From Arab Times: Failaka place eyed on ‘World Heritage List’
MANAMA,
Dec 3, (KUNA): Kuwait seeks to add five archaeological sites on Failaka
Island to the UNESCO World Heritage List, said Director of the
Department of Archeology and Museums in the National Council for
Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) Shehab Abdulhamid on Monday.
Speaking to KUNA, Abdulhamid said the NCCAL will raise the issue during
its attendence of the meeting of the Bahrain-based Arab Regional Centre
for World Heritage (ARC-WH).
Registering the sites on the list is vital towards their preservation
and will help the training of NCCAL employees on how to best handle
these relics, he added.
The three-day regional (ARC-WH) meeting, which is held on an annual
basis, aims to enhance Arab efforts in supporting archeological sites in
the region.
It will discuss the nominees for the World Heritage List, and a number
of internal issues, such as the organization of the World Heritage
Convention on the national level and other management-related matters.
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