China News Service, Beijing, October 26th. The role of space technology in the protection of world heritage sites is becoming increasingly recognized internationally. On the 24th, Academician Guo Huadong, Director of the International Center for Natural and Cultural Heritage Space Technology (HIST), and Dr. Webber Ndoro, Director-General of the International Center for Protection and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), signed a memorandum of cooperation on space information technology to help protect world cultural heritage.
HIST Director Academician Guo Huadong and ICCROM Director-General Dr. Webber Ndoro signed a memorandum of cooperation
According to the agreement, the two parties will form a long-term strategic partnership in the field of world cultural heritage protection. In the next five years, the two sides will give full play to their respective professional and technical advantages to carry out all-round cooperation in the monitoring and evaluation of world cultural heritage, research and consultation, capacity building, expert exchanges, information sharing, etc., and promote the protection of global world cultural heritage.
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the World Heritage Convention. Guo Huadong said at the meeting that HIST and ICCROM will deepen cooperation and jointly take a series of protection actions to provide global public products and services to UNESCO and ICCROM member states, and assist in the implementation of the World Heritage Convention and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Webber Ndoro also believes that space technology has great potential in promoting the protection, management and sustainable development of world cultural and natural heritage. Through this signing, ICCROM will establish a very strong partnership with HIST. The collaboration will help enhance the capabilities of many heritage professionals and institutions around the world. More than 10 representatives including Wang Xinyuan and Chen Fulong, deputy directors of
HIST, as well as Valerie Magar, director of the ICCROM project department, Joseph King, senior director of the Director-General's Office, and Rohit Jigyasu, director of the project.
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HIST is the only World Heritage Research Center based on space technology established by United Nations Educational Sciences in July 2011. It is built on Aerospace Information Innovation Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences . It aims to use space technology to provide space technical support for UNESCO and its member countries in the protection and management of World Heritage, World Biosphere Reserve and World Geoparks to promote their sustainable development. HIST has become an important force in using space technology to deeply participate in the global governance of UNESCO List heritage.
ICCROM is an intergovernmental organization founded by UNESCO in 1956 and established in Rome, Italy in 1959. It is committed to serving member states and promoting the protection of all forms of cultural heritage in various regions of the world. The organization has a total of 138 member states and has a high international influence and voice in the field of cultural property. (End)
