More than 50 world sites hope for inclusion on the UN's coveted heritage list at a meeting opening in Riyadh Sunday, while some incumbents, including Venice and Kyiv, face the risk of a downgrade.
UNESCO, the United Nation's educational, scientific and cultural organization, keeps the world heritage list, which it says is a reflection of the planet's cultural and natural diversity.
At the meeting in Saudi Arabia some well established sites, including Venice and Kyiv, will be in the spotlight for a possible"at risk" qualification, the first stop towards exclusion from the list that features 1,157 sites, of which 900 are cultural, 218 natural and 39 mixed. , while France has entered the Maison Carree in the southwestern city of Nimes, a well preserved ancient Roman temple.
Inclusion on the heritage list is a"recognition" that the countries concerned have sites that"are important and contribute to the development of our humanity", Eloundou Assomo said.
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