Peru

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1989 - 1995
• 2005 - 2009

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Historic Center of the City of Trujillo (1996)
• Archaeological Complex of Pachacamac (1996)
• The Great Inka Trail: state transportation system originally named "Qhapac Ñan" (2001)
• The Historic Centre of Cajamarca (2002)
• Sacred City of Caral - Supe (2005)
• Lake Titicaca (2005)

Activities

• Main Andean Road - Qhapaq Ñan
• Rapid Response Facility

News

• Cities of Caral-Supe (Peru) and Levoča (Slovakia) added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List Jun 28, 2009
• UNESCO Lima seeks international specialists for World Heritage sites Jan 21, 2009
• UNESCO joins United Nations effort in response to Peruvian earthquake Aug 21, 2007
• UNESCO sends mission to assess the state of conservation of Machu Picchu World Heritage Site Apr 19, 2007
• Final Result of the election to the World Heritage Committee Oct 11, 2005
• Publication Of The Proceedings Of The International Symposium In Hildesheim, Germany: World Cultural Heritage - A Global Challenge Sep 18, 1997
• Fire At Machu Picchu, Peru, 6-11 September Sep 12, 1997

Official Relations (UNESCO/ERC)

• H. E. Mr Harry Belevan McBride
  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Peru to France, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Peru to UNESCO
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Comisión Nacional Peruana de Cooperación con la UNESCO
  Web Site: www.comiunesco.org.pe
  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)