International Online Report (Reporter Lin Wei and Chen Geng): On July 16, the 44th World Heritage Convention opened in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. This is the second time China has hosted the World Heritage Conference after 17 years, and it is also the highest-level international conference that China has undertaken in the field of world heritage protection.
Ms. Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, said at the opening ceremony of the 44th World Heritage Conference held on the evening of the 16th that the new crown pneumonia epidemic has posed new problems for the protection of global cultural and natural heritage. In this background The heritage conference held under the jurisdiction is of special significance. “There are 1121 World Heritage Sites in the world now, and there will be more in the future. Each heritage is telling a story. In the story, we can all find ourselves and better understand our own identity. In 2020, World Tourists The number has dropped by 66%, and World Heritage sites have lost more than half of their income on average, but as our organization’s report on World Heritage in the face of the new crown pandemic stated, now is a time for revitalization and rebound, so This meeting is very important.”
It is reported that the current World Heritage Conference is an extended version of the meeting. It will review the two annual World Heritage projects in 2020 and 2021, including 45 projects pending review on the World Heritage List and 258 World Heritage Protection Status Reports. The workload of previous conferences was doubled, and it is expected that the “World Heritage List” and other lists will have important updates. The “Quanzhou: Song and Yuan China’s World Ocean Trade Center” project declared by China this year will be reviewed at the meeting.
At the same time, this conference will also focus on the various challenges and risks faced by world heritage protection, brainstorming, and put forward a new consensus on coping with future challenges and promoting the realization of the “Convention on the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage” strategic goals and the balanced and sustainable development of world heritage. And new initiatives.
Tian Xuejun, Vice Minister of China’s Ministry of Education, Director of the National Committee of China’s UNESCO, and Chairman of the 44th World Heritage Conference, proposed guiding principles for this conference, including calling on all member states and contracting states to keep in mind the responsibilities stipulated in the Convention, unite and form consensus. In addition, he also emphasized that in the field of cultural heritage protection, it is necessary to strengthen assistance to Africa, small island developing States and youth. “We must take Africa, small island developing States and youth as our priority in decision-making capacity building, international assistance, upstream procedures and other work, which can help us further improve the representativeness, balance and reliability of the World Heritage List. This can also help us further protect cultural diversity and promote cross-cultural exchanges.”
The current World Heritage Conference will last until July 31. A series of supporting activities and side events will be held during the conference, including the World Heritage Youth Forum, the World Heritage Site Managers Forum, hosted by China and UNESCO. 8 side events.Return to Sohu to see more
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