations from 112 countries, which have signed the Agreement on Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, and over 50 representatives from regional organisations and non governmental organisations will take part in the event.
UAE to focus on intangible heritageSeptember 20th, 2009 ABU DHABI - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government is taking steps to promote and conserve the country's intangible cultural heritage, WAM news agency reported Sunday. On Saturday, the Intangible Heritage Department at the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) published the first issue of a new magazine entitled "Intangible Heritage" on the Internet.
UAE to host Unesco meeting on intangible heritageSeptember 5th, 2009 ABU DHABI - The fourth meeting of Unesco's Intergovernmental Committee of Intangible Heritage will be held Sep 28-Oct 2 in this United Arab Emirates capital. Abu Dhabi will receive around 400 official delegations from 114 countries that have signed Unesco's Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Heritage, WAM news agency reported Saturday.
China wants mountain lakes on World Heritage ListSeptember 1st, 2009 URUMQI - China is planning to include four mountain lakes in the country's northwest on the World Heritage List, an expert said Tuesday. The lakes will be entered as a single unit on the list.
Cruise ship spills oil in Norwegian, UNESCO-listed fjordJuly 12th, 2009 Cruise ship spills oil in Norwegian fjordOSLO — Norwegian police say a large amount of oil has leaked from a cruise ship in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Geiranger fjord. Police spokesman Magne Toennoey says authorities have managed to contain the oil in one spot to prevent it from spreading and will try to pump it out of the water.
UNESCO adds Dolomites to world heritage list, drops DresdenJuly 6th, 2009 UNESCO adds Dolomites to world heritage listMADRID — Italy's Dolomite mountains were among 13 new sites added to UNESCO's world heritage list. Other new natural sites added to the list included the Wadden Sea wetlands, an area rich in wildlife in Germany and the Netherlands; and northern China's Mount Wutai, a sacred Buddhist site known for its five flat peaks and a landscape with 53 monasteries.
Italy's Dolomite mountains, Wadden Sea along German, Dutch coasts named world heritage sitesJune 26th, 2009 UNESCO names 2 new world heritage sitesMADRID — UNESCO has added Italy's Dolomite mountains and the Wadden Sea along the coasts of Germany and the Netherlands to its list of World Heritage Sites. The U.N. agency announced the decision at a meeting of its World Heritage Committee in Seville in southern Spain.
Italy's Dolomites, German-Dutch wetlands added to UNESCO world heritage listJune 26th, 2009 UNESCO names new world heritage sitesMADRID — Italy's Dolomite mountains and the Wadden Sea along the coasts of Germany and the Netherlands were among several sites added Friday to UNESCO's world heritage list. The U.N. agency's World Heritage Committee announced the additions, most of them nature-related, at a meeting in Seville, Spain.
Delhi meets basic world heritage criteria, says expertJune 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi, a city dotted with historical monuments and said to have been continuously inhabited since the 6th century, already fulfils two of the basic criteria for Unesco's World Heritage City status, says a leading conservation expert. "Unesco requires that a city should be of significance to human civilisation to get World Heritage City status and Delhi fulfils it," said A.G.K.
UNESCO panel meets in Spain to consider new World Heritage sitesJune 22nd, 2009 UNESCO panel considers new World Heritage sitesMADRID — The Dolomite mountains in northern Italy and architectural works by Le Corbusier are among sites nominated to join UNESCO's World Heritage List at a meeting that began Monday in Spain. The World Heritage Committee will also consider taking the rare step of dropping a site, in Germany, because a construction project is encroaching upon it.
Delhi pushes for Heritage City statusJune 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A new heritage tourism route linking at least 30 big and small historical monuments in this capital city is in the works. It is the first step to help Delhi bag Unesco World Heritage City status.
Nine candidates in fray for UNESCO chiefJune 9th, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - Nine candidates are in the fray for the top job at the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), officials said. Current UNESCO director-general Koichiro Matsuura will end his term in November.
Two men, one dance - passion in Buenos AiresMarch 7th, 2009 BUENOS AIRES - Tango is often associated with macho culture in Buenos Aires, but times are clearly changing, and as society undergoes modifications so does the melancholy and sensual dance. 'For me tango is pure passion and intensive contact with your partner,' says Horacio.
Government to set up heritage sites commissionJanuary 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The central government will soon set up a commission to frame guidelines for conserving heritage monuments and sites that are on the verge of decay. This was decided by the cabinet, presided over by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, here Thursday.
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