Barbados
and the OECS Regional Meeting on the UNESCO 2001 Convention for
the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
Soon, from the 27th to the 28th of March 2008, takes place the
Barbados and the OECS Regional Meeting on the UNESCO 2001 Convention
for the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage in Castries,
St. Lucia. The Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural
Heritage was approved in November 2001 within the framework of the
31st UNESCO’s General Conference. One of the objectives is
to equip countries with an international legal tool that protects
heritage found in the seas, rivers and lakes which are subjected
to increasing exploitation, characterized by inherent threats. As
a consequence, illegal exploitation of underwater heritage has resulted
in the loss of an enormous part of the cultural patrimony of humanity...
Contact: Kwame Boafo. UNESCO Kingston Cluster Office for the Caribbean
<k.boafo@unesco.org>
UNESCO. Culture. Underwater Cultural Heritage.
Publicated: 20-2-2008
Safeguarding
Project: The Rabinal Achí Dance Drama Tradition. Guatemala
The safeguarding plan aims at supporting the Rabinal Achí
dance-drama group in their efforts to safeguard and transmit their
skills, knowledge and experience. The project intends to strengthen
the transmission of the Rabinal Achí dance-drama to younger
generations through workshops; increase awareness among practitioners
as well as Guatemalan society in general of the value of this cultural
expression and the need to safeguard it; and strengthening the capacities
of the Rabinal Achí dance-drama group to enable them to continue
this tradition. Activities include transmission workshops and performances
of the Rabinal Achí dance-drama, recruiting and training
new dancers (children, young people and adults), publishing promotional
material, whose revenues will go to a fund for dance groups and
developing a training manual to teach the Rabinal Achí at
different school levels of the national education system...
UNESCO. Culture. Intangible Heritage. Safeguarding
Projects. Publicated: 20-2-2008
Ratification
by Nigeria of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of
the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (Paris, 20 October 2005)
On 21 January 2008, Nigeria deposited with the Director-General
its instrument of ratification of the Convention on the Protection
and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. In accordance
with the terms of its Article 29, the aforementioned Convention
will enter into force with respect to Nigeria three months after
the date of the deposit of its instrument, that is to say on 21
April 2008.
UNESCO. Office of International Standards
and Legal Affairs. Publicated: 31-1-2008 |
