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PRESERVATION OF THE FROZEN TOMBS OF THE ALTAI MOUNTAINS RECOMMENDATIONS 72
RECOMMENDATIONS recommendations made at the unesco international workshop “The Frozen Tombs of the Altai Mountains: Strategies and Perspectives” Organized by: UNESCO, World Heritage Centre, in technical co-operation with Ghent University Hosted by: Gorno-Altaisk University, Altai Republic, Russian Federation 28–31 March 2006 Preamble Participants in the International workshop on the Preservation of the Frozen Tombs of the Altai Mountains: Strategies and Perspectives”, held in Gorno-Altaisk, 28-31 March 2006, namely 50 archaeologists and geologists, from Belgium, China, France, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russian Federation, the United States, and the representatives from UNESCO and UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Noting that the Russian part of the Altai, namely Altaisky Zapovednik and a buffer zone around Lake Teletskoye; Katunsky Zapovednik and a buffer zone around Mount Belukha; and the Ukok Quiet Zone on the Ukok Plateau, was inscribed on the World Heritage List as a natural site; Further noting that the Katunsky Zapovednik also figures in the list of the UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserves; Recognizing the importance and unique value of the archaeological and cultural remains, including the frozen tombs, scattered in the Altai Mountains, which cover a significant contiguous part of China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation, belong to the past shared between these countries, and in which truly international cultures developed, attested by contacts with major civilizations of the ancient world, including China, Persia, Greece and others, and which therefore constitute a common legacy for humanity; Bearing in mind the fact that the global warming phenomenon is threatening the permafrost which allowed preservation of the tombs and their relics for several millennia; Calling attention to the fact that the destruction of the frozen tombs as well as the valuable relics located inside would lead to a great loss of significant knowledge about one of the once flourishing civilizations in the history of humanity; Appreciating the efforts made by UNESCO, in close co-operation with Ghent University, Belgium and thanks to the UNESCO/Flanders Funds-in-Trust, to take initiatives to preserve the frozen tombs; Left Plaque: Panther Curved Round. Gold; cast, chased. 10.9 x 9.3 cm. Sakae Culture. 7 th - 6 th century bc. Inv. no. SI -1727.1/88. © The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. 73
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