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WHC-02/CONF.202/INF.3
Paris, 7 May 2002
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UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL 
ORGANIZATION

CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD
CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE

30th Anniversary
(1972-2002)

WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE

Twenty-sixth session

Budapest, Hungary
24 - 29 June 2002

Item 4 of the Provisional Agenda: Composition of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee, 1977-2002

SUMMARY

According to Rule 12 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Heritage Committee, "The Committee, at the beginning of each ordinary session, shall elect a Chairman, five Vice-Chairmen and a Rapporteur, who shall remain in office until the beginning of the next ordinary session." The attached list of States Parties indicates the year in which each State Party to the World Heritage Convention was a Chairperson, Rapporteur, or Vice-Chairperson of the Committee.

State Party	Deposit of Instrument	Chairperson	Rapporteur	Vice-Chairperson	
Africa	
Angola	07/11/91				
Benin *	14/06/82			97, 98	
Botswana	23/11/98				
Burkina Faso	02/04/87				
Burundi	19/05/82				
Cameroon	07/12/82				
Cape Verde	28/04/88				
Central African Republic	22/12/80				
Chad	23/06/99				
Comoros	27/09/01				
Congo	10/12/87				
Côte d'Ivoire	09/01/81				
Democratic Republic of the Congo *	23/09/74			86	
Eritrea	24/10/01				
Ethiopia	06/07/77				
Gabon	30/12/86				
Gambia	01/07/87				
Ghana *	04/07/75			80	
Guinea *	18/03/79			81, 82, 83	
Kenya	05/06/91				
Madagascar	19/07/83				
Malawi *	05/01/82				
Mali	05/04/77				
Mauritius	19/09/95				
Mozambique	27/11/82				
Namibia	06/04/00				
Niger *	23/12/74		95, 96		
Nigeria *	23/10/74			77, 78	
Rwanda	28/12/00				
Senegal *	13/02/76			79, 84, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94	
Seychelles	09/04/80				
South Africa *	10/07/97			01	
Togo	15/04/98				
Uganda	20/11/87				
United Republic of Tanzania*	02/08/77	85		87	
Zambia	04/06/84				
Zimbabwe *	16/08/82		00	99	

Arab States	
Algeria *	24/06/74			83, 84, 85, 86	
Bahrain	28/05/91				
Egypt *	07/02/74	79		77, 78, 01	
Iraq *	05/03/74				
Jordan *	05/05/75				
Lebanon *	03/02/83		97	95	
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya *	13/10/78				
Mauritania	02/03/81				
Morocco *	28/10/75	99		96, 97, 98, 00	
Oman *	06/10/81			93, 94	
Qatar	12/09/84				
Saudi Arabia	07/08/78				
Sudan *	06/06/74				
Syrian Arab Republic *	13/08/75				

State Party	Deposit of Instrument	Chairperson	Rapporteur	Vice-Chairperson	
Tunisia *	10/03/75	89, 91	80, 81, 82, 92	87, 90	
United Arab Emirates	11/05/01				
Yemen *	07/10/80			88	

Asia / Pacific Region	
Afghanistan	20/03/79				
Australia *	22/08/74	81, 82,  00		80, 83, 84, 88, 95, 96, 99	
Bangladesh	03/08/83				
Bhutan	22/10/01				
Cambodia	28/11/91				
China *	12/12/85		94	92, 93	
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	21/07/98				
Fiji	21/11/90				
India *	14/11/77			85, 86, 88	
Indonesia *	06/07/89				
Iran  (Islamic Rep. of) *	26/02/75	77		78	
Japan *	30/06/92	98		95, 96, 97	
Kazakstan	29/04/94				
Kiribati	12/05/00				
Kyrgyzstan	03/07/95				
Lao People's Democratic Republic	20/03/87				
Malaysia	07/12/88				
Maldives	22/05/86				
Mongolia	02/02/90				
Myanmar	29/04/94				
Nepal *	20/06/78			79, 81	
New Zealand	22/11/84				
Niue	23/01/01				
Pakistan *	23/07/76			82, 84	
Papua New Guinea	28/07/97				
Philippines *	19/09/85				
Republic of Korea *	14/09/88			98	
Samoa	28/08/01				
Solomon Islands	10/06/92				
Sri Lanka *	06/06/80			83, 87	
Tajikistan	28/08/92				
Thailand *	17/09/87	94		89, 90, 91, 93, 00, 01	
Turkmenistan	30/09/94				
Uzbekistan	13/01/93				
Viet Nam	19/10/87				

Europe / North America	
Albania	10/07/89				
Andorra	03/01/97				
Armenia	05/09/93				
Austria	18/12/92				
Azerbaijan	16/12/93				
Belarus	12/10/88				
Belgium *	24/07/96				
Bosnia and Herzegovina	12/07/93				

