| Summary: |
This meeting is organized, in close consultation with the Afghan
Authorities and international experts, to identify the next priority
actions to be undertaken on the sites of Jam and Herat, with particular
importance being given to the long-term consolidation and stabilization
of the Minaret of Jam and the Fifth Minaret in Herat.
About 20 participants, including Afghan officials and experts,
a representative from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, international
experts as well as ICCROM, ICOMOS and UNESCO representatives, will
take part.
The meeting is organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and
the UNESCO Office in Kabul within the framework of the UNESCO/Italy
Funds-in-Trust "Emergency Consolidation and Restoration of
Monuments in Herat and Jam" and the UNESCO/Swiss Funds-in-Trust
“Emergency Consolidation and Restoration of the Site of Jam”
projects. |
