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DID YOU KNOW?
FACTS & FICTION WITH A MEXICAN TWIST
SEPTEMBER 2008 (updated from September 2006)Did You Know That...
...Mexico has more World Heritage sites than any other country in the Americas? The status of World Heritage site is a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) denomination. The status is conferred on selected sites under the terms of "The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage", adopted at UNESCO's 17th General Conference in November 1972 and subsequently ratified by 176 member states.
Nations were invited to submit their proposals for any cultural or natural sites that they considered "of outstanding universal value", and therefore eligible for inclusion on the World Heritage list. All proposals have to be approved by a special UNESCO World Heritage Committee.
The attraction of having a site classified as a World Heritage site is that it affords extra possibilities for obtaining technical co-operation in matters relating to conservation, for international assistance for research, training and equipment, and for emergency assistance in the event of damage due to specific natural or man-made disasters.
The list was first published in 1978, at which time it mainly featured European sites. Since then, regular additions have been made. As of August 2008, the list now includes 878 locations in 145 member states. Of these sites, 679 are considered to have cultural significance, 174 to have natural importance and there are also 25 which share both cultural and natural value.
Read the complete article . . .
Did You Know Index
Text © Copyright 2008 by Tony Burton. All rights reserved.
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