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Host country agreement

Signed original agreement between UNESCO and the Government of Colombia to host the Eleventh session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group of the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS-XI) in Cartagena, Colombia, 5-7 April 2016.

Memorandum of Understanding between UNESCO and the Government of the Republic of Honduras, during the visit of the General Director of UNESCO in Honduras

This understanding, signed on the occasion of the official visit of the general director of UNESCO in Honduras from 18 to 20 April 1999, is intended to strengthen their cooperation. It sets out the list of UNESCO's projects and activities in Honduras, including a contribution to support the transformation of the National Education of Honduras.

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French transcription: Maison de l'UNESCO, Paris-14 Décembre 1976. Fête des Andes avec la participiation du Groupe des Danseurs de Bolivie. Ici, une partie de la danse huaca-huaca.
Description: A few of the dancers from the Bolivian Dancers group at an UNESCO House festival. Dancers are wearing traditional costume, with one wearing a headpiece. Could be doing the Waka Waka dance.
Location: Paris

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English transcription: August festival in honour of the Miraculous Virgin of the Lake. Shown here, a diablero.
French transcription: Festival d'Aout en l'honneur de la Vierge miraculeuse du Lac. Ici, un diablero.
Description: Un homme porte un masque de diable. Il a des oreilles d'animal et des cornes. Il porte une couronne et un serpent descend vers son nez. Il a un drôle d'objet dans les mains.
Location: Lake Titicaca district

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English transcription: Bolivia - Lake Titicaca district - 1961 August festival in honour of the Miraculous Virgin of the Lake. Shown here, a "diablero".
French transcription: Bolivie - Région du Lac Titicaca - 1961 Festival d'Aout en l'honneur de la Vierge miraculeuse du Lac. Ici, un "diablero".
Description: On left and foreground, a person in a devil costume.
Location: Lake Titicaca district

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English transcription: August festival in honour of the Miraculous Virgin of the Lake. Shown here, Pan Pipers in the village streets.
French transcription: Festival d'Août en l'honneur de la Vierge miraculeuse du Lac. Ici, joueurs de flûte de Pan.
Description: Des hommes jouent de la musique. Au premier plan, un homme en chemise joue de la flûte de pan. Il porte un foulard sur sa tête.
Location: Lake Titica district

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English transcription: Candelaria festival.
French transcription: Fête de la Candelaria.
Description: Celebrating the Festival of the Virgin of Candelaria in Copacabana, Bolivia. Men with bog costumes are dancing in the street. They are wearing headdresses with feathers. Behind them, an historic monument.
Location: Copacabana

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English transcription: The Jesuit Road covers a territory belonging today to Argentina Brazil Paraguay and Uruguay. As far back as the XVIIth Century the Order of the Jesuits sent their missions to preach the Gospel to the heathens and until the end of the XVIIIth Century the missionaries carried out intensive activities in the religious cultural social and economical fields. After their departure the monuments where totally abandoned and decayed rapidly. A regional restoration project is being carried out with the collaboration of the international organizations. UNESCO took part in the first phase of the work with a planimetric topographic and photographic survey of the region. Mission of Sao Miguel.
Location: Sao Miguel das Missôes

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English transcription: The Brazilian Government has asked UNESCO to assist in its programme of development and restoration of the historical cultural heritage of the country. Houses in the parish of the Bonfim church.
French transcription: Le Gouvernement brésilien a demandé l'assistance de l'UNESCO pour l'aider à réaliser un programme de mise en valeur et de restauration du patrimoine historique et culturel du pays. Ici, maisons du quartier de l'église Bonfim.
Description: Five houses in the parish of the Bonfim church of San Salvador. Four children are on the front porch of the third one, and 2 girls are walking away in front of the last one.
Location: San Salvador

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English transcription: The Brazilian Government has asked UNESCO to assist in its programme of development and restoration of the historical cultural heritage of the country. Detail of the entrance to the baroque church of St. Francis of Assisi designed by the sculptor Aleijadinho in 1771.
French transcription: Le Gouvernement brésilien a demandé l'assistance de l'UNESCO pour l'aider à réaliser un programme de mise en valeur et de restauration du patrimoine historique et culturel du pays. Ici, détail du portail d'entrée de l'église Saint François d'Assise, modèle de l'art baroque, conçue par le sculpteur Aleijadinho en 1771.
Description: View of the center of the pediment over the door of the baroque church of St. Francis of Assisi, designed by the sculptor Aleijadinho in 1771.
Location: Ouro Preto

