ICOMOS-UK News http://www.icomos-uk.org/ United Kingdom Committee of International Council on Monuments and Sites en Copyright 2005, ICOMOS-UK. All rights reserved. rikkeosterlund@icomos-uk.org (Rikke Osterlund) phillip.dawson@boilerhousecommunications.co.uk (Phillip Dawson) Thu, 6 Dec 2007 16:54:58 +0000 UK News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss STONEHENGE WORLD HERITAGE SITE http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=104 ICOMOS-UK Press Statement

Government announcement

6TH December 2007

]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:54:58 GMT http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/#item104 Revised Olympic budget to have a massive impact on heritage funding http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=101 Does the third sector heritage lobby need to be stronger in its dialogue with the government? The revised budget for the Olympics will mean £90m less funds for the HLF and thus for heritag signals the vulnerability of the heritage lobby.

]]> Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:36:52 GMT http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/#item101 The Heritage Protection Review White Paper http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=100 ICOMOS-UK warmly welcomes the news that World Heritage sites (WHSs) are to be given statutory protection in the planning system in order to control development within sites and their settings, and to ensure there is no erosion of value over time.

]]> Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:21:52 GMT http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/#item100 Cornwall and West Devon Minining Landscape inscribed as a WHS http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=99 On Thursday 13th July the UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribed the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape as a WHS. This follows years of hard work by the WH Team in Cornwall County Council in particular.

]]> Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:21:44 GMT http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/#item99 ICOMOS Advisory Committee Meeting, Edinburgh 8-13th September 2006 http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=98 The annual ICOMOS Advisory Committee Meeting is this year being held in Edinburgh - hosted by Historic Scotland - from 8th to 13th September 2006.

]]> Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:21:18 GMT http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/#item98 Government proposes demolition of Commonwealth Institute http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=97 A leaked letter from the Foreign Office and DCMS asking the ODPM for its view on introducing special legislation to overturn the Grade 2* listing of the Commonwealth Institute in London has angered the UK heritage sector, including ICOMOS-UK.

]]> Thu, 08 Jun 2006 15:50:03 GMT http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/#item97 Stonehenge Roads Review: Conservation Organisations' Joint Public Response http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=96 ICOMOS-UK, The National Trust, The Council for British Archaeology, Friends of the Earth, CPRE, WANHS, ASLaN, Prehistoric Society, RESCUE and Transport 2000 have today released a joint statement to the Press on their shared vision for Stonehenge.

]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:34:17 GMT http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/#item96 ICOMOS-UK Strategic Plan 2006-8 http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=95 The Strategic Plan 2006-8 has just been published and can be downloaded from the ICOMOS-UK website, alternatively hard copies are available from the ICOMOS-UK secretariat.

]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:23:22 GMT http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/#item95 ICOMOS-UK General Assembly Xi'an - Resolutions and Xi'an Declaration http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=94 The ICOMOS General Assembly in Xi'an produced a number of resolutions and a Xi'an Declaration which can be downloaded from the ICOMOS International website

]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:14:38 GMT http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/#item94 Statement by ICOMOS-UK on the proposed new museum building at Liverpool Pierhead http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=93 ICOMOS-UK, through its World Heritage Committee, have sent comments to Liverpool City Council on the proposals for the new waterfront Museum building submitted for planning approval.

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