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UNESCO SELECTS WORLD HERITAGE SITES
Panorama
July 27 2010
Armenia
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) kicks off its first full day of meetings in Brasilia today,
with the purpose of selecting the next UNESCO World Heritage Sites. On
the list of candidates are the Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex in Iran,
Mount Vernon in the United States, and the Matheran Light Railway in
India, among others.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites dot the planet, with some famous sites
all over the world. A few of Armenian cultural monuments - Churches of
Sanahin-Haghpat, Geghardavanq with River Azat, Churches of Etchmiadzin
and Zvartnots are protected by UNESCO World Heritage.
The World Heritage Committee will pay special attention to sites that
are in danger, due to "problems such as pollution, urban development,
poorly managed mass tourism, wars, and natural disasters, which have
a negative impact on the outstanding values for which the sites were
inscribed on the World Heritage List."
From: A. Papazian
Panorama
July 27 2010
Armenia
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) kicks off its first full day of meetings in Brasilia today,
with the purpose of selecting the next UNESCO World Heritage Sites. On
the list of candidates are the Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex in Iran,
Mount Vernon in the United States, and the Matheran Light Railway in
India, among others.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites dot the planet, with some famous sites
all over the world. A few of Armenian cultural monuments - Churches of
Sanahin-Haghpat, Geghardavanq with River Azat, Churches of Etchmiadzin
and Zvartnots are protected by UNESCO World Heritage.
The World Heritage Committee will pay special attention to sites that
are in danger, due to "problems such as pollution, urban development,
poorly managed mass tourism, wars, and natural disasters, which have
a negative impact on the outstanding values for which the sites were
inscribed on the World Heritage List."
From: A. Papazian