IICAS has the honor to announce the submission of the Serial Transnational World Heritage nomination dossier "Silk Road: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor" (Republic of Uzbekistan, Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan).
IICAS has the honor to announce the submission of the Serial Transnational World Heritage nomination dossier "Silk
Road: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor" (Republic of Uzbekistan, Republic of
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan).
During the 5th meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial
Transnational Nomination of the Silk Road World Heritage, which took place on
the 4-5 December 2018 in Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), a continuation of the Silk
Roads nomination for the Corridor located along the Penjikent-Samarkand-Poikend
section was agreed. The meeting attended by the presence of the representatives
of UNESCO, 11 Member State of the Intergovernmental Coordinating Committee on
the Silk Road World Heritage, 2 Partner States, International Council on
Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), University College London (UCL) and IICAS. As an outcome
of the meeting of the Member States of the Silk Road Coordinating Committee it
was agreed that Uzbekistan and Tajikistan will continue their work and
Turkmenistan rejoined the initiative and IICAS was elected as the Secretariat
of the serial transnational World Heritage nomination “Silk Road:
Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor”.
The preparation of scientific documentation for the Serial Transnational World Heritage nomination dossier "Silk Road:
Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor" was
carried out by IICAS as the Secretariat of the nomination with the full support
of UCL.
The completed nomination dossier, as well as annexes to it in 3 (three)
copies, have already been sent by the National Commission of the Republic of
Uzbekistan for UNESCO to Paris, to the office of the UNESCO World Heritage
Center.
IICAS expresses its gratitude for the assistance in the implementation of
the project for the preparation of the Serial Transnational World Heritage nomination
dossier "Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor" to the following
organizations / individuals:
• National Commissions of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Republic of
Tajikistan and Turkmenistan for UNESCO;
• Embassies of the Republic of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan in the
Republic of Uzbekistan;
• Permanent Delegations of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Republic of
Tajikistan and Turkmenistan to UNESCO, Paris, France;
• Coordinating Committee on the Serial Transnational
World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads;
• ICOMOS International Conservation Center-Xi’an (IICC-X), the Secretariat
of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial Transnational World Heritage
Nomination of the Silk Roads;
• UNESCO World Heritage Center;
• UNESCO Office in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan;
• Ministries of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Republic of
Tajikistan and Turkmenistan;
• National executive authorities of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the
Republic of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan;
• International and national
experts.
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