Save Penwith Moors - UNESCO further consulted and responds We support fully the Save Penwith Moors (SPM) organisation and the Cornwall Ancient Sites Protection Network (CASPN) in their ongoing struggles to safeguard our threatened heritage. As a result of communications between the Cornwall Branch of the Celtic League (KBCL) and UNESCO regarding mismanagement of our Nations heritage on Penwith Moors and with material kindly provided by SPM and CASPN, we forwarded UNESCO in Paris a portfolio containingcopies of the World Heritage Sites which disputed what they had been incorrectly advised by the UK Government. We have already written to the Head of Heritage Policy at the Department for Culture Media and Sport on 30 December, 2013 and await a reply. Meanwhile, UNESCO now seem to be acting as a result of our joint concerns. Letter below: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation – Ref.CLT/WHC/7118/KM/PT – 21.01.14 Subject: State of Conservation of the World Heritage Property 2Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape. Dear Convenor Mr Chappell, The World Heritage Centre has received your letter dated 30 December2013, by which you reiterated your concerns regarding the management of prehistoric ritual or ceremonial monuments in West Penwith and pointed out the location of Tregeseal and Man-an-Tol in relation to the World Heritage property of “Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape.” As mentioned in my earlier correspondence, the World Heritage Centre is now consulting the responsible authorities of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on any concerns raised regarding the state of conservation of World Heritage properties on the UK territory. We will therefore transmit your continuous concerns to the State Party for further comments. We will also share your letter with the Advisory Body to the World Heritage Committee, ICOMOS International, for review regarding any potential threat to the Outstanding Universal Value of the property. In the meantime, I encourage you to also maintain direct contact with the authorities concerned i.e. the Head of Heritage Policy at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Thank you for your interest in the safeguarding of cultural heritage. This communication copied to: Permanent Delegation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to UNESCO National Commission of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for UNESCO National Focus Points for World Heritage ICOMOS Yours sincerely Kishore Rao Director The Culture Sector World Heritage Centre 7. place de Fontenoy 75362 Paris 07 SP, France Tel. +33 (0) 1 45 68 14 40 Fax. +33 (0)1 45 68 55 70
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