WORLD HERITAGE WORKSHOP: ARE YOU ATTENDING?

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2008-01-18
[10:11] DCMS and UK National Commission for UNESCO hosts 'World Heritage: Science and Technology: An Expert Workshop'
PRNewswire-GNN London 18 January

Editor's Note: 1. The programme for the workshop can be found on the UK National Commission for UNESCO website at http://www.unesco.org.uk/Science_Heritage_Meeting.htm. 2. There will be particular focus on four areas: astronomy, physical sciences, biological sciences and engineering and technology. 3. This workshop was organised at the UK's suggestion during the 31st session of the World Heritage Committee, held last July in Christchurch, New Zealand. 4. The outcome of this meeting will contribute to the development of guidelines for the identification of sites and a preliminary framework for the evaluation of properties of interest for the heritage of science and technology and their potential inscription on the World Heritage List. The recommendations of the Workshop will be submitted to the 32nd session of the World Heritage Committee. This session will be held from 2-10 July in Quebec, Canada. 5. The concept of World Heritage Sites is at the core of the World Heritage Convention, adopted by UNESCO in 1972, to which 184 nations belong. The Convention required the establishment of the World Heritage List, under the management of an inter-governmental World Heritage Committee, as a means of recognising that some places, both natural and cultural, are of sufficient importance to be the responsibility of the international community as a whole. The UK ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1984. Press enquiries: 020 7211 6272 Out of hours telephone pager: 07699 751153 Public enquiries: 020 7211 6020 www.culture.gov.uk 2-4 Cockspur Street London SW1Y 5DH www.culture.gov.uk Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT News Release (004/08) issued by The
Government News Network on 18 January 2008
A three-day international workshop, designed to develop guidelines to identify
future World Heritage Sites which represent advances in science and technology
of global significance, will be hosted next week by the Department for Culture,
Media and Sport and the UK National Commission for UNESCO on behalf of the
World Heritage Committee.

The workshop, taking place from 21-23 January, brings together experts from
15 countries, representing the physical sciences and technology as well as
those with detailed knowledge of the operation of the UNESCO World Heritage
Convention.

The delegates will discuss ways to create a scientific framework, to help
identify and recognise sites which represent the heritage of science and
technology that could potentially become World Heritage Sites. The conclusions
of the expert meeting will be presented to the World Heritage Committee for
consideration at their next meeting this July in Quebec, Canada.


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