Forum UNESCO-University and
Heritage (FUUH) is an UNESCO Project for undertaking activities to protect
and safeguard the cultural and natural heritage, through an informal networkof
higher education institutions. FUUH is under the joint responsibility of
the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Polytechnic University of Valencia
(UPV) Spain. This internet website is not an official site of UNESCO but
a website created and managed by the UPV within the framework of the project
FUUH.
Acceptance
by Afghanistan of the Convention
for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (Paris,
17 October 2003) On 30 March 2009, Afghanistan deposited with the Director-General
its instrument of acceptance of the Convention for the Safeguarding
of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. In accordance with the terms
of its Article 34, the aforementioned Convention will enter into
force with respect to Afghanistan three months after the date
of the deposit of its instrument, that is to say on 30 June 2009.
Ratification
by Albania of the Convention on the
Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (Paris, 2 November
2001) On 19 March 2009, Albania deposited with the Director-General
its instrument of ratification of the Convention on the Protection
of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. In accordance with the terms
of its Article 27, the aforementioned Convention will enter into
force with respect to Albania three months after the date of the
deposit of this instrument, that is to say on 19 June 2009.