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Assyrians Face Escalating Abuses in "New Iraq"

The Assyrian Christian population of Iraq, historically traceable to the Mesopotamian cradle of civilisation, has increasingly become the target of both ethnic and religious attacks since the U.S.-led invasion and the overthrow of the Saddam Hussein regime in 2003. This article reports on patrons and human rights defenders, who say that if the world doesn't wake up to the plight of this people, they will soon be shoved through the door of extinction. (Lisa Söderlindh, IPS News, 3 May 2006)

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33109

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Sarhad Conservation Network

SCN is a non-profit advocacy organization that was launched in 2001 in order to lobby for conservation of natural and cultural heritage and biodiversity of the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan.

http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/

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The New Zealand Historic Places Trust/Pouhere Taonga

Provides an overview of Historic Places to visit, informs about Maori, Historic and Archeological sites, lists upcoming events, recent media releases and online versions of publications.

http://www.historic.org.nz/

(Added: Fri Apr 19 2002   Modified: Fri Nov 25 2005   Hits: 231)

The World Heritage Centre (UNESCO)

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. This is embodied in an international treaty called the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by UNESCO in 1972.

http://whc.unesco.org/

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What Al Gore Missed: The Ecological Importance of the Cultural Commons

The recommendations for reducing consumerism that appear at the end of Al Gore's book, An Inconvenient Truth, represent how language may contribute to enclosing the cultural commons. No one can deny that Gore's list of behaviors for reducing consumerism is good common sense. But a list of what thoughtful people are already doing is no substitute for suggesting a more radical approach to reducing our dependence upon the consumerism that is contributing to global warming-which his book documents so well.

http://www.spiritualprogressives.org/article.php?story=20070124060458368

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World Heritage Information Network (WHIN)

The World Heritage Information Network (WHIN) is the global network of World Heritage information providers. It was created in 1995 in order to foster the exchange of information between partner networks and World Heritage sites around the world. The World Heritage Information Network is a partnership between the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, the Advisory Bodies (ICOMOS, IUCN, and ICCROM), States Parties, and those managing World Heritage sites.

http://whc.unesco.org/whin/enindex.htm

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