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18 April: Celebrating young people on the International Day for Monuments and Sites
18 April 2018

18 April: Celebrating young people on the International Day for Monuments and Sites

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Geneva Declaration ‘Human Rights and Culture Heritage: Committed Cities Working  ...
Geneva Declaration ‘Human Rights and Culture Heritage: Committed Cities Working ... 13 April 2018
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UNESCO launches BIOPALT project to safeguard Lake Chad
UNESCO launches BIOPALT project to safeguard Lake Chad 5 March 2018

 
 

42nd session
of the World Heritage Committee

Manama, Bahrain, 24 June to 4 July 2018

21st session
of the General Assembly of States Parties

UNESCO, Paris, 14-15 November 2017
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  • 20 April 2018
    Marine World Heritage shares conservation trends at Monaco Blue ...

  • 19 April 2018
    Earth Day 2018: End plastic pollution

  • 18 April 2018
    Scout Guidelines for youth empowerment towards World Heritage

  • 16 April 2018
    #MyAfricanHeritage – Participate in the African World Heritage Day ...

  • 13 April 2018
    Geneva Declaration ‘Human Rights and Culture Heritage: Committed ...

Events more events
  • 21-28 June 2018
    World Heritage Site Managers Forum 2018

  • 17-26 June 2018
    World Heritage Young Professionals Forum 2018

  • 4-5 June 2018
    Cities Reporting: HUL Approach in Modern Cities

  • 23-24 May 2018
    International Expert Meeting on Astronomical Heritage and Sacred Places

  • 23-25 April 2018
    Sub-regional meeting on the Action Plan for World Heritage in Mexico and Central ...

  • 18-22 April 2018
    Expert meeting: Managing sites of Religious Interest in Eastern Europe

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#MyAfricanHeritage
#MyAfricanHeritage

#MyAfricanHeritage Instagram Photo ContestOpen to 18 - 28 years old Share your photo of ...

Astronomy and World Heritage Thematic Initiative
Astronomy and World Heritage Thematic Initiative

Astronomy and World Heritage Thematic Initiative Created in 2003 within the ...

Category 2 Centres
Category 2 Centres

Category 2 Centres under the auspices of UNESCO related to World Heritage © UNESCO In ...

Climate Change and World Heritage
Climate Change and World Heritage

Climate Change Climate Change and World Heritage © NOAA / Andy Collins / Papahānaumokuākea ...

Cultural Landscapes
Cultural Landscapes

There exist a great variety of Landscapes that are representative of the different regions of the world. ...

Human Evolution: Adaptations, Dispersals and Social Developments (HEADS)
Human Evolution: Adaptations, Dispersals and Social ...

Human Evolution related properties represent a process of evolutionary accretion that took place over a ...

Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest
Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest

Heritage of Religious Interest UNESCO Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest © OUR ...

Modern Heritage Programme
Modern Heritage Programme

At the start of 2001 the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and ...

Natural World Heritage in the Congo Basin
Natural World Heritage in the Congo Basin

UNESCO has been taking action in the Congo Basin since 2000 in order to improve the conservation and ...

Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape
Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape

On 10 November 2011 UNESCO’s General Conference adopted the new Recommendation on the Historic Urban ...

Reducing Disasters Risks at World Heritage Properties
Reducing Disasters Risks at World Heritage ...

Reducing Disaster Risk at World Heritage Properties World Heritage properties and heritage sites in ...

Sharing best practices in World Heritage management
Sharing best practices in World Heritage management

The World Heritage Capacity Building Strategy, adopted by the World Heritage Committee in 2011,  responds ...

Small Island Developing States Programme
Small Island Developing States Programme

Small Island Developing States Programme SIDS © Small Island Developing States (SIDS) ...

World Heritage and Indigenous Peoples
World Heritage and Indigenous Peoples

World Heritage and Indigenous Peoples © OUR PLACE The World Heritage Collection / Chris ...

World Heritage and Sustainable Development
World Heritage and Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development World Heritage and Sustainable Development © Hani Terraces ...

World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme
World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme

Sustainable Tourism UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme © The photo ...

World Heritage Centre’s Natural Heritage Strategy
World Heritage Centre’s Natural Heritage Strategy

In October 2006 the World Heritage Centre published the UNESCO World Heritage Centre's Natural Heritage ...

World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP)
World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme ...

Earthen architecture is one of the most original and powerful expressions of our ability to create a ...

World Heritage Education Programme
World Heritage Education Programme

The UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, initiated as a UNESCO special project in 1994, gives ...

World Heritage Forest Programme
World Heritage Forest Programme

Ranging in size from 18 hectares (Vallée de Mai, Seychelles), to 8.8 million hectares (Lake Baikal, ...

World Heritage Marine Programme
World Heritage Marine Programme

World HeritageMarine Programme 4 focus areas Safeguarding Our core task: ensuring the ...

World Heritage Volunteers Initiative
World Heritage Volunteers Initiative

Within the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, the World Heritage Volunteers ...

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World Heritage and Reconstruction
n°86 - Mar 2018
World Heritage and Reconstruction

While conflicts continue to inflict damage – much of it intentional – on heritage sites, ...

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The Future of the World Heritage Convention for Marine Conservation. Celebrating 10 years of the World Heritage Marine Programme
n°45 - Dec 2016
The Future of the World Heritage Convention for Marine Conservation. Celebrating 10 years of the World Heritage Marine Programme

The 1972 World Heritage Convention is founded on the premise of international cooperation. ...

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Basic Texts of the 1972 World Heritage Convention, Edition October 2017
Basic Texts of the 1972 World Heritage Convention, Edition October 2017

Download Edition October 2017 English French Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (adopted in 1972) Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World ...

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Managing Natural World Heritage
Managing Natural World Heritage

The goal of this Resource Manual is to help State Parties to manage natural values within World Heritage properties. As such it is aimed at natural and mixed World Heritage properties as well as cultural ...

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World Heritage in Europe Today
World Heritage in Europe Today

World Heritage attracts and fascinates: media around the world publish thousands of articles about it every year and countries invest a great deal of work and money to get sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage ...

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World Heritage Map
World Heritage Map

This large format full-color map features the World Heritage sites and brief explanations of the World Heritage Convention and the World Heritage conservation programmes, as well as superb photos of World Heritage ...

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World Heritage Convention’s 40th anniversary
1972-2012