[NYTr] Havana Historian Receives UN-Habitat Award
 
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:23:29 -0500 (CDT)

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Havana Historian Receives UN-Habitat Award

Havana, Sept 12 (acn) Havana Historian Eusebio Leal Spengler has been 
granted the UN-Habitat international award in recognition to the Cuban 
efforts in the recovery and preservation works in Old Havana.

The Scroll of Honor of UN-Habitat 2007 was granted by an international 
committee that chose Leal among a long list of candidates and praised 
his work and leadership ahead of the Old Havana Restoration and 
Preservation Office.

In an interview granted to the Opus Habana magazine, the Historian of 
the Cuban capital noted that this award recognizes the priority given 
by the island's government to the preservation of Old Havana, declared 
a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Leal is the Historian of Havana since 1967. He is also a member of the 
Cuban Parliament and a UN Good-Will Ambassador.

The Scroll of Honor UN-Habitat was created in 1989 and it is regarded 
as one of the most important awards relating to human habitat.

According to Opus Habana, the award, granted on an annual basis, on 
this occasion will be presented to Leal on World Habitat Day 2007, on 
October 5 in Monterrey, Mexico, in the context of the International 
Conference on Safe Cities.
 
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