42 sites nominated for UNESCO World Heritage List

42 sites nominated for UNESCO World Heritage List

2011-05-06 10:04:51 GMT+7 (ICT)

UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) -- More than 40 natural or cultural sites have been nominated for the World Heritage List, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said Thursday.

The agency's 21-member World Heritage Committee will meet in Paris from 19 to 29 June to decide which of the 42 nominated sites to include on the list. Sites from Barbados, Jamaica, Micronesia, Palau, the Republic of Congo and the United Arab Emirates will be considered for the first time.

Barbados has nominated the city of Bridgetown and its Garrison, while Jamaica has proposed Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park. The UAE submitted the Cultural Sites of Al Ain: Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas.

Micronesia and Palau have made a joint nomination for the Yapese Stone Money sites, while the Republic of Congo has joined with neighbouring Cameroon and the Central African Republic to propose the Trinational Sangha.

Other sites have been nominated by Argentina, Bahrain, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, Mexico, Mongolia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, and many others.

The number of properties already on the World Heritage List is 911.

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