Iraq

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1976 - 1983
• 2009 - 2013

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Ur (2000)
• Nimrud (2000)
• The Ancient City of Nineveh (2000)
• The Fortress of Al-Ukhaidar (2000)
• Wasit (2000)
• The Sacred Complex of Babylon (2003)
• The Marshlands of Mesopotamia (2003)

Activities

• International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage of Iraq
• Report on Damage Assessments in Babylon

News

• Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch Jun 29, 2007

Events

• 3rd plenary session of the International Co-ordination Committee for the Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage of Iraq (ICC) Nov 13, 2007 - Nov 14, 2007
• 3rd ad hoc meeting of experts on Babylon Nov 12, 2007 - Nov 12, 2007

Official Relations (UNESCO/ERC)

• H. E. Mr Muhyi K. Alkateeb
  Ambassador, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of Iraq to UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.unesco.org/delegates/iraq/
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Iraqi National Commission for UNESCO
  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)