Published on : Tuesday, July 3, 2018
The UAE has reserved its nomination of the Dubai Creek to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites, Gulf News can reveal.
A top official of Dubai Municipality, which played an important role in enlisting Dubai Creek as the second World Heritage Site of UAE after the old city of Al Ain Oasis, confirmed this to Gulf News on Sunday.
“We have withdrawn the file of Dubai Creek’s nomination,” said Dawood Abdul Rahman Al Hajiri, director-general of Dubai Municipality.
He reacted to Gulf News’ questions in terms of the nomination of Dubai Creek not making it to the list at the 42nd session of the World Heritage Committee that took into consideration 30 nominations worldwide.
As per the sources, the UAE is one of five countries that removed their nominations during the session in Manama being held since June 24.
Sources explained that the letter of the UAE about taking back its nomination was submitted to the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) by Abdullah Ali Masbeh Al Nuaimi, the UAE’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO in Paris.
ICOMOS said that the session about the pulling out of the modified file titled ‘Khor Dubai, a Traditional Merchants’ Harbour’ at the World Heritage Committee’s session, according to sources.
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