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Acknowledgments
We would like to extend our sincerest appreciation to the many people who have offered their
generous cooperation for the implementation of our survey.
Special thanks to Ms. Moe Chiba at the UNESCO New Delhi Office, who played an
indispensable role in liaising and coordinating meetings with local parties. We could not have
prepared our survey so thoroughly without her support. Our deepest gratitude to H.E. Mr. Jigmi
Thinley, the thirteenth Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan, and everyone in the Bhutanese
Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs, for sparing their precious time to receive us and offer
their cooperation during a busy and difficult period in the aftermath of the earthquake.
With great respect, we also thank Dr. Yoshiro Imaeda of the Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique and Mr. Masahiko Tomoda of the National Research Center for Cultural Properties,
Tokyo, for their consistent efforts, from the execution of the local survey to the preparation of this
report, as members of the Bhutan Survey Mission under the Japan Consortium for International
Cooperation in Cultural Heritage.
We would be most happy if our survey results benefit the future conservation of cultural
heritage in Bhutan in any way.
Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage
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