Antigua and Barbuda is now represented in the World Cultural and Natural Heritage  Cities Media Alliance 

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On the edge of the Gobi Desert, the ancient city of Dunhuang is included in China’s vast  portfolio of cities with rich cultural and natural heritage.

Antigua and Barbuda’s Petra  Williams was among sixteen visiting media professionals who toured the city under the  auspices of the Dunhuang Municipal Party Committee and government. 

During the visit and after discussions with Li Guohui, leader of the Dunhuang Culture  International Communication Center and the Dunhuang Broadcasting and Television Station, during which the cultural history and natural heritage of Dunhuang and Antigua and Barbuda  were exchanged, Ms. Williams was invited to join The World Cultural and Natural Heritage  Cities Media Alliance, on behalf of her media platform https://petrathespectator.com 

Ms. Williams has a demonstrated record of promoting the cultural and natural heritage of her  twin island homeland, and her media platform was considered ideally suited for joining the  organisation that advocates for protecting and promoting heritage cities and recognizing the economic value of world heritage to national development and economic growth. 

Since its formation in China in 2016, the Alliance has grown to include 40 media partners from  domestic and international world heritage cities. It has made significant strides in promoting  cultural and natural heritage, including formulating a charter, cooperation agreements, and the  Dunhuang Declaration. 

Participating media organizations have engaged in pragmatic and practical cooperation and  exchanges, such as broadcasting each other’s promotional programs, promoting each other’s  significant events focusing on cultural tourism and ethnic customs, co-hosting joint media  broadcasts, and conducting joint field trips and creative activities.  

These efforts have created a cross-regional and international media cooperation model and  explored new pathways for the inheritance and promotion of world heritage and sharing each  other’s cultures. 

According to the Alliance, “World Heritage is a rare and irreplaceable wealth of human  beings.” It is recognized as a cultural relic and natural landscape with outstanding  significance and universal value.

It is humanity’s shared responsibility to protect, inherit, carry forward, and promote cultural and natural heritage around the world in an organized  and planned way.

This is the purpose of the UNESCO Congress of the World Convention on  the Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage in 1972. 

With the recent passage of the Cultural Heritage Protection Bill, Antigua and Barbuda is well  on the way to fully appreciating and incorporating the value of its cultural and natural  heritage into its economic development plan.

Having secured the endorsement of both Houses, the Act provides a comprehensive legal framework to protect and manage their rich 

cultural legacy on land and underwater, ensuring that historical sites remain preserved for  future generations. 

The legislation grants oversight responsibilities to the National Parks Authority, ensuring the  protection of key sites, including over 250 shipwrecks, 56 forts, and hundreds of prehistoric  and colonial-era landmarks, including church buildings. 

Since 2016, Nelson’s Dockyard has been Antigua and Barbuda’s sole UNESCO World  Heritage site. Work is ongoing to approve other sites. 

Ms. Williams is excited about joining the Alliance and capitalising on the opportunity to  share the rich cultural and natural heritage of Antigua and Barbuda with the alliance’s other  members.

“I am looking forward to the two-way engagement. We have so much to learn from  others, their culture and heritage and the systems they utilise to preserve while facilitating  the growth of their creative industries sector.

We also have much to share with the world. I  am ready to facilitate as a voice and conduit.”

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