UNESCO committee session in S. Korea closes with 25 new heritage sites
Lee Byong-hyun, chair of the 48th session, presides over the session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee at the BEXCO convention center in Busan,…
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SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- The first UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting held in South Korea wrapped up Wednesday after a 10-day session that added 25 new sites to the global heritage list, including Japan's ancient Asuka-Fujiwara capitals and France's Normandy D-Day landing beaches. The committee reviewed the conservation status of 148 properties and placed six on the List of World Heritage in Danger, including Lebanon's ancient port city of Tyre and the historic inner city of Paramaribo in Suriname, citing threats to their integrity. Turkey previously hosted the 40th meeting in Istanbul in July 2016, but the session was disrupted by a military coup attempt before being resumed at UNESCO headquarters in Paris three months later.
Furthermore, Lee Byong-hyun, chair of the 48th session, thanked delegations from around the world for their work, saying the session had reaffirmed that "our firm will to protect humanity's outstanding universal value is united as one despite differing perspectives." The next World Heritage Committee session is scheduled to take place in Istanbul. Turkey will also take the chair next year by custom, while Armenia, Grenada, Vietnam, Tanzania and Kuwait were elected as vice-chairs.
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SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- The first UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting held in South Korea wrapped up Wednesday after a 10-day session that added 25 new sites to the global heritage list, including Japan's ancient Asuka-Fujiwara capitals and France's Normandy D-Day landing beaches.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe committee reviewed the conservation status of 148 properties and placed six on the List of World Heritage in Danger, including Lebanon's ancient port city of Tyre and the historic inner city of Paramaribo in Suriname, citing threats to their integrity.
reliability low1/2 sourcesTurkey previously hosted the 40th meeting in Istanbul in July 2016, but the session was disrupted by a military coup attempt before being resumed at UNESCO headquarters in Paris three months later.
reliability low1/2 sourcesUNESCO committee session in S. Korea closes with 25 new heritage sites.
reliability low1/2 sourcesLee Byong-hyun, chair of the 48th session, thanked delegations from around the world for their work, saying the session had reaffirmed that "our firm will to protect humanity's outstanding universal value is united as one despite differing perspectives." The next World Heritage Committee session is scheduled to take place in Istanbul.
reliability low1/2 sourcesTurkey will also take the chair next year by custom, while Armenia, Grenada, Vietnam, Tanzania and Kuwait were elected as vice-chairs.
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