The Assistant Director-General for Culture, Francesco Bandarin, on behalf of the Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova granted UNESCO patronage for the Inaugural Asia-Pacific regional conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage organized by the Asian Academy of Heritage Management (AAHM) which took place from 8 to 12 November 2011 in Manila, Philippines. The official letter is available here.
The Conference conformed to the approaches to underwater cultural heritage contained within the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (UNESCO Convention 2001). The 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (UNESCO Convention 2001) entered into force on 2 January 2009 and provides the basis for international cooperation and exchange of knowledge about underwater cultural heritage. For more information about Underwater Cultural Heritage click here and for the new Tutorial on the Rules concerning activities directed at Underwater Cultural Heritage click here.
