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UNESCO has launched an initiative for the safeguarding of Historic
Urban Landscapes as a follow-up to the Vienna Conference on "World
Heritage and Contemporary Architecture - Managing the Historic Urban
Landscape", which took place in May 2005 in Austria. The outcome
of this conference, the so-called "Vienna Memorandum", formed
the basis for the adoption of a ‘Declaration on the Conservation
of Historic Urban Landscapes' during the 15th General Assembly of
States Parties to the World Heritage Convention on 11 October 2005
at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. During this session, it was also
recommended "that the General Conference of UNESCO adopt a new
Recommendation to complement and update the existing ones on the subject
of conservation of historic urban landscapes, with special reference
to the need to link contemporary architecture to the urban historic
context".
In this vein, the World Heritage Centre is planning a regional
conference for the Americas to raise awareness on the subject, discuss
issues of conservation and management of Historic Urban Landscapes
in the region and receive expert input on the contents of this new
Recommendation. The conference will take place in the Historic Centre
of the Town of Olinda, a World Heritage site.
This is an Expert Meeting and participation is by invitation only.
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