The UNESCO World Heritage Committee makes pronouncements, providing both praise and scoldings to politicians and curators. It stripped Dresden, Germany of its World Heritage Site status due to a motorway threatening the skyline. The committee accepted 13 new sites, bringing the total under its purview to 890. The head of the WHC said UNESCO has become influential in countries' debates and that cities must develop while respecting the past.
2. Latest PronouncementsDoles out ScoldingsWarning and praise to politicians, Curators etcSome are congratulated for following the Agencys adviceSome are given dark hints of the outcomes
3. Places that SufferedStriped the place from World Heritage SitePlace : Dresden & the surrounding Elbe valleyGerman Metropolice, because motorway threatens to wreck the skyline.
4. New sites Accepted13 new sites acceptedSacred peak in KyrgystanA fortress in BurkinaBringing total to 890 under its purview
5. Powers of persuationFrancesco Bandarin runs WHC, saidUNESCO has become a voice in countrys debatesUNESCO should be protecting human values and not the StonesCities must develop respecting the past