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24/06/2008
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The United States will provide nearly
one-million dollars to help Cambodia preserve a precious part of its proud
culture. U.S. Embassy Charge' d'Affaires Piper Campbell announced that the U.S.
government will provide over nine-hundred-seventy-eight-thousand dollars for
continued preservation and conservation work at Phnom Bakheng Temple, located
within historic Angkor.
The project is being supported by a grant from the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for
Cultural Preservation. Administered by the U.S. Department of State, U.S.
Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation provides direct grant support for
heritage preservation in developing countries. Established in 2001, the fund
has supported four-hundred-thirty-seven projects worldwide, totaling more than
eleven-million dollars.
The new grant is being awarded to the World Monuments Fund to conduct a second
phase of conservation work at Phnom Bakheng that will focus on the temple's
most damaged side. Phase one of the work at the temple - conducted between 2004
and 2007 with a separate grant from the U.S. State Department - included
archaeological research, conservation assessments, the creation of a plan for
the management of tourism at the site, and emergency conservation measures.
Over the last several years, the U.S. government has provided more than
eight-hundred-sixty-six thousand dollars to fund cultural preservation projects
in Cambodia. U.S. museums and foundations continue to work with their Cambodian
counterparts on efforts to repair and catalogue Cambodia's treasures. In
addition, the U.S. and Cambodia are currently in the process of renewing the
2003 bilateral agreement that imposes import restrictions on Khmer
archaeological materials entering the U.S. This agreement made it possible for
the U.S. government to repatriate to Cambodia last year a looted sandstone carving
of an Apsara dancer smuggled into the United States.
The Historic City of Angkor is one of the world's cultural and architectural
wonders, said U.S. Embassy Charge' d'Affaires Piper Campbell. Conserving its
monuments, which are a crucial part of Cambodian history, she said, is one way
to promote peace and prosperity in the country.
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