The World Heritage Committee approve a draft of the Iraqi delegation in maintaining the effects of urban and Samarra

07/12/2016
Admitted to the World Heritage Committee on Tuesday to preserve the Iraqi antiquities in the urban cities of the southern province of Nineveh, and the city of Samarra , south of Salahuddin province.
According to the semi - official Al- Iraqiya, the Committee approved the draft of the Iraqi delegation at the Istanbul meeting to maintain the Iraqi antiquities in urban and Samarra.
It meets the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization "UNESCO" Since last Sunday in the Turkish city of Istanbul within its 40, where the Committee will consider the nominations record 29 new sites on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Site , ranging from fossils , aged 350 million years to reach the work of the architect and civil planned French-Swiss Le Corbusier.
Iraq hopes the inclusion of an ancient marsh areas and the effects on the World Heritage list.

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