1. Asia news.
- Subjects
WORLD Heritage Sites ,POLITICS & government of India ,PAKISTANI politics & government ,TWENTY-first century - Abstract
The article offers news briefs in Asia. A historic proposal to declare the Ganga River in India as a UNESCO World Heritage Site was forwarded to the cultural minister Mahesh Sharma. The Indian government was asked by Arab ambassadors to clarify its position on the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. According to a representative from the Pakistan Humanitarian Forum (PHF), the Pakistani Ministry of Interior had issued letters of rejection for 10 of its members.
- Published
- 2017