Check Out The September 2006 Issue of UNESCO-Courier !

Taylor Hooton ©UNESCO/ D. Hooton

Each month, The UNESCO Courier online magazine gives voice to articles from around the world dealing with a specific topic related to UNESCO’s concerns.

This month’s thematic dossier “Winning at Any Cost?” examines sports and raises interesting questions about the many scandals that surround today’s successful athletes. The pressure to be the best may push athletes to resort to performance enhancing drugs. Worse, it may also cost them their lives, as it was the case with 17 year-old baseball player Taylor Hooton of Texas.
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Check Out The September 2006 Issue of UNESCO-Courier !

Taylor Hooton ©UNESCO/ D. Hooton

Each month, The UNESCO Courier online magazine gives voice to articles from around the world dealing with a specific topic related to UNESCO’s concerns.

This month’s thematic dossier “Winning at Any Cost?” examines sports and raises interesting questions about the many scandals that surround today’s successful athletes. The pressure to be the best may push athletes to resort to performance enhancing drugs. Worse, it may also cost them their lives, as it was the case with 17 year-old baseball player Taylor Hooton of Texas.
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UNESCO demands explanation for construction projects near Iranian World Heritage Site

Bisotun ©UNESCO/ Babak Sedighi

The UNESCO World Heritage Center has recently sent a letter to Iran’s Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization, demanding an explanation for the establishment of the industrial town of Hersin in the territory of the Bisotun ancient site, the Persian service of CHN reported on August 26^th, 2006.

Every new construction and every major change in the territory must be approved by the World Heritage Center beforehand. However, the construction of Hersin was approved by the Planning Council of Kermanshah Province last year and 30 hectares of the region have been purchased from the villagers...

We welcome your reactions to the eventual establishment of industrial towns in the vicinity of Cultural Preservation Sites!

UNESCO demands explanation for construction projects near Iranian World Heritage Site

Bisotun ©UNESCO/ Babak Sedighi

The UNESCO World Heritage Center has recently sent a letter to Iran’s Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization, demanding an explanation for the establishment of the industrial town of Hersin in the territory of the Bisotun ancient site, the Persian service of CHN reported on August 26^th, 2006.

Every new construction and every major change in the territory must be approved by the World Heritage Center beforehand. However, the construction of Hersin was approved by the Planning Council of Kermanshah Province last year and 30 hectares of the region have been purchased from the villagers...

We welcome your reactions to the eventual establishment of industrial towns in the vicinity of Cultural Preservation Sites!