Hills of Prosecco Heritage of Humanity, report for approval – Business

Postponed, for approval in 2019 , the decision to include the Prosecco hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene in the UNESCO World Heritage Register. At the end of the World Heritage Committee meeting in Manama (Bahrain), out of 21 voters, 12 voted 9 to

. The required majority for immediate registration in the UNESCO Register was 14 out of 21, the appointment was postponed to 2019. It is a simple reference, it is the only one in the world. antechamber of registration in the prestigious register of Unesco. In the final decision, the UNESCO Committee acknowledged "the high potential of the candidate site, which has elements of uniqueness that need to be better clarified, and invites Italy to submit the dossier l & 39; Next year with corrections required for registration "

The result was obtained on the proposal of Tunisia and despite the opposition of Spain and Norway, after two hours Debate, as never seen before, and urge the Italian Inter-Ministerial Commission led by Deputy Foreign Secretary Guglielmo Picchi and Ambbadador Vincenza Lomonaco, Permanent Representative of Italy to UNESCO

"We have a year of work to resolve all doubts," said Picchi. "Today it was won – it continued – with 12 countries in favor of the candidacy of the landscape of the Venetian hills, to the popular vote, but for only two abstentions failed we came to a simple postponement". In the same spirit another member of the Italian delegation, Pier Luigi Petrillo, for whom "we got almost a promotion". For Veneto Region President Luca Zaia, the result of the vote on UNESCO's recognition of the landscape and environmental quality of the Prosecco DOCG area "is the clear demonstration that the record on the Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Hills Prosecco was World Heritage written correctly

We will do all the integrations that UNESCO requires – he added – and we will meet again in a year in Baku, at the next session of the WHC ". Finally, the Coldiretti looks forward to the 2019 event, for which "there are all the conditions to resubmit the candidacy" for the recognition, by UNESCO, of the quality of the landscape and the environment of the Prosecco DOCG area. 19659008] PRIVATE REPRODUCTION © Copyright ANSA