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session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding
of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Representatives of the 24 States Parties that make up the Intergovernmental
Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
will hold their second ordinary session in Tokyo from 3 to 7 September
at the invitation of the Government of Japan*. During its meeting,
the Committee will continue working on the directives for the implementation
of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Heritage,
which entered into force in April 2006.
UNESCO. Media Advisory. Nº 2007-51.
France. Publication: 27-08-2007
Regional
meeting of Latin America and the Caribbean on the Convention of
2001, for the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage (Quito,
end November 2007)
The objective is that the countries have a legal instrument of international
scope, which protects the Cultural Heritage goods found in seas,
rivers and lakes, and which at present, is being put under an increasing
illegal operation that as a consequence leads to the loss of a large
part of the cultural legacy, still unknown , and that is part of
the history of the humanity… More information: darizaga@unesco.org.ec
UNESCO. Intercambio Newsletter. Nº
4. Cuba. Publicated: 03-08-2007
Message
from Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO on the
occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous
People. 9 August 2007
Indigenous knowledge systems represent an invaluable and irreplaceable
resource and a critical component of sustainable development. The
worldviews of most indigenous peoples, which recognize the inextricable
links between culture and nature, clearly resonate with UNESCO’s
efforts to protect and promote cultural as well as biological diversity.
This is a matter of growing concern to many indigenous communities
around the world and constitutes the essence of their recent call
for “development with identity”...
UNESCO. Messages. Publ : 2007; 4 p.; DG/ME/ID/2007/010.
France. Publicated: 16-08-2007
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