Definition of Cultural Heritage -- References to ... - CIF - Icomos

ICCROM Working Group 'Heritage and Society' / / JJ
promotional activities will be undertaken to heighten the awareness of decisionmakers
and the public at large of the importance of the physical cultural heritage and
of the extent of the human and financial resources that need to be mobilized to
protect it.
The dissemination of technical information and exchanges between specialists in this
area will be encouraged. The journal Museum will continue to be published. All the
activities concerning the safeguarding of the physical cultural heritage or the
development of museums will be planned and undertaken in close co-operation with
competent international governmental and non-governmental organizations.
The activities concerning the non-physical cultural heritage will be geared to the
collection and safeguarding, in the different geocultural areas, of various cultural
traditions mainly grouped around the theme 'the stages of life.
UNESCO will also promote the collection, recording and preservation of languages
that are dying out, in close co-operation with organizations and institutions already
active in this field (constitution of a sound bank). In addition, with a view to
encouraging the revival of languages which are dying out, arrangements will be
made to hold seminars and workshops, produce recordings and disseminate
language cassettes; encouragement will be given to the development of rural sound
libraries, in which the local population will play a leading role. The project for the
revival of the Nahuatl language will be continued in the context of the World
Decade for Cultural Development.
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