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World Heritage Day 2019
April 18 , 2019
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- April 18 was observed as the World Heritage Day. The theme for this year is ‘Rural Landscapes’.
- The theme Rural Landscapes is related to the theme of the ‘Scientific Symposium on Rural heritage’.
- The World Heritage Day was proposed by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) in 1982 and approved by the General Assembly of UNESCO in 1983.
- This day offers an opportunity to raise the public’s awareness about the diversity of cultural heritage and the efforts that are required to protect and conserve it.
- ICOMOS is a partner and founding member of the “Blue Shield” which works to protect the world's cultural heritage threatened by wars and natural disasters.
- ICOMOS was founded in 1965 and headquartered at Paris.
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