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English transcription: The Brazilian Government has asked UNESCO to assist in its programme of development and restoration of the historical cultural heritage of the country. San Pelhourino quarter is to be restored.
French transcription: Le Gouvernement brésilien a demandé l'assistance de l'UNESCO pour l'aider à réaliser un programme de mise en valeur et de restauration du patrimoine historique et culturel du pays. Le quartier de San Pelhourino doit être restauré.
Description: A descending street in the Pelhourino quarter of San Salvador small driven and parked cars, a laden mule, a church façade covered with scaffolding and, on the horizon, the two steeples of another church.
Location: San Salvador/Bahia State

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English transcription: The Brazilian Government has asked UNESCO to assist in its programme of development and restoration of the historical cultural heritage of the country. San Pelhourino quarter is to be restored.
French transcription: Le Gouvernement brésilien a demandé l'assistance de l'UNESCO pour l'aider à réaliser un programme de mise en valeur et de restauration du patrimoine historique et culturel du pays. Le quartier de San Pelhourino doit être restauré.
Description: View of some buildings in the Pelhourino quarter of San Salvador buildings, parked cars, and the entrance to an Atelier 7 artistic and artisanal wares production and sales business. On display are bowls statuettes.
Location: San Salvador

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French transcription: Église de Saint François d’Assise. Au fond l’église de Mercese de Baixo.
Description: L’église de Saint François d’Assise est perchée et domine la ville historique coloniale de Ouro Preto célèbre pour ses monuments anciens et ses églises (Elle est classée au patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO). Saint François d’Assise est une des plus belles églises baroques de la ville. On aperçoit dans le lointain l’église de Mercese de Baixo. Au pied du parvis on voit un étal artisanal (bibelots en pierre à savon, gravures).
Location: Ouro Preto

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French transcription: Vue panoramique.
Description: Hilltop panoramic view of Ouro Preto, Brazil. The city is dominated by the Church of St. Francis of Assisi.
Location: Ouro Preto

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French transcription: Église Sainte Pilar plafond de la nef de la chapelle.
Description: The highly ornate chapel nave of St Pilar Church in Ouro Preto.
Location: Ouro Preto

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French transcription: Église Saint François d'Assise nef de la chapelle principale.
Description: The nave of the main chapel of the Rococo Sao Francisco de Assis church in Ouro Preto. On the left, 2 men seem to be engaged in maintenance chores.
Location: Ouro Preto

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English transcription: The Brazilian Government has asked UNESCO to assist in its programme of development and restoration of the historical cultural heritage of the country. The baroque church of St. Francis of Assisi designed by the sculptor Aleijadinho in 1771.
French transcription: Le Gouvernement brésilien a demandé l'assistance de l'UNESCO pour l'aider à réaliser un programme de mise en valeur et de restauration du patrimoine historique et culturel du pays. Ici, l'église Saint François d'Assise, modèle de l'art baroque, conçue par le sculpteur Aleijadinho en 1771.
Description: A close up the façade of the Baroque church of St. Francis of Assisi in Ouro Preto, particularly its wooden entrance portal and elaborately sculpted/illustrated pediment.
Location: Ouro Preto

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French transcription: Aspect de la ville.
Description: Hilltop panoramic view of the city of Ouro Preto, Brazil, dominated by the Baroque Church of St. Francis of Assisi.
Location: Ouro Preto

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English transcription: Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman who discovered this island and its gigantic statues, wrote "We were filled with astonishment by these stone figures, and we could not understand how a people, deprived of stout spars and ropes, could have raised them upright. A good 300 statues may once have dotted the island but many, carved in soft stone, have disappeared. Some are over 30 feet high. Their purpose and the method used to transport them are still shrouded in mystery".
French transcription: Le Hollandais Jacob Roggeveen, qui découvrit l'Ile et ses statues géantes, écrivit: "Ces figures de pierre nous remplirent d'étonnement, car nous ne pouvions comprendre comment des gens sans solides espars et sans cordages furent capables de les dresser.. On estime qu'il y avait jadis environ 300 de ces statues, mais la plupart ont disparu car elles étaient sculptées dans une cendre volcanique tendre. Certaines mesurent plus de 10 mètres de haut. Leur objet et le moyen utilisé pour leur transport est toujours entouré de mystère...".
Description: Photograph of the monolithic stone statues Easter Island heads. Easter Island is a Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.
Location: Easter Island

