Asia-Pacific Focal Point
"A Memorandum of Understanding between Australia and UNESCO on cooperation concerning World Heritage in the Asia-Pacific region"
The Asia-Pacific Focal Point (APFP) is a regional network for World Heritage Managers, established to share experience, knowledge and resources between countries in the region. The APFP will help Asia-Pacific countries adopt, and meet their obligations under the World Heritage Convention and will also help ensure best practice management of their World Heritage sites.
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Outcomes for the Pacific from the World Heritage Committee Meeting
The latest meeting of the World Heritage Committee from 2-10 July 2008 in Quebec, Canada, resulted in some very positive developments for the Pacific region. Congratulations to all involved in the successful inscription of three sites in the region:
- The Kuk Early Agricultural Site, Papua New Guinea, on the basis of criteria (iii) and (iv).
- Chief Roi Mata's Domain, Vanuatu, on the basis of criteria (iii), (v) and (vi).
- The Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems were inscribed under the State Party of France.
The meeting inscribed 27 sites, bringing the total on the World Heritage List to 878 sites. 30 sites remain on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The next session of the Committee will be held 22-30 June 2009, in Seville, Spain. Spain will chair the Committee over the next 12 months, with the new Bureau comprising Vice Presidents from Kenya (for Africa), Tunisia (Arab), US (EU and North America), Barbados (Latin America and Caribbean) and Australia (Asia Pacific). The Rapporteur will be Mr Antonio Ricarte (Brazil).
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