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The UK government is an active supporter of the international protection of important heritage sites, recently announcing the creation of a cultural protection fund and its intention to ratify the Hague Convention.
Without prejudice to any supplementary voluntary contribution, the States Parties to this Convention undertake to pay into the Fund, at least every two years, a contribution, the amount of which, in the form of a uniform percentage applicable to all States, shall be determined by the General Assembly.
The Forum is receiving support from the International Fund for Cultural Diversity established under the UNESCO 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.
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The International Fund for Cultural Diversity is a multi-donor Fund established in 2009 under Article 18 of the 2005 Convention for a pilot phase of 36-months, , with the purpose to promote sustainable development and poverty reduction in developing and least-developed countries that are Parties to the Convention.
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Train for his vision of World Heritage calling for the creation of a World Heritage Trust which led to the development of the World Heritage Convention and his leadership in environmental protection as Head of the World Wildlife Fund.
This Forum, organized by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh with support from UNESCO's International Fund for Cultural Diversity, aims to encourage further ratification and implementation of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.
In its decision, the 21-member Committee responsible for implementing the World Heritage Convention, called on the Director-General of UNESCO to create a special fund to help Mali in the conservation of its cultural heritage.
Under the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD), established in the framework of the UNESCO 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, support is provided on a regular basis to developing countries, including non-governmental organisations, for projects in the fields of cultural policies and cultural industries.
To encourage monitoring of the implementation of the Convention, the Conference had decided that only States that responded to the questionnaire could now benefit from the Fund for the Elimination of Doping in Sport, for which it is also authority to supervise.
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