THREE IS A GOOD NUMBER: MAY BE WE WILL BE LUCKY THIS TIME

Panorama.am
17:04 13/12/2007

"Monuments of common human value are in the list of world heritage
of UNESCO. If in the past only objects were in the list, now it
includes environment, landscapes, that is, it does not limit itself
only to monuments," Gagik Giurjyan, deputy minister of culture told
Panorama.am reporter.

He said years ago they submitted Gnishikadzor valley cultural landscape
but the application was refused twice. "In case any new monument is
to be included in the list, UNESCO sends its specialists to study the
state of the monument. The first time, they found some deficiencies in
the documents. After corrections, we submitted again. This time they
found some technical issues that were connected with the development
of the area," Giurjyan said. The issue of including Gnishikadzor
valley cultural landscape in the world heritage list of UNESCO will
be discussed for the third time in 2008.