World of New 7 Wonders | After supporting the New 7 Wonders Foundation at the beginning of the campaign by providing advice on nominee selection, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization , by its bylaws having to record all and give equal status to world heritage sites, distanced itself from the undertaking in 2001 and again in 2007 |
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The New 7 Wonders Foundation, established in 2001, relied on private donations and the sale of broadcast rights and received no public funding | An airplane message, with a huge inscription "4916 VOTE FOR CHRIST" flew in Rio de Janeiro for a month |
This number is estimated as the New 7 Wonders Foundation never released such details about the campaign.
18[ ] Other finalists [ ] The other 13 finalists, chronologically were: Wonder Location Image Year , United Kingdom 2400 BC , Greece 447 BC , Turkey 537 , Cambodia 1113 , Chile 1250 , Mali 1327 , Spain 1333 , Russia 1561 , Japan 1633 , Germany 1869 , United States 1886 , France 1887 , Australia 1973 References [ ]• India [ ] A campaign to publicize the in India gathered speed and it reached a climax in July 2007 with news channels, radio stations, and many celebrities asking people to vote for the Taj Mahal | External links [ ] Wikinews has related news: |
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reports the campaign was so pervasive that: One morning in June, Rio de Janeiro residents awoke to a beeping text message on their cell phones: "Press 4916 and vote for Christ | Wonder Location Image Year honorary status , Egypt 2560 BC China 700 BC , Jordan 312 BC , Italy AD 80 , Mexico AD 600 , Peru AD 1450 , , India AD 1643 , Brazil AD 1931 Reactions [ ] United Nations [ ] In 2007, the New 7 Wonders Foundation contracted a partnership with the United Nations in recognition of the efforts to promote the UN's Millennium Development Goals |
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