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35
Properties inscribed
on the World Heritage List
5
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee
61
State of Conservation Reports
26
International assistance
requests Approved
711,786
International assistance
Total Amount Approved (USD)
Acceptance of the Convention:
Thursday, 23 February 1984
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee 5
1985-1991 1991-1997 1997-2003 2009-2013 2021-2025
UNESCO
World Heritage
Properties inscribed
on the World Heritage List 35
Cultural 27
Natural 6
Mixed 2

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Sites on the Tentative List 23

A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. More about the Tentative List Process

State of Conservation Reports 61

State of conservation of World Heritage properties since 1979 and the threats they have faced in the past, or are currently facing. More about State of Conservation

Activities 11
Category 2 Centres (LAC)
Fortifications and the World Heritage Convention – Valdivia Chile 2004 and Campeche Mexico 2005
Heritage Education Programme in Puebla (Mexico)
Linking Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Tourism at World Heritage Sites
News 26
Archipiélago de Revillagigedo in Mexico joins the UNESCO environmental DNA Expeditions
16 April 2023
Danube Limes added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List closing this year’s inscriptions
30 July 2021
Cultural sites in Africa, Arab Region, Asia, Europe, and Latin America inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
27 July 2021
Concerns over the Vaquita in the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (Mexico)
10 July 2021
UNESCO expresses concern after the suspicious death of several guides in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Mexico)
4 February 2020
Sadness and concern at the death of Mr Homero Gómez González
31 January 2020
Capacity-building programme in Mexico and Central America launched in Zacatecas
10 September 2019
Danger Listing and international cooperation to protect the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (Mexico)
19 July 2019
The Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (Mexico) inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger
3 July 2019
Four sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List
2 July 2018
States Parties of Mexico and Central America adopt in Zacatecas “Action Plan for World Heritage” for next 5 years
17 May 2018
Director of UNESCO World Heritage Centre welcomes expansion of Mexican ocean reserve
28 November 2017
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova Presents World Heritage Certificate to President Peña Nieto of Mexico
16 July 2015
State of conservation of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Mexico)
6 May 2015
Sites in Latin America and Germany inscribed on World Heritage List
21 June 2014
Mount Etna and the Mountains of Pamir inscribed on World Heritage List alongside El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar
21 June 2013
Mexican tourism project cancelled to protect Gulf of California World Heritage site
30 June 2012
Archaeological discoveries
30 March 2012
Nine members elected to World Heritage Committee
7 November 2011
Training in marine spatial planning of World Heritage marine sites in Mexico
12 October 2011
Serious flooding at the Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan (Mexico) World Heritage property
16 September 2010
Establishment of Category 2 Centres on World Heritage officially launched
11 February 2010
Canadian fossil park, an Icelandic volcanic island and archipelago in Yemen among sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List
7 July 2008
Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch
29 June 2007
President of Mexico Announces Decision to Halt Saltworks Project at World Heritage Site, El Vizcaino Whale Sanctuary
7 March 2000
Letter from the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee Concerning the Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (Mexico)
4 December 1998
Events 14
Workshop on Improved Use of Tentative Lists in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
5 Nov 2019 - 7 Nov 2019
Sub-regional meeting on the Action Plan for World Heritage in Mexico and Central America, 2018-2023
23 Apr 2018 - 25 Apr 2018
International meeting: UNESCO Conventions – An articulated vision from Ibero-America
22 Oct 2013 - 25 Oct 2013
The First Peopling of the Americas and the World Heritage Convention
2 Sep 2013 - 6 Sep 2013
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