Thura U Aung Ko, the Union Minister for Religious Affairs and Culture, said that the Ministry is making arrangements for putting Mrauk-U, an ancient city in Rakhine State, on the tentative list of 2018 UNESCO cultural heritage sites.
At the 10th day meeting of 2nd Amyotha Hluttaw 6th regular session held yesterday, concerning the question raised by U Maung Kyaw Zan of constituency 9 in Rakhine State, the Union Minister replied, “The 1st Coordination meeting was held for putting forward Mrauk-U, the ancient city of Rakhine cultural heritage.
At the meeting, it was decided to systematically carry out the tasks of designating Mrauk-U as a world cultural heritage site in combination with global countries, to cooperate with local people and Rakhine State Government and to put forward the designation of Mrauk-U as a world cultural heritage site in the UNESCO world heritage conference to be held in June 2018, by combining an advisory board, a scholar group, local people and historians.”
Concerning the question raised by Dr. Kyaw Than Tun (Canton) of constituency 3 of Mandalay Region, the Union Minister replied, “Tagaung Old Region in Thabeikkyin Township was being conserved under the law on conservation of the regions as cultural heritage sites on 5th June, 2007 by designating an ancient edifice zone, ancient region zone and conserved area zone. To put forward as a world heritage site there are many requirements, data on the history, strength, accuracy, perfectness, being qualified with designated standards, cooperation and participation of the local populace, effective conservation of cultural heritage and abiding by restrictions strictly. Moreover, Tagaung Old Region is of great importance for Myanmar history, but there are many necessities to include the region in the world heritage nomination list, and historians and researchers are to be sent for further research work. Accordingly, there are not any plans yet for putting forward Tagaung Old Region as the tentative list of world cultural heritage.”—Aung Ye Thwin
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