Egypt
- More Re Unesco Assistance For Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) During a meeting held yesterday at the Supreme Council of Antiquities’ (SCA) offices, the director of UNESCO’s cultural department Tamara Twinasky announced UNESCO’s full collaboration with the SCA to restore and preserve...
- Farouq Hosni Leaves For Paris
Egypt State Information Service Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni left Cairo for Paris Saturday 20/10/2007 accompanied by a delegation on a several days' visit to France. In pre-departure statements, Farouq Hosni told reporters the visit...
- World Heritage Sites: Threat Or Promise?
http://tinyurl.com/yxnyep (arabnews.com) An article about the pros and cons of establishing a site as a World Heritage Site. It is specific to three sites recently nominated in Saudi Arabia, but puts them into the context of more general issues: "Automobile...
- Forthcoming Session Of The World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=185 "The 29th Session of the World Heritage Committee will be held in Durban, South Africa from 10 to 17 July 2005. The World Heritage Committee consists of representatives from 21 of the States Parties to the Convention...
- No Farouk Hosni For Director General Of Unesco
Mr Hosni has said amongst other things that he would personally burn all Israeli books in Egyptian libraries and as a result he is an inappropriate choice to represent the preservation of world heritage which whether Mr. Hosni likes it or not includes...
Egypt
More re UNESCO removal of sites from World Heritage List
http://tinyurl.com/2g3g2y (sis.gov.eg)
The Egypt State Information Service website has posted an item about the suggestion that UNESCO is withdrawing its support for Egyptian heritage sites: "Culture Minister Farouq Hosni denied on Thursday there were threats by UNESCO to lift Thebes and Memphis off the World Heritage List. In statements to MENA, the minister ruled out such threats published by Egyptian newspapers. The two areas are considered world heritage reserves in accordance with the Egyptian Prime Minister's decisions, said the minister."
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- More Re Unesco Assistance For Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) During a meeting held yesterday at the Supreme Council of Antiquities’ (SCA) offices, the director of UNESCO’s cultural department Tamara Twinasky announced UNESCO’s full collaboration with the SCA to restore and preserve...
- Farouq Hosni Leaves For Paris
Egypt State Information Service Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni left Cairo for Paris Saturday 20/10/2007 accompanied by a delegation on a several days' visit to France. In pre-departure statements, Farouq Hosni told reporters the visit...
- World Heritage Sites: Threat Or Promise?
http://tinyurl.com/yxnyep (arabnews.com) An article about the pros and cons of establishing a site as a World Heritage Site. It is specific to three sites recently nominated in Saudi Arabia, but puts them into the context of more general issues: "Automobile...
- Forthcoming Session Of The World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=185 "The 29th Session of the World Heritage Committee will be held in Durban, South Africa from 10 to 17 July 2005. The World Heritage Committee consists of representatives from 21 of the States Parties to the Convention...
- No Farouk Hosni For Director General Of Unesco
Mr Hosni has said amongst other things that he would personally burn all Israeli books in Egyptian libraries and as a result he is an inappropriate choice to represent the preservation of world heritage which whether Mr. Hosni likes it or not includes...