China News Service, Fuzhou, July 18 (Zheng Jiang Luo Yingni) The "44th World Heritage Conference" held in Fuzhou City held a video press conference on the 18th.
Tian Xuejun, Vice Minister of China's Ministry of Education, Director of the Chinese National Committee for UNESCO, and Chairman of the 44th World Heritage Conference, introduced the "Fuzhou Declaration" adopted by the conference yesterday.
The Fuzhou Declaration calls for increasing support for developing countries such as Africa, and small island developing States in particular.
Tian Xuejun said that we have been cooperating with committee members, contracting states, advisory bodies and the World Heritage Center for a long time.
On the first day of the meeting, the committee members had rich and fruitful discussions on the World Heritage Capacity Building Strategy and World Heritage projects, and reached a broad consensus.
According to reports, the declaration reiterated the importance of world heritage protection and international cooperation, as well as the need to work together and act together to address climate change.
The declaration points out that, as cultural treasures and natural treasures, world heritage makes a positive contribution to the promotion of exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations and world peace and sustainable development; the declaration emphasizes that the protection of world heritage sites is common to all mankind. responsibility.
Tian Xuejun stated that the declaration calls for closer international cooperation within the framework of multilateralism, increasing support for developing countries, especially for Africa and small island developing States, and strengthening world heritage education, knowledge sharing and new technologies. Use and take the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention as an opportunity to review history and look forward to the future, hoping to leave to future generations an open, inclusive, self-adjusting, sustainable, resilient, clean and beautiful world.
UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Culture, Ottone Ramirez, said through a connection that we will review a set of two-year agenda items and we will update three important lists, namely the World Heritage List and the World Heritage List in Danger. And the test list, we will deal with some far-reaching issues, such as climate change, sustainable development, the relationship between Africa's priority and World Heritage, and ways to improve the working methods and governance of World Heritage in the future.
Tian Xuejun further pointed out that we will make decisions based on consensus to resolve these issues together.
Taking into account the responsibilities conferred by the Convention, this committee will spare no effort to create a brighter future for the world heritage, the common asset of all mankind.
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