Iraq

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

• Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) (2003)
• Hatra (1985)
• Samarra Archaeological City (2007)

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)

News

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

Events

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

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1976 - 1983

Contacts

• H. E. Mr Muhyi K. Alkateeb
  Ambassador, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of Iraq to UNESCO
  Maison de l'UNESCO
  Bureau M6.40
  1, rue Miollis
  75732 PARIS Cedex 15
  Tel: 01.45.68.34.21; 01.45.68.34.22
  Fax:
  EMail: moeorgdept@yahoo.com
  Web Site: http://www.unesco.org/delegates/iraq/
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Iraqi National Commission for UNESCO
  President: Dr Khudair Jaafar Musa Alkhuzaai*
  Secretary-General: Mr Jaafar Saloum Kadhim
  Ministry of Education
  BAGHDAD
  IRAQ
  Tel: (964-1) 886.00.00 (ext. 3712, 3713, 3714); (964-1) 885 1359
  Fax: (964-1) 815-1989
  EMail: moeorgdept@yahoo.com;
  Source: UNESCO/ERC