Traduction de «Commission d'appel du patrimoine historique du Yukon » (Français → Anglais) :

Yukon Heritage Resources Board

Yukon Historic Resources Fund

International Commission on Islamic Heritage and the Preservation of Historical Cities

26. Deplores the rejection of Kosovo’s application for UNESCO membership, due also to active obstruction by Serbia – contradicting its commitment to developing good‑neighbourly relations – but also due to a lack of unanimity among member states; welcomes the adoption of the law protecting the historical heritage of Prizren and calls for its full implementation, but points out, nonetheless, the threats posed to the city’s heritage by widespread illegal building; welcomes the fact that several Serb religious and cultural heritage sites regrettably destroyed in 2004 have been renovated, such as the Orthodox cathedral, and calls for contin ...[+++]uing renovation of Serbian religious and cultural heritage; calls, in this connection, on the interested parties, including the Kosovo authorities, the Serbian Government, the Serbian community in Kosovo and the Serbian Orthodox Church, to find a system for the promotion, protection and conservation of Kosovo’s cultural and religious heritage, which should be treated as common European heritage; welcomes the fact that the Kosovo constitution enshrines Kosovo’s commitment to the preservation and protection of its cultural and religious heritage, and calls for further efforts to protect the rights of all religious minorities; underlines the fact that joining international and regional organisations and mechanisms should be a priority for Kosovo; recalls, in this context, the importance of complying with the agreement reached on regional cooperation; believes that the establishment of the Regional Youth Cooperation Office of the Western Balkans (in the framework of the Berlin Process), which is being actively promoted by many, will bring positive results, in particular as regards relations between the young people of Serbia and Kosovo;

3. Highlights the fact that promoting the conservation of cultural heritage assets and their inclusion in sustainable tourism products will attract people and help to strengthen the local/regional economy; calls on the Commission, in view of the economic importance of the cultural heritage and the links between the cultural heritage and sustainable tourism, to establish a comprehensive approach – also in the light of the recent initiative on the European Fund for Strategic Investments – to financing the cultural heritage, e.g. urban ...[+++]infrastructure developments, the standardisation and harmonisation necessary for (re)construction purposes and the preservation of monuments, bearing in mind that the diversity and special characteristics of the historical heritage call for specific solutions and methods;

7. Calls on the international community to assist the Government of Nepal with salvaging and restoring damaged cultural, religious and historical heritage;

L. whereas territorial excellence brandings can contribute to the resilience and development of territorial economies, particularly in the most vulnerable regions, mountain regions and the outermost regions, by coordinating sets of high-quality goods (food and non-food) and services which are inextricably interlinked and which embody the specific characteristics of each territory and in particular its heritage (historical, cultural, geographical, etc); whereas assembled together within sets these goods and services are unique and generate revenue at territorial level opening up new opportunities on local and international markets and m ...[+++]ay also act as an ‘umbrella’ for promoting regions as tourist destinations; whereas the aim of these territorial brandings is to identify those territories that have worked together to create common partnerships and synergies in order to exploit their resources in the long term, encourage local/regional producers and stimulate their economies, which is vital to quality of life in the countryside and a balanced development of rural and urban areas; whereas they should not be confused with the quality labels (protected designation of origin (PDO), protected geographical indication (PGI) and Traditional Specialities Guaranteed (TSG)) used for food products, with which far from being incompatible they are on the contrary fully complementary; whereas they should contribute to the promotion of these schemes both within and outside the EU and help to improve the competitiveness of rural economies whilst at the same time opening up employment opportunities;