| The International Coordinating Committee holds its 14th Plenary
Session focusing on research and conservation and sustainable development.
The Plenary Session of the ICC examines general policy matters,
determines central priorities and approves new project proposals
related to the Angkor World Heritage Site and provides recommendations
to be implemented to better preserve this world heritage.
In 1991, King Norodom Sihanouk appealed to UNESCO to coordinate
the international efforts to preserve and safeguard Angkor. Since
1992, following the inscription of Angkor on the World Heritage
List and the World Heritage List in Danger, UNESCO has provided
substantial assistance to Cambodia for the establishment and development
of an appropriate national legal and institutional framework for
the protection and management of the site. Angkor was inscribed
in accordance with exceptional procedures and was subject to a certain
number of conditions to be met by the Royal Government. As a result,
the Cambodian authorities adopted a Royal Decree Establishing Protected
Cultural Zones in the Siem Reap/Angkor Region and Guidelines for
their Management. It was followed by the creation of an independent
body, the Authority for the Protection of the Site and the Management
of the Angkor Area (APSARA), in 1995.
Since 1993, UNESCO has ensured the Standing Secretariat of the
International Coordinating Committee for the Safeguarding and Development
of the Historic Site of Angkor (ICC), co-chaired by France and Japan.
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