Maria Cristina Carias, the deputy director of the National Monumental Heritage Office, said that the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO has agreed to inscribe the ruins of the 15th century sugar cane mills located in the south of the Dominican Republic on its World Heritage List. El Caribe newspaper reports that the ruins would be those of Engombe and Palave (West Santo Domingo), Duquesa (North Santo Domingo), Boca de Nigua and Diego Caballero (San Cristobal) and Sanate (La Romana). Carias said the announcement would be made during the General Assembly of the UNESCO set for China in June 2005. She said that UNESCO approved the project last month. The colonial edifices of Old Santo Domingo were included on the prestigious list in 1990.