>  Forwarded: call for submissions for WAC...
   >
   >  For those interested in the Tara issue, this is a superb opportunity. Read
on...
   >
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   >  Call for submissions on Hill of Tara / M3 motorway for Sixth World
   >  Archaeolocial Congress. Deadline 12th June.
   >
   >  TaraWatch recived notification on Thursday 5th June, from the World
   >  Archaeological Congress (WAC), Committee on Ethics, that we had been
   >  recognised as stakeholders in the ongoing Hill of Tara / M3 issue for
   >  the upcoming Sixth World Archaeological Congress, (WAC-6) to be held at
   >  University College Dublin, from the 29th June to 4th July.
   >  http://www.ucd.ie/wac-6/
   >
   >  We would like to extend the invitation to the public, and are offering
   >  to submit individual and group submissions, on their behalf. WAC have
   >  approved this process, and are anxious to hear from all converned
   >  parties. Submissions need to be made as soon as possible. Please send
   >  them to info@...
   >
   >  TaraWatch yesterday received the exciting news that WAC-6 is going to
   >  address the Hill of Tara/M3 motorway issue at a round table session,
   >  which is being organised by the WAC Standing Committee on Ethics.
   >  http://www.worldarchaeologicalcongress.org/site/active_stan.php
   >
   >  This is a massive boost for the Tara campaign, as it will be an
   >  opportunity for heritage experts and professionals from around the
   >  world will be looking at it from an objective and ethical standpoint.
   >  It is absolutely critical that this process is used to the utmost, to
   >  make the case for Tara, while there is still a whisper of time left to
   >  save it.
   >
   >  This notice is designed to share that news, and serve as a public
   >  consultation, under the laws principles and principles of Agenda 21,
   >  and sustainable development, which all public bodies, NGOs and
   >  stakeholders in the envionmental arena (including media outlets) are
   >  required to follow. Everyone has a stake in this issue, and a right to
   >  have their opinions heard. National surveys have shown that 70% of
   >  people want the M3 re-routed and an Irish Times survey showed that 82%
   >  of people surveyed think Tara should be a UNESCO site. Minister Gormley
   >  has responded that he will declare Tara a World Heritage Site, but with
   >  the motorway through it. We are campaigning to have UNESCO dcline that
   >  offer, and insist that the M3 is re-routed first.
   >
   >  Given the enormity of the issue, and the multiple events that have
   >  occurred over the last ten years, in relation to this project,
   >  compiling a complete dossier is a mammoth task, particularly when laws
   >  like the World Heritage Convention and the National Monuments Acts are
   >  applied to those facts, in an attempt to formulate arguments that are
   >  coherent. Expert affidavits, and technical reports make the mater all
   >  the more challenging. We are lucky to be working with some heritage
   >  experts, in this regard, but we need all of the information available,
   >  and as much co-operative assistance as possible. Hopefully, like with
   >  our successful World Monuments Fund - 100 Most Endangered Sites List
   >  nomination, we will get the job done.
   >  http://wmf.org/watch2008/watch.php?id=S8351
   >
   >  The shortage of time in this matter is not our doing. We only received
   >  notice yesterday, that this issue would be raised and that we hold
   >  stakeholder status. Submissions need to be submitted in time for all
   >  the participants in the round table to have time to read and understand
   >  them - which is a week before the event, at a minimum. So, we are
   >  setting June 21, the Summer Solstice, as our date of submission. In
   >  order for us to process third party submissions, and integrate them
   >  into our own, we need to receive them at week before then, which brings
   >  us back to the 14th of June. So, we have a week to hear from as many
   >  people as possible.
   >
   >  We are going to schedule a public event very shortly, which will
   >  explain the process in detail. In the meantime, there are a number of
   >  things you can do if you want to communicate your opinion on this
   >  matter to WAC-6, and indeed UNESCO and ICOMOS. If you prefer to stay
   >  anonymous, we will pass along the material as we are given it.
   >
   >  1. Please write a concise account of your opinions or experiences, in
   >  relation to this the Tara / M3 controversy. Address issues such as:
   >  - why do you consider yourself a stakeholder/ why is Tara important to
   >  you?
   >  - what is wrong/right with the M3 motorway, in relation to Tara?
   >  - is this an indigenous rights, religious, philosophical,
   >  environmental, political, moral, economic, practical issue for you?
   >  - what specific experiences have you had in relaiton to Tara?
   >  - what specific experiences have you had in relation the authorities?
   >  - what laws do you think apply?
   >  - what solutions are available?
   >  - how did it come to all this?
   >
   >  2. Either write it into the onlone petition, as a comment, or mail it
   >  to info@...
   >
   >  TaraWatch launched an online petition on Wednesday, addressed to
   >  UNESCO, ICOMOS and WAC-6 attendees. It was designed as a method of
   >  trying to raise the Tara issue with the WAC-6 delegates, as we were
   >  unaware that we would be invited to make a submission. Now, that
   >  peition is going to serve as a key part of our submission. It makes it
   >  easy for people to participate, and make their views known.
   >  http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/savetara/
   >
   >  3. If you feel you want to assist further, there is a lot of work to be
   >  done compiling the full dossier. If you are interested in law, the
   >  environment, heritage, globalisation etc, and want to play a key role
   >  in making the case for Tara, on a world stage, please come and help us.
   >  - please forward this notice to anyone you think might be a stakeholder
   >  - please forward the petition link to all your contacts
   >  - please try and attend the upcoming meeting, which will be noticed
   >  here
   >  - please drop a line, and we'll find something for you to do.
   >
   >  This story has broken on the main news outlets, during the course of
   >  the day today. Please see:
   >  http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0606/breaking74.htm
   >  http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hWz-ZP6Uz-FvkHz7Cr5AdFYien1Q
   >  http://www.meltontimes.co.uk/latest-irish-news/Archaeologists-discuss-Hill-
of-Tara.41620
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