Press release_ENG UNMIK/PR/1633
Monday, 29 January 2007 SRSG signs agreement with UNESCO on Kosovo heritage conservation PRISTINA Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker signed with UNESCO in Paris today an agreement for implementation of the first project for the restoration and conservation of cultural heritage sites in Kosovo pursuant to pledges made as a result of the Paris international donors conference of May 2005. Ms. Françoise Riviere, Assistant Director General for Culture, signed the agreement on behalf of UNESCO. I welcome the signing of the agreement that will serve as a model for other similar agreements to follow, enabling work to commence for the preservation of all types of heritage in Kosovo, the SRSG said, Cultural and religious sites are a truly remarkable testament to Kosovos distinctive history and their protection and preservation is integral to the process of improving and consolidating relations between the different communities in Kosovo. The agreement signed today defines the framework for cooperation between UNMIK and UNESCO for restoration and conservation of seven cultural heritage sites for which the United States has pledged one million USD. The sites covered under this project are: the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in Lipjan/Lipljan, the St. Sava Church in Mitrovica, the Hadum Mosque in Gjakovë/Djakovica, the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Shtime/timlje, the Budisavci Monastery in Klinë/Klina, the Mosque in Deçan /Decani and the Hamam in Mitrovica. A total of 10 million USD were pledged by various donors as a result of the 2005 Donors Conference convened by UNESCO in Paris. Pursuant to this, in September 2006 an Umbrella Memorandum of Understanding was signed by UNESCO with UNMIK, on behalf of the Provisional Institutions of Self Government (PISG) in Kosovo, covering the scope of intervention for the rehabilitation, safeguard and preservation of the Cultural Heritage in Kosovo. As a final step agreements, similar to the one today, will be signed for each specific project already agreed upon by several donors with UNESCO. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] =============== Group Moderator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] page at http://magazine.sorabia.net for more informations about current situation in Serbia http://www.sorabia.net Slusajte GLAS SORABIJE nas talk internet-radio (Serbian Only) http://radio.sorabia.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sorabia/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sorabia/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
