| This 15th Plenary session of the Committee convenes all national
and international institutions to meet and discuss on the conservation
and preservation as well as the sustainable development of the Angkor
World Heritage Site.
The participants are ambassadors, technical teams and organizations
who are working on Angkor.
Angkor, the capital of the Khmer Empire from the 9th to the 15th
centuries, maintains an outstanding position among the world's most
magnificent monumental complexes.
Following the inscription of Angkor into the World Heritage List
and the World Heritage List in Danger in 1992, UNESCO provided substantial
assistance to Cambodia for the establishment and development of
an appropriate national legal and institutional framework for the
protection and management of the site.
The Cambodian authorities adopted a Royal Decree Establishing Protected
Cultural Zones in the Siem Reap/Angkor Region and Guidelines for
their Management. It was followed by the creation of an independent
body, the Authority for the Protection of the Site and the Management
of the Angkor Area (APSARA), in 1995.
This event is organized jointly by UNESCO Office in Phnom Penh
and APSARA. |