State Party	Deposit of Instrument	Chairperson	Rapporteur	Vice-Chairperson	
Bulgaria *	07/03/74		87	79, 81, 82, 85, 86, 89, 90	
Canada *	23/07/76	86, 87, 90	77, 85, 89	88, 00	
Croatia	06/07/92				
Cyprus *	14/08/75				
Czech Republic	26/03/93				
Denmark	25/07/79				
Estonia	27/10/95				
Finland *	04/03/87	01	99	00	
France *	27/06/75	80	79, 84	77, 78, 87, 88, 91	
Georgia	04/11/92				
Germany *	23/08/76	95		81, 92, 94, 96	
Greece *	17/07/81		88	89, 99,  01	
Holy See	07/10/82				
Hungary *	15/07/85		98	99, 01	
Iceland	19/12/95				
Ireland	16/09/91				
Israel	06/10/99				
Italy *	23/06/78	83, 97	90	82, 94, 95, 96, 98	
Latvia	10/01/95				
Lithuania	31/03/92				
Luxembourg	28/09/83				
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of	30/04/97				
Malta *	14/11/78				
Monaco	07/11/78				
Netherlands	26/08/92				
Norway *	12/05/77			83, 84, 85	
Poland *	29/06/76		78	77	
Portugal *	30/09/80				
Romania	16/05/90				
Russian Federation *	12/10/88				
San Marino	18/10/91				
Slovakia	31/03/93				
Slovenia	05/11/92				
Spain *	04/05/82		93		
Sweden	22/01/85				
Switzerland *	17/09/75				
Turkey *	16/03/83				
Ukraine	12/10/88				
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland *	29/05/84				
United States of America *	07/12/73	78, 92		79, 80, 91, 93, 97	
Yugoslavia *	11/09/01			80	

Latin America / Caribbean	
Antigua and Barbuda	01/11/83				
Argentina *	23/08/78	84		82	
Belize	06/11/90				
Bolivia	04/10/76				
Brazil *	01/09/77	88	83, 86	81, 91, 92	
Chile	20/02/80				
Colombia *	24/05/83	93		89, 92, 94	

State Party	Deposit of Instrument	Chairperson	Rapporteur	Vice-Chairperson	
Costa Rica	23/08/77				
Cuba *	24/03/81			98	
Dominica	04/04/95				
Dominican Republic	12/02/85				
Ecuador *	16/06/75			78, 97, 00	
El Salvador	08/10/91				
Grenada	13/08/98				
Guatemala	16/01/79				
Guyana	20/06/77				
Haiti	18/01/80				
Honduras	08/06/79				
Jamaica	14/06/83				
Mexico *	23/02/84	96	91	85, 86, 87, 90, 95, 99	
Nicaragua	17/12/79				
Panama *	03/03/78			79, 80	
Paraguay	27/04/88				
Peru *	24/02/82				
Saint Kitts and Nevis	10/07/86				
Saint Lucia *	14/10/91				
Suriname	23/10/97				
Uruguay	09/03/89				
Venezuela	30/10/90				

Bureau Membership by Year

1977
Chairperson	Iran	
Rapporteur	Canada	
Vice-Chairpersons	Egypt, France, Nigeria and Poland	

1978
Chairperson	United States of America	
Rapporteur	Poland	
Vice-Chairpersons	Ecuador, Egypt, France, Iran and Nigeria	

1979
Chairperson	Egypt	
Rapporteur	France	
Vice-Chairpersons	Bulgaria, Nepal, Panama,  Senegal and United States of America	

1980
Chairperson	France	
Rapporteur	Tunisia	
Vice-Chairpersons	Australia, Ghana, Panama, United States of America, and Yugoslavia	

1981
Chairperson	Australia	
Rapporteur	Tunisia	
Vice-Chairpersons	Brazil, Bulgaria, Germany, Guinea and Nepal	

1982
Chairperson	Australia	
Rapporteur	Tunisia	
Vice-Chairpersons	Argentina, Bulgaria, Guinea, Italy and Pakistan	

1983
Chairperson	Italy	
Rapporteur	Brazil	
Vice-Chairpersons	Algeria, Australia, Guinea, Norway and Sri Lanka	

1984
Chairperson	Argentina	
Rapporteur	France	
Vice-Chairpersons	Algeria, Australia, Norway, Pakistan and Senegal	

1985
Chairperson	United Republic of Tanzania	
Rapporteur	Canada	
Vice-Chairpersons	Algeria, Bulgaria, India, Mexico and Norway	

1986
Chairperson	Canada	
Rapporteur	Brazil	
Vice-Chairpersons	Algeria, Bulgaria, India, Mexico and Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo)	

1987
Chairperson	Canada	
Rapporteur	Bulgaria	
Vice-Chairpersons	France, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Tunisia and the United Republic of Tanzania	

1988
Chairperson	Brazil	
Rapporteur	Greece	
Vice-Chairpersons	Australia, Canada, France, India, and Yemen 	

1989
Chairperson	Tunisia	
Rapporteur	Canada	
Vice-Chairpersons	Bulgaria, Colombia, Greece, Senegal and Thailand	

1990
Chairperson	Canada	
Rapporteur	Mexico	
Vice-Chairpersons	Bulgaria, Mexico, Senegal, Thailand and Tunisia	

1991
Chairperson	Tunisia	
Rapporteur	Mexico	
Vice-Chairpersons	Brazil, France, Senegal, Thailand and the United States of America	

1992
Chairperson	United States of America	
Rapporteur	Tunisia	
Vice-Chairpersons	Brazil, China, Colombia, Germany and Senegal	

1993
Chairperson	Colombia	
Rapporteur	Spain	
Vice-Chairpersons	China, Oman, Senegal, Thailand and the United States of America	

1994
Chairperson	Thailand	
Rapporteur	China	
Vice-Chairpersons	Colombia, Germany, Italy, Oman and Senegal	

1995
Chairperson	Germany	
Rapporteur	Niger	
Vice-Chairpersons	Australia, Italy, Japan, Lebanon and Mexico	

1996
Chairperson	Mexico	
Rapporteur	Niger	
Vice-Chairpersons	Australia, Germany, Italy, Japan and Morocco	

1997
Chairperson	Italy	
Rapporteur	Lebanon	
Vice-Chairpersons	Benin, Ecuador, Japan, Morocco and the United States of America	

1998
Chairperson	Japan	
