UN to list Iraq's Fertile Crescent as world heritage site.

Aswat al-Iraq (Erbil, Iraq) | September 6, 2008 | Copyright

Byline: SS (S)

BAGHDAD, Sept. 6 (VOI) eI The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) revealed an initiative to list the Fertile Crescent as a world heritage site.

"Supported by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), with funding from the Government of Italy, the proposed listing aims to further the conservation of a wetland of global, cultural, natural and environmental significance," according to a statement released by the UN's News Center and ...

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