The Buddha's birthplace in Nepal avoids Unesco danger list


KATHMANDU: Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha and a Unesco World Heritage Site, has been spared inclusion on the List of World Heritage in Danger after the World Heritage Committee acknowledged Nepal’s ongoing conservation and improvement efforts.

The decision was made during the 47th session of the Unesco World Heritage Committee, held in Paris on Thursday (July 10), and was chaired by Bulgarian professor Nikolay Nenov.

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