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Estonia to participate in supplementing UNESCO world heritage list

BC, Tallinn, 22.07.2010.Print version

Estonia will for the first time participate in the work of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee on Sunday, writes LETA/Postimees Online.

 

The 34th session of the World Heritage Committee will take place from July 25 to August 3 in Brasilia and Estonia will take part in the event for the first time as a committee member.

 

Estonia’s delegation of seven members will be headed by professor Mati Kalm from the Estonian Academy of Arts and Urve Sinijärv from the Ministry of Environment.

 

The committee will deliberate on 32 new applications to be added to the world heritage list – 24 according to cultural criteria, six according to natural criteria and two on the basis of both criteria.





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