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"In this conference, nosotros would hash out steps to gain a amend agreement on the withdraw to protect underwater cultural heritage sites," Director UNESCO Office Djakarta Shahbaz Khan stated hither on Tuesday.
The conference volition endure attended yesteryear delegates from 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations countries, including Timor Leste.
"The conference volition too endure attended yesteryear experts from diverse countries such equally Australia, Portugal, France, too others.
Experts from diverse disciplines, including law, history, too marine ecosystems, volition accept role inwards the conference.
"We desire to protect the cultural heritage too practice novel trouble concern models for the portion amongst tourism," he added.
The conference volition render recommendations on the protection of underwater cultural heritage to the government.
Meanwhile, Director of Cultural Heritage too Museum, Ministry of Education too Culture, Harry Widianto, remarked that the activities, jointly organized yesteryear the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretariat, the UNESCO Office Jakarta, too the Ministry of Education too Culture of Indonesia, were efforts to hash out the protection of underwater cultural heritage.
In Indonesia, the underwater cultural heritage sites are centered inwards the Malacca Strait, the waters or then Makassar, Halmahera, too Maluku.
He pointed out that these sites should endure protected. Therefore, the ministry building cooperated amongst Police, Military, too the Maritime Security Coordinating Board (Bakorkamla) to safeguard the cultural heritage sites.
"The perpetrators of looting too devastation tin endure punished nether the being of Law reveal eleven of 2010 on cultural heritage sites," he concluded.(Antara)
UNESCO encourages protection of underwater cultural heritage