Switzerland

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1978 - 1985
• 2009 - 2013

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Glarner Hauptüberschiebung (Chevauchement principal de Glaris) (2002)
• Œuvre urbaine et architecturale de Le Corbusier (2004)
• Les vestiges d’habitats préhistoriques dans les lacs et les marais : « Les lacustres » (2004)

News

• Tower of Hercules (Spain) inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List alongside two Swiss watch-making towns Jun 27, 2009
• Canadian fossil park, an Icelandic volcanic island and archipelago in Yemen among sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List Jul 7, 2008
• Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch Jun 29, 2007

Events

• International Expert meeting on World Heritage and buffer zones Mar 11, 2008 - Mar 14, 2008
• International Disaster Reduction Conference (IDRC), Special Session Aug 31, 2006

Official Relations (UNESCO/ERC)

• H. E. Mr Rodolphe Imroof
  Ambassador, Permanent Delegate (designate)
  Permanent Delegation of the Swiss Confederation to UNESCO
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Commission suisse pour l'UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.unesco.ch
  Source: UNESCO/ERC

Other sources of information within UNESCO

• UNESCO Worldwide (UNESCO/BPI)
• Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO/CLT/ITH)
• Cultural Heritage Laws Database (UNESCO/CLT/NATLAWS)
• Ratified Convention (UNESCO/LA)
• Biosphere Reserves (UNESCO/SC)
• Documents & Publications (UNESCO/UNESDOC)

Other sources of information

• UNDATA Country Profiles
• FAO Country Profiles (FAO)