{"id":3425,"date":"2021-07-04T00:38:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T00:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adoptaocasa.ro\/?p=3425"},"modified":"2021-07-05T21:10:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T21:10:16","slug":"scrisoare-deschisa-va-pica-guvernul-citu-testul-rosia-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adoptaocasa.ro\/en\/noutati\/scrisoare-deschisa-va-pica-guvernul-citu-testul-rosia-montana","title":{"rendered":"WILL THE C\u00ce\u021aU GOVERNMENT FAIL THE \u201eRO\u0218IA MONTAN\u0102\u201d TEST?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>80 Romanian active NGOs in the fields of heritage protection and conservation, environment, sustainable development, youth, social and anti-corruption issues signed an open letter addressed to the Romanian Government in the context of the recent evolution and news regarding the nomination process of the Historic Site of Rosia Montana to the World Heritage List.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Florin C\u00ee\u021bu, Prime Minister of Romania<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Bogdan Gheorghiu, Minister of Culture<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Ludovic Orban, President of the National Liberal Party and of the Chamber of Deputies<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>WILL THE C\u00ce\u021aU GOVERNMENT FAIL THE \u201eRO\u0218IA MONTAN\u0102\u201d TEST?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dear Mr. Florin C\u00ee\u021bu,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dear Mr. Bogdan Gheorghiu,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dear Mr. Ludovic Orban,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whereas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the World Heritage Committee will discuss and vote on July 24, 2021 upon the nomination of the Historical Mining Site Ro\u0219ia Montan\u0103 to be become a World Heritage site, following the recommendation for inscription received from the Committee\u2019s advisory bodies,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keeping in mind that<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ro\u0219ia Montan\u0103 has the largest number of legally protected historical monuments in a rural area in the country;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more than 20 years, a large array of national and international professional organisations have unequivocally supported and promoted the preservation of this site, in recognition of its worldwide value and unique nature;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The civil society in Romania, joined by the Romanian diaspora in dozens of countries worldwide, has also acted firmly and consistently against the destruction of this site and in support of its protection and preservation to the benefit of the local community;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For over 20 years, Ro\u0219ia Montan\u0103 has been deprived of investments and local development strategies which would enable the community to prosper;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30 governments have so far attempted to facilitate the approval of a disproportionate and illegal mining project to the benefit of a private company (including by means of a special law, which prompted the entire civil society\u2019s mobilisation in 2013);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the Washington, DC Court of Arbitration, the Romanian State\u2019s position and defence is precisely that Gabriel Resources has not fulfilled its legal obligations, that it failed to secure the \u201dsocial license\u201d, and that the UNESCO nomination does not impact the permitting of the mining project;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A site\u2019s inscription on the World Heritage List is a catalyst for sustainable economic development, particularly cultural tourism-based, and a recognition which all Heritage Convention signatory states are striving to obtain and make use of;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was precisely the Government led by the National Liberal Party which, through its minister of Culture, requested the UNESCO Committee in January 2020 to resume the World Heritage List inscription process,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And insisting upon that:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">withdrawal of the nomination<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as defined in the UNESCO Operational Guidelines, will erase all efforts done in the past six years and that a potential subsequent request will be considered a new nomination and will require a new dossier and a new evaluation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such a scenario would only perpetuate the vulnerability, poverty and lack of opportunities suffered by the local community for the past 20 years. At the same time, it calls attention upon the Government\u2019s commitments at national and international level in relation to the country\u2019s cultural heritage,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">we, the undersigned hereby publicly request that, without any delay nor damage to Ro\u0219ia Montan\u0103 (in the context of the upcoming UNESCO Committee session, as well as the Arbitration Court case), <\/span><b>you keep both the commitments made in the Government Program<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (which promised <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe transformation of Ro\u0219ia Montan\u0103 to a model of sustainable development based on cultural and natural heritage and civic involvement\u201d; \u201cThe transfer of the Mining Museum from the Ro\u0219ia Montan\u0103 Mining Corporation to the Ministry of Culture, in view if establishing a Na\u021bional Museum of Gold Mining\u201d; \u201cThe continued funding for the restoration of Historical Monuments List items via the National Heritage Program or the Historial Monuments Stamp\u201d; \u201cThe support for the local administration to develop the General Urban Plan (PUG) for Ro\u0219ia Montan\u0103\u201d)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>and<\/b> <b>the commitments made to the international community, to UNESCO, and particularly to the local community in Ro\u0219ia Montan\u0103.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We demand that <\/span><b>you refrain from any act or administrative procedure which would block the discussion of the Ro\u0219ia Montan\u0103 application to UNESCO and that you provide the Romanian Delegation at the upcoming Committee\u2019s 44<\/b><b>th<\/b><b> session with a clear mandate to unequivocally support Ro\u0219ia Montan\u0103\u2019s nomination for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You now have the chance to prove through your actions what you have promised, and what you have blamed your political adversaries for: <\/span><b>that you do not wish the destruction of Ro\u0219ia Montan\u0103<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We are at a crucial moment \u2013 not just for Ro\u0219ia Montan\u0103, but for <\/span><b>the entire civil society, which will be carefully following the developments on this topic for the upcoming month.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>SIGNATORIES<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: 80 Romanian active NGOs in the fields of heritage protection and conservation, environment, sustainable development, youth, social and anti-corruption issues. The complete list is available in the Romanian version of this letter.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>80 Romanian active NGOs in the fields of heritage protection and conservation, environment, sustainable development, youth, social and anti-corruption issues signed an open letter addressed to the Romanian Government in the context of the recent evolution and news regarding the nomination process of the Historic Site of Rosia Montana to the World Heritage List.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adoptaocasa.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3425"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adoptaocasa.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adoptaocasa.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adoptaocasa.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adoptaocasa.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3425"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.adoptaocasa.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3440,"href":"https:\/\/www.adoptaocasa.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3425\/revisions\/3440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adoptaocasa.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adoptaocasa.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adoptaocasa.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adoptaocasa.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}