UNESCO’sWorld Heritage committee

Latest Pronouncements

• Doles out Scoldings• Warning and praise to politicians, Curators etc• Some are congratulated for following the

Agency’s advice• Some are given dark hints of the outcomes

Places that Suffered

• Striped the place from “World Heritage Site”• Place : Dresden & the surrounding Elbe valley• German Metropolice, because motorway

threatens to wreck the skyline.

New sites Accepted

• 13 new sites accepted• Sacred peak in Kyrgystan• A fortress in Burkina• Bringing total to 890 under its purview

Powers of persuation

• Francesco Bandarin runs WHC, said• UNESCO has become a voice in country’s

debates• “UNESCO should be protecting human values

and not the Stones”• Cities must develop respecting the past

Thank you