Second campaign to preserve Old Sana'a inaugurated

SANA'A, Jan.24 (Saba) -The Shura
Council's Speaker Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Ghani inaugurated on Sunday the Second National
Campaign
to preserve the Old City of Sana'a, organized for two days by Yemen Foundation for
Culture and Heritage.

In the campaign inauguration, Abdul-Ghani affirmed, in a symposium on this topic,
the importance of launching this initiative, recalling the signs that had been
represented
by the first campaign to preserve the Old city of Sana'a before 25 years, which
coincided with another campaign to conserve the city of Shibam Hadramout.
"As we meet today to express the urgent need to launch a new appeal, to a second
campaign to preserve the Old Sana'a, for objective reasons imposing this appeal, we
must
pay attention to the other historic cities, which collapsed by the same
circumstances.., especially those were inserted in the World Heritage List", he said
considering that
a national priority and an important goal of future development plans.
Abdul-Ghani noted to the infrastructure and rehabilitation projects achieved in the
first campaign in the city, stressing the importance of paying attention to the
problems
that remain even today, for which this campaign is launched.
He noted to the recommendations contained in the symposium papers, considering
those papers an important basis for the start of the second campaign to preserve
the Old City
of Sana'a.
Meanwhile, he urged to focusing on the social partnership to enforce the upcoming
campaign, because the interaction of the local community, will save a lot of
effort, time
and money, and will contribute strongly to the success of conservation schemes.
In this respect, Abdul-Ghani suggested the possibility of tourist employment of the
Old Sana'a, as this would ensure attraction factors for the city people and
motivate
them to cooperate with the conservation efforts.
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