Registration of Koh Ker Temple as UN heritage site expected by July

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The Ministry of Culture is waiting for UNESCO to visit Koh Ker Temple to complete the registration to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Cambodia will finish registering the ancient Temple as world Heritage site in July. Director-general of the National Authority for Preah Vihear, Kong Puthika, who led the research on Koh Ker Temple, told Khmer Times on Thursday that Cambodia has already provided finalised documents to UNESCO since January 1, this year .

 

UNESCO will come to Cambodia to view the temple, with it being planned at the end of 2021. This is the process that UNESCO follow and they will need to look at the temple and its characteristics that would allow them to register the Temple as a world heritage site.

 

UNESCO will have a conference in Russia in July, 2022. And it will be that time that they will decide whether they will register Kok Ker Temple as a UNESCO World Heritage Site or not. Ministry of Culture spokesman Long Punnaserivath said: “The Koh Ker Temple was proposed as a World Heritage Site because it has universal value to showcase Cambodian culture. It would benefit the conservation goals of the temple and attract tourists.”

 

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