Friday, December 17, 2004

Iran Urges UNESCO to Lift its Heritage Ceiling

Iran Urges UNESCO to Lift its Heritage Ceiling:

"Iran has allocated $2.5 billion in the next decade to protect its cultural heritage, a senior official said, Iranian Cultural Heritage News Agency reported.

In a meeting with Koichiro Matsuro, UNESCO's director general, head of Iran's Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (CHTO) explained Tehran's mid and long-term plans to preserve and protect its millennia-old heritage. "

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