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English transcription: Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman who discovered this island and its gigantic statues, wrote "We were filled with astonishment by these stone figures, and we could not understand how a people, deprived of stout spars and ropes, could have raised them upright. A good 300 statues may once have dotted the island but many, carved in soft stone, have disappeared. Some are over 30 feet high. Their purpose and the method used to transport them are still shrouded in mystery".
French transcription: Le Hollandais Jacob Roggeveen, qui découvrit l'Ile et ses statues géantes, écrivit: "Ces figures de pierre nous remplirent d'étonnement car nous ne pouvions comprendre comment des gens sans solides espars et sans cordages furent capables de les dresser.. On estime qu'il y avait jadis environ 300 de ces statues mais la plupart ont disparu car elles étaient sculptées dans une cendre volcanique tendre. Certaines mesurent plus de 10 mètres de haut. Leur objet et le moyen utilisé pour leur transport est toujours entouré de mystère...".
Location: Easter Island

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English transcription: Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman who discovered this island and its gigantic statues, wrote "We were filled with astonishment by these stone figures, and we could not understand how a people, deprived of stout spars and ropes, could have raised them upright. A good 300 statues may once have dotted the island but many, carved in soft stone, have disappeared. Some are over 30 feet high. Their purpose and the method used to transport them are still shrouded in mystery".
French transcription: Le Hollandais Jacob Roggeveen, qui découvrit l'Ile et ses statues géantes, écrivit: "Ces figures de pierre nous remplirent d'étonnement, car nous ne pouvions comprendre comment des gens sans solides espars et sans cordages furent capables de les dresser.. On estime qu'il y avait jadis environ 300 de ces statues, mais la plupart ont disparu car elles étaient sculptées dans une cendre volcanique tendre. Certaines mesurent plus de 10 mètres de haut. Leur objet et le moyen utilisé pour leur transport est toujours entouré de mystère...".
Location: Easter Island

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English transcription: Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman who discovered this island and its gigantic statues, wrote "We were filled with astonishment by these stone figures, and we could not understand how a people, deprived of stout spars and ropes, could have raised them upright. A good 300 statues may once have dotted the island but many, carved in soft stone, have disappeared. Some are over 30 feet high. Their purpose and the method used to transport them are still shrouded in mystery".
French transcription: Le Hollandais Jacob Roggeveen, qui découvrit l'Ile et ses statues géantes, écrivit: "Ces figures de pierre nous remplirent d'étonnement, car nous ne pouvions comprendre comment des gens sans solides espars et sans cordages furent capables de les dresser.. On estime qu'il y avait jadis environ 300 de ces statues, mais la plupart ont disparu car elles étaient sculptées dans une cendre volcanique tendre. Certaines mesurent plus de 10 mètres de haut. Leur objet et le moyen utilisé pour leur transport est toujours entouré de mystère...".
Location: Easter Island

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English transcription: Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman who discovered this island and its gigantic statues, wrote "We were filled with astonishment by these stone figures, and we could not understand how a people, deprived of stout spars and ropes, could have raised them upright. A good 300 statues may once have dotted the island but many, carved in soft stone, have disappeared. Some are over 30 feet high. Their purpose and the method used to transport them are still shrouded in mystery".
French transcription: Le Hollandais Jacob Roggeveen, qui découvrit l'île et ses statues géantes, écrivit: "Ces figures de pierre nous remplirent d'étonnement car nous ne pouvions comprendre comment des gens sans solides espars et sans cordages furent capables de les dresser. On estime qu'il y avait jadis environ 300 de ces statue mais la plupart ont disparu car elles étaient sculptées dans une cendre volcanique tendre. Certaines mesurent plus de 10 mètres de haut. Leur objet et le moyen utilisé pour leur transport est toujours entouré de mystère...".
Description: Dans une plaine desertique trone une immense statue, il s'agit d'une tête sculptée. Une tête renversée est posée à côté. On devine une autre statue couchée. Il n'y a aucune construction, la végétation est rase. C'est un désert.

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English transcription: Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman who discovered this island and its gigantic statues, wrote "We were filled with astonishment by these stone figures, and we could not understand how a people, deprived of stout spars and ropes, could have raised them upright. A good 300 statues may once have dotted the island but many, carved in soft stone, have disappeared. Some are over 30 feet high. Their purpose and the method used to transport them are still shrouded in mystery".
French transcription: Le Hollandais Jacob Roggeveen, qui découvrit l'ile et ses statues géantes, écrivit: "Ces figures de pierre nous remplirent d'étonnement car nous ne pouvions comprendre comment des gens sans solides espars et sans cordages furent capables de les dresser.. On estime qu'il y avait jadis environ 300 de ces statues mais la plupart ont disparu car elles étaient sculptées dans une cendre volcanique tendre. Certaines mesurait plus de 30 métres de haut. Leur objet et le moyen utilisé pou rleur transport est toujours entouré de mystère...".
Location: Easter Island

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