Quebec - Indonesia is among 41 States Parties to the World Heritage Convention which will present properties for inscription on UNESCO`s World Heritage List During this year?s session, hosted by Canada to coincide with the 400th anniversary celebration of the founding of Quebec City, on Wednesday (July 2).
Among the 41 States Parties are also five countries that have no sites inscribed on the List: Kyrgyzstan, Papua New Guinea, San Marino, Saudi Arabia and Vanuatu, according to information available on the website of UNESCO on Wednesday.
The Committee will also review the state of conservation of the 30 World Heritage sites inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger and may decide to add new sites to that list of properties whose preservation requires special attention.
The List in Danger features sites which are threatened by a variety of problems such as natural disasters, pillaging, pollution, and poorly managed mass tourism, that may have a negative impact on the universal values for which they were inscribed on the World Heritage List.
Among sites on the List in Danger, the cultural landscape of Germany`s Dresden Elbe Valley will come under particular scrutiny. In keeping with the decision it took at its last meeting, the Committee will decide whether to keep the property on the World Heritage List or whether the building of a bridge in the heart of the landscape warrants its deletion from the List.
To date, UNESCO`s 1972 Convention on the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage protects 851 properties of? outstanding universal value,? including 660 cultural, 166 natural and 25 mixed properties in 141 States Parties.
Natural properties submitted for inscription to the World Heritage List include the Fabrica Nacional de Cementos S.A. (FANCESA), Cal Orck`O, Sucre, Departamento Chuquisaca (Bolivia), The Joggins Fossil Cliffs (Canada), Mount Sanqingshan National Park (China), Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems (France), Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Mexico), Socotra Archipelago (Yemen).
Meanwhile, cultural properties submitted for inscription to the List are among other things: Cultural Landscape of Bali Province (Indonesia), Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra - Towns of southern Albania, exceptional testimonies of well-preserved Ottoman settlements in the Balkan region, an extension (Albania), the Sacred Site of the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia), Fujian Tulou (China), The Stari Grad Plain (Croatia), Urban Historic Scenary Camaguey (Cuba), River Island of Majuli in midstream of Brahmaputra River in Assam (India), The Armenian Monastic Ensembles in Iranian Azarbayjan ((Islamic Republic of Iran), The Triple-arch Gate at Dan (Israel), Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests (Kenya), Sulamain-Too Sacred Mountain (Kyrgyzstan), and Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca: Melaka and George Town (Malaysia).
Source: http://www.antara.co.id (July 03, 2008)
