2009-03-16
PHNOM PENH, March 16 (Xinhua) -- UN has pledged great efforts to preserve and develop the centuries-old Preah Vihear temple of Cambodia as World Heritage Site, said official news agency the Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) on Monday.
A delegation of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) made this promise during a recent visit to the temple in border province of Preah Vihear, it said.
UN will arrange activities to promote the cooperation between Cambodia and UNESCO in the fields of finance and technique to protect the site, AKP quoted government officials as saying.
The delegation will continue its visit till late March to find more ways for conservation of the temple, they added.
The Preah Vihear temple was listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in July 2008.
Editor: Zhang Xiang
PHNOM PENH, March 16 (Xinhua) -- UN has pledged great efforts to preserve and develop the centuries-old Preah Vihear temple of Cambodia as World Heritage Site, said official news agency the Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) on Monday.
A delegation of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) made this promise during a recent visit to the temple in border province of Preah Vihear, it said.
UN will arrange activities to promote the cooperation between Cambodia and UNESCO in the fields of finance and technique to protect the site, AKP quoted government officials as saying.
The delegation will continue its visit till late March to find more ways for conservation of the temple, they added.
The Preah Vihear temple was listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in July 2008.
Editor: Zhang Xiang
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