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This web site is funded by a grant from the corporation. It is used to identify properties protected by the world heritage convention and inscribed on the official world heritage list, and represents the universal values for which the convention stands. Unesco s memory of the world programme is an international initiative launched to safeguard the documentary heritage of humanity against collective amnesia, neglect, the ravages of time a. Rare treasures of world art unesco digital library. A world heritage site is a landmark or area, selected by the united nations educational.
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World heritage site, any of various areas or objects inscribed on the united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization world heritage list. Unesco has opened nominations for the world book capital city in 2022 with a deadline of 25 june. Jan 12, 2014 in the 1970s, the world heritage committee was born out of these international preservation efforts through unesco, an acronym for united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization. In 1979, the committee decided to inscribe the ohrid lake on the world heritage list under natural criteria iii. Logo of the united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization unesco world heritage committee. Hidden treasures of india is an award winning top rated india tour operator. Over the next fifteen years, twenty million dollars are raised to support a.
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