New 7 Wonders of the World (Angkor not included)
09 July 2007 (AFP, by way of the New Straits Times) - So the names of the "new" 7 wonders ...
Tag: UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization or Unesco is an agency of the United Nations headquartered in Paris. It administers programmes like the World Heritage Sites, Memory of the World and Intangible Cultural Heritage lists. In Southeast Asia, it has regional offices in Bangkok, Jakarta, Hanoi, Manila and Phnom Penh.
See also: Tentative Lists, Unesco nominations
China backs Malaysia's call for Asian Heritage chapter
Malaysia has previously pushed for an Asian version of UNESCO, and this call for an Asian chapter of UNESCO is ...
Preserving Borobudur's legacy beyond bricks and mortar
24 April 2007 (Jakarta Post) - This news is related to the earlier post about the visual art exhibition on ...
UNESCO World Heritage: Challenges for the New Millenium
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has just published a book about the World Heritage charter and the challenges for the ...
Bagan: beautified or sacrificed?
The restoration of Bagan using modern tools and materials risk turning it into another "Disneyland".
M'sia Advocates Asian Unesco To Designate Asian Heritage Cities
Malaysia is proposing the creation of a Asian version of UNESCO, but this push seems geared more towards promoting tourism, ...
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