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Proceedings of the World Heritage Committee, Dec 12-17, 1994
Gordon Dewis (gdewis@hpb.hwc.ca)
8 Dec 1994 16:29:22 GMT
[ Note: I will be posting the daily reports on behalf of Peter Stott who ]
[ will be attending the proceedings. If you wish to be added to ]
[ the email distribution, send a quick note to me ]
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W O R L D H E R I T A G E C O N V E N T I O N
XVIII Annual Session of the World Heritage Committee
Phuket, Thailand, December 12-17, 1994
This year, the eighteenth annual session of the World Heritage
Committee is being hosted by the Government of Thailand. The World Heritage
Committee is the governing body of the World Heritage Convention --
formally the "Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and
Natural Heritage." Signed in 1972, the Convention is the primary instrument
in international law protecting natural and cultural sites of "universal"
significance. As of April 1st of this year, the Convention had been
ratified by 138 countries, and 411 sites have been placed on the list of
properties meriting the world's protection and management. The Convention's
Secretariat, the World Heritage Centre, is established within the structure
of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO), headquartered in Paris.
Each year at this time, the World Heritage Committee meets to make
additions to the World Heritage List, based on nominations by Parties to
the Convention of sites in their territories that meet the Convention's
rigorous criteria. Two NGOs are assigned the task of reviewing properties
for their eligibility: IUCN-The World Conservation Union; and the
International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). The Committee also
reviews the reports made by IUCN and ICOMOS on conditions at existing World
Heritage sites, and allocates monies from the World Heritage Fund for
threatened World Heritage properties.
World Heritage Committee, 1993-1995
Brazil Indonesia Peru
China Italy Philippines
Cyprus Japan Senegal
Colombia Lebanon Spain
Egypt Mexico Syrian Arab Republic
France Niger Thailand
Germany Oman United States
The above twenty-one members of the Committee were elected by the
General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention at its seventh, eighth
and ninth sessions held on 9 and 13 November 1989, 2 November 1991 and 29
and 30 October 1993.
Their terms of office extend as follows:
- until the end of the 28th session of the General Conference of
UNESCO (1995): Colombia, Indonesia, Oman, Peru, Senegal, Syrian
Arab Reoublic, Thailand;
- until the end of the 29th session of the General Conference of
UNESCO (1997): China, Cyprus, Egypt, Germany, Mexico, Philippines,
Spain;
- until the end of the 30th session of the General Conference of
UNESCO (1999): Brazil, France, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Niger,
United States of America.
Beginning with the opening session of the Committee on Monday,
December 12, reports from each day's proceedings will be posted to several
different electronic media including the ICOMOS gopher
(gopher://hpb.hwc.ca: 7000/11/.icomos/wh/") mailing lists ARCH-L and
ANTHRO-L; newsgroups sci.archaeology and sci.anthropology; and
Gen.landmarks, a conference on many of the networks of the Association for
Progressive Communication, including Pegasus, EcoNet (IGC), GreenNet, Web,
AlterNex, and Wamani.
The newsletters are a project of the International Council on
Monuments and Sites and its two North American national committees, ICOMOS
Canada and US/ICOMOS. This year it has been financially supported by the
Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the National Center for Preservation Technology
and Training in Natchitoches, Louisiana, and travel funds from the Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy, and Tufts University's School of Arts and
Sciences.
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This distribution is made possible through grants from the Samuel H. Kress
Foundation; the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training;
the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; and Tufts University's School of
Arts and Sciences. It has been organized with the support of the Inter-
national Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and its Canadian and U.S.
national committees, ICOMOS Canada and US/ICOMOS. It has had the technical
support of the Pegasus Networks (Australia) and the Institute for Global
Communications (U.S.).
The reports are those of an observer of the meetings and do not represent
official publications of ICOMOS, the World Heritage Centre, or any dele-
gation.
Inquiries to the editor, Peter Stott
<pstott@peg.apc.org> or fax to (66-76) 340-479 between December 12 and 17
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