UNESCO seriously concerned about the protection of World Heritage site of the Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (Ethiopia)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2326
UNESCO wishes to express its deep concern about the reports on the expansion of the conflict to the city of Lalibela (Ethiopia), which hosts the Rock-Hewn Churches.
UNESCO calls for the respect of all relevant obligations under international law in ensuring the protection of the Outstanding Universal Value and legacy of this precious site by refraining from any act that may expose it to damage, and by taking all necessary precautions to prevent any attempts of looting and pillaging cultural ...
Training workshop for "enhancing the implementation capacity of the 1972 Convention at World Heritage sites? organized in Ethiopia
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2325
UNESCO Addis Ababa Liaison Office in collaboration with the World Heritage Centre (WHC) and financial support from the People's Republic of China, organized a Training workshop on "enhancing the implementation capacity of the 1972 World Heritage Convention ? which took place from 3 to 5 August 2021, in Adama Town, Ethiopia. The meeting brought together 43 participants from ministries and institutions that are stakeholders for the protection of cultural and natural heritage ...
Looking into the future: Highlights of the Regional Action Plan for Africa (2021?2027)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2324
In parallel to the extended 44th session of the World Heritage Committee, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC), in close collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF), organised an online side event, "Looking into the future: Highlights of the Regional Action Plan for Africa (2021 ? 2027)? on 30 July. The event reflected upon the objectives and challenges foreseen in the implementation of the approved Action Plan (2021-2027) for Africa, as a result of the report of the ...
Danube Limes added to UNESCO's World Heritage List closing this year's inscriptions
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2322
The World Heritage Committee today inscribed the transnational property of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire ? The Danube Limes (Western Segment) on UNESCO's World Heritage List. 
Frontiers of the Roman Empire ? The Danube Limes (Western Segment) features components in Austria, Germany, and SlovakiaIt covers almost 600km of the whole Roman Empire's Danube frontier. The property formed part of the much large frontier of the Roman Empire that encircled the Mediterranean Sea. ...
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2321
World Heritage Committee inscribes four cultural and one natural site on UNESCO's World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2320
The World Heritage Committee today added four sites to UNESCO's World Heritage List and one extension to an existing transnational natural site in Europe.
The new cultural sites are located in Italy, Slovenia, the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom.  The natural site inscribed today is Ivindo National Park in Gabon. The World Heritage Committee also approved an extension to the existing World Heritage site of Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other ...
Cultural sites in Africa, Arab Region, Asia, Europe, and Latin America inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2319
The World Heritage Committee today added 13 cultural sites to UNESCO's World Heritage List and one extension to an existing cultural site in Mexico. Ros?ia Montana? Mining Landscape (Romania), was simultaneously inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger pending the removal of threats to its integrity posed by possible extractive activities.
These additions were made during the extended 44th session of the World Heritage Committee held online and chaired from Fuzhou (China), ...
Four natural and three cultural sites added to UNESCO's World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2318
The World Heritage Committee today added seven sites to UNESCO's World Heritage List. Four of the sites have been inscribed for the natural attributed: Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island (Japan), Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats (Republic of Korea), Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (Thailand) and Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands (Georgia). Three were listed for their cultural properties, among them one transnational site: Arslantepe ...
Cultural sites in China, India, Iran and Spain inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2317
The World Heritage Committee today inscribed Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China (China), Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana (India), Trans-Iranian Railway (Iran), and Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences (Spain), on UNESCO's World Heritage List during its 44th session held online and chaired from Fuzhou (China).
China, Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan ChinaThe serial site of Quanzhou ...
Five sites in the Arab and Europe regions inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2316
The World Heritage Committee today inscribed five cultural sites, including one transnational property, in Saudi Arabia, Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on UNESCO's World Heritage List during its 44th session held online and chaired from Fuzhou (China).
The following sites were inscribed today:
Saudi Arabia, ?im? Cultural AreaLocated in an arid, mountainous area of southwest Saudi Arabia, on one of the Arabian ...
