Cambodia's celebrated temples and palaces at Angkor were removed from the UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger on Sunday at the ongoing 28th Session of the World Heritage Committee held here in China's east scenic city Suzhou.

The committee also removed the Bahla Fort of Oman and Rwenzori Mountains National Park of Uganda from the danger list Sunday, following it added the Bam Cultural Lanscape of Iran to the list two days ago.

Upon Sunday's decision, the number of sites on the world heritage in danger list reduced from 36 to 33, less than 5 percent of the 788 properties inscribed on the World Heritage List, according to the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO

"The removal of Angkor from the danger list is a commend to the efforts made by the Cambodian government. It is also a commend to the international cooperation on the conservation of Angkor," Ros Borath, deputy director general of Cambodia's Department of Monument and Archaeology, said after the removal.

"We hope the international community could continue to offer help to us even though Angkor was not in the danger list anymore," he said.

Angkor was listed on both World Heritage List and on the World Heritage in Danger List in 1992 for illicit excavation, pillaging and landmines that seriously threatened the remarkable complex, which contained the remains of successive Khmer capitals built from the 9th to 15th centuries.

The committee noted in a press release that the preservation of Angkor from destruction was reasonably secure and that the restoration activities coordinated by UNESCO since 1993 could be considered a "success story".

The immense earthen Fort of Bahla was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1987, and put on the Danger List in 1988, mainly because of development plans that endangered the integrity of the site. Improved management and Oman's decision to desist from using modern materials and construction techniques near the site led to its removal from the Danger List, according to the press release.

Uganda's Rwenzori Mountains National Park - one of Africa's most beautiful alpine areas, home to endangered animal species and to a rich and unusual flora - was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1994.

Lack of resources and insecurity in the Park, led to the inscription of this natural site on the Danger List in 1999. The press release said the committee was satisfied that the

authorities have regained control over the Park, that security has been restored and proper management has been re-established.