Dear friends:
Thanks to the transparency policies of UNESCO, from 2012 all working papers World Heritage Committee are public information, freely available for everyone around the planet, as well as documents of State of Conservation (SOC) through a system of free public access information. I have prepared a small guide for the 37th Session, with the same documents in hand using delegates, to continue their discussions during the live and direct from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Salón 16 until 27 June 2013.
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The 37th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage will be held in the city of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Salón 16 until 27 June 2013. As part of UNESCO's policies and its World Heritage Centre, all working documents to be used by delegates World Heritage Committee are public. They are available in English and French, here: http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/37COM/documents/
Panama has five World Heritage properties considered; them, “Fortifications on the Caribbean coast of Panama: Portobelo and San Lorenzo” (Not. C135) is inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger since last year, here: http://whc.unesco.org/en/danger/
The list of World Heritage properties to be discussed in Session 37 COM es this: http://whc.unesco.org/archive/
During the 37th Session of the World Heritage Committee, Portobelo and San Lorenzo (although it will be discussed) have a draft decision to be approved as it is in the following document (English): http://whc.unesco.org/archive/2013/whc13-37com-7A-en.pdf (page 91).
The property, “Archaeological Site of Panama Viejo and Historic District of Panama” (Not. C790bis), where “Historic District” refers to the Old Town of Panama, will be discussed in accordance with the following document (English): http://whc.unesco.org/archive/2013/whc13-37com-7B-Add-en.pdf (page 184).
As part of the transparency policies of UNESCO, and as they did last year, the 37th Session of the World Heritage Committee will be broadcast live and direct, with simultaneous English translation, French and Cambodian in all discussions of the Committee.
The live broadcast will be through the official website of the 37th Session in Cambodia, under the Web tab Casting, here:
http://www.whc37cambodia2013.kh/news/press/01/42.html
After selecting the Web tab Casting, and low transmission hours, you can select which of the three languages described desired audio broadcast live video.
The schedule (time to Phnom Penh, Cambodia) is a table, here: http://whc.unesco.org/archive/2013/whc13-37com-3BRev-en.pdf
World Heritage properties in Panama will be discussed between Tuesday and Thursday of the attached schedule. For the time difference, conversions can be made for as the World Clock (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html).
I hope this information, of character entirely public and freely available to everyone around the world thanks to the transparency policies of UNESCO, be useful to all those genuinely interested in world heritage in Panama. And of course, in all those around the world heritage sites inscribed on the World Heritage List of World Heritage in Danger, that are the heritage of all human beings.