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In 2009 UNESCO designated Mount Myohyang a world biosphere reserve, citing its cultural significance as legendary home of King Tangun, forefather of the Korean people, and spectacular cliffs providing habitat for 30 endemic plant species, 16 plant species that are threatened globally and 12 endangered animal species.
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It was declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO on 26 May 2009.
After being placed on the list of endangered World Heritage Sites in 2006, the city had its status as world heritage site formally removed in June 2009, for the wilful breach of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, due to the construction of a highway bridge across the valley within 2 km of the historic centre.
In August 2009, the Dolomites were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In June 2009, the Wadden Sea ( comprising the Dutch Wadden Sea Conservation Area and the German Wadden Sea National Parks of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein ) was placed on the World Heritage list by UNESCO.
As reported by UNESCO World Heritage News, the Royal Palaces of Abomey suffered from a fire on January 21, 2009, " which destroyed several buildings.
UNESCO has received the inquiry and will make a decision in July, 2009, at the earliest.
In 2009 state-sponsored restoration work on the Akapana pyramid was halted due to a complaint from UNESCO.
In 2009 the Museum partnered other bodies from the Bradford District in a bid to become the world's first UNESCO City of Film.
Together with other German and Dutch Wadden Sea areas it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 26 June 2009.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources ( DENR ) submitted Mount Apo on December 12, 2009 for inclusion in the UNESCO world heritage list.
According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) in their 2009 World Conference on Higher Education report, there were more than 2. 5 million students studying outside their own country.
* The 2009 Global Education Digest ( GED ) by UNESCO
In 2009, Argentina and Uruguay suggested that the Tango be inscribed onto the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists and in October of the same year UNESCO approved it.
In 2009 the tango was declared as part of the world's " intangible cultural heritage " by UNESCO.
On February 21, 2009 International Mother Language Day has been marked with the publication of a new edition of the " Atlas of the World ’ s Languages in Danger " by UNESCO where the Western Armenian language in Turkey is defined as a definitely endangered language.
"< ref name =" unesco. org ">" Quino, on the Funny Side of Freedom ", The UNESCO Courier, interview with Lucía Iglesias Kuntz, June / July 2000, retrieved June 8, 2009
The Kam Grand Choir has been enlisted by the UNESCO as a world-class intangible cultural heritage since 2009.
Performance of Ca trù, an ancient genre of chamber music from northern Vietnam, inscribed by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009
Hass was the recipient of the World Press Freedom Hero award from the International Press Institute in 2000, the Bruno Kreisky Human Rights Award in 2002, the UNESCO / Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize in 2003, the inaugural award from the Anna Lindh Memorial Fund in 2004 and Hrant Dink Memorial Award in 2009.
UNESCO designated Indonesian batik as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity on October 2, 2009.
After the UNESCO recognition for Indonesian batik as intangible world heritage on October 2, 2009, Indonesian administration has asked Indonesians to wear batik on Friday, and wearing batik every Friday is encouraged in all government offices and private companies ever since.
In 2009 an eleven-mile section of the canal from Gledrid Bridge near Rhoswiel through to the Horseshoe Falls, which includes Chirk Aqueduct and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO.
The aqueduct was inscribed by UNESCO on the World Heritage List on 27 June 2009, alongside previously inscribed sites such as the Taj Mahal, Great Wall of China and Stonehenge.
During the meeting of The Inter-governmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Heritage of the United Nations, held between 28 September – 2 October 2009 in Abu Dhabi, radifs were officially registered on the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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In 2009, the intersection of Charles and Boylston Streets was newly designated " Edgar Allan Poe Square ".
In January 2009, Kingman Reef was designated a marine national monument.
Christopher A. Hart was designated Vice Chairman on August 18, 2009 for a two-year term.
Most recently, on 6 July 2009, the New Jersey Supreme Court had also designated litigation over Levaquin as a mass tort and has assigned it to an Atlantic County, N. J., judge.
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On 31 March 2009, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn announced that the South Downs would be designated a National Park.
The university is designated as having very high research activity in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, and in 2009 had $ 325. 49 million in research and development expenditures according to the National Science Foundation.
In 2009, the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music in Ohio became designated an All-Steinway School, based on a $ 4. 1 million order of 165 new pianos, one of the largest orders Steinway has ever processed.
During the inauguration of President Barack Obama on January 20, 2009, the Bush and Obama transition teams agreed to name Secretary of Defense Robert Gates as the " designated survivor " and he was taken to a secure location instead of attending the ceremony.
In 2009, under the leadership of Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen and Haywood County Mayor Franklin Smith, a tract in southwestern Haywood County near Stanton has been designated for a state-supported industrial " megasite ," intended for a large-scale industrial or business development such as an automobile assembly plant.
* Mountains: Nationally designated protected areas cover 14. 3 % of the world ’ s mountain areas, and these mountainous protected areas made up 32. 5 % of the world ’ s total terrestrial protected area coverage in 2009.
On April 23, 2009, several new shops and restaurants opened at the Camarillo Premium Outlets, designated " The Promenade ".
The Pilgrim's Pride poultry hatchery in Athens was designated for closure early in 2009, along with other company businesses in nearby Arcadia in Bienville Parish, Choudrant in Lincoln Parish, and Farmerville in Union Parish, where the company maintained a processing and protein conversion plant.
The U. S. Department of Education designated the institution as a Blue Ribbon School in 2009.
The American Planning Association has designated Haddon Avenue here as one of its 10 Great Streets for 2009. The group chose the street, which runs through Collingswood's business district, " for the way it melds the past with the present ".
Because Elizabeth City has a high degree of economic integration with its neighboring counties, and the majority of the population in Camden, Pasquotank, and Perquimans County is concentrated in this city, Elizabeth City has been designated as the heart of the Elizabeth City Micropolitan Statistical Area, with a population of 64, 042 as of 2009.
The development of accommodation and car parks for the college and multiple use as a country and sculpture park and general neglect in the second half of the 20th century led to the historic landscape's fragmentation and it was designated " at risk " by English Heritage in 2009.
In 2009, the United Nations designated April 22 International Mother Earth Day.
Since July 1, 2009 unmarried couples have been legally able to enter a designated beneficiary agreement which will grant them limited rights.
The merchant quarter of Hita City's Mameda Town is one of 83 districts ( as of April 1, 2009 ) throughout the country designated as " Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings ".
In 2009, South Park was designated as a National Heritage Area.
The Ludlow Tent Colony Site was designated a National Historic Landmark on January 16, 2009, and dedicated on June 28, 2009.
The Alsop House, also located on High Street, and built in 1840, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2009.
The 124 FW was previously designated as the 124th Wing ( 124 WG ) until 2009 and as a composite unit also operated C-130 Hercules transport aircraft in the 189th Airlift Squadron ( 189 AS ), which was operationally-gained by the Air Mobility Command ( AMC ).
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