Colombia

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1989 - 1995
• 1999 - 2005

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Buritaca 200 - Ciudad Perdida - Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (1993)
• Sistema Hidráulico Prehispánico del Río San Jorge (1993)
• Parque Nacional Natural Chiribiquete (1993)
• Coffee Cultural Landscape (2001)
• Qhapaq Ñan (Main Andean Road) in Colombia (2005)
• Seaflower Marine Protected Area (MPA) (2007)

Activities

• Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape Project
• Main Andean Road - Qhapaq Ñan

News

• Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System and Colombia’s Los Katios National Park enter UNESCO’s Danger List Jun 27, 2009
• Ninth Forum Of Ministers Of Cultural Heritage Of Latin America And The Caribbean Endorses Proposed WH Nomination Of "Fortifications In The Caribbean" Sep 1, 1997

Events

• Latin America and Caribbean Regional Workshop for promotion of UNESCO’s Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage Nov 29, 2004 - Dec 2, 2004

Official Relations (UNESCO/ERC)

• H. E. Mrs Sonia Sarmiento
  Ambassador, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of Colombia to UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.unesco.org/delegates/colombia/
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Comisión Colombiana de Cooperación con la UNESCO
  Web Site: http://colombia.comnat.unesco.org
  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)