If the draft is approved by two-thirds of member countries at the General Conference next month it will be sent out for ratification. US and Russian support unlikely.

The site is considered one of the holiest in Iraq, containing the remains of two of the Prophet's descendants

There are fears that the new station will be a target for insurgents; Unesco powerless to protect the World Heritage site

As Unesco celebrates the 30th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, this book analyses the effects of its policies in developing countries

Out of the ten newly designated Unesco sites, the biggest includes eighteen royal Savoy properties

The Getty's floating conference on the conservation of archaeological sites.

He plans to develop learning centres, nominate new World Heritage sites, preservation of monuments, and protection of Angkor

The safeguarding of these places of global, cultural importance will increase