[Buddha-l] Some good news for Mes Aynak

[Stuart Lachs]

Guttorm Gunderson who presented the Mes Aynek film at the Oslo Buddhist Studies 
Forum informed Prof. Ute Husken, organizer of the Forum that as a happy 
afterthought to the [wide spread showing of the ]  film on the excavations in 
Mes Aynak, 


"The United Nations' cultural arm, UNESCO, is also stepping in to help the 
excavation project.

"We  want to preserve and protect the maximum possible what is there," says  
UNESCO director general Irina Bokova. "At the same time we understand  that 
economic development is a problem for the country. The good news  is, I think, 
we have some time, probably some three years to work on  this."

On a two-day visit to Afghanistan in May 2013, Bokova  secured the cooperation 
of the Afghan Ministries of Culture and Mining,  as well as funding from the 
World Bank, to ensure preservation continues  at Mes Aynak."

Below is a short film clip and story from Aljazeera

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/05/201352071040948543.html

All the best,

Stuart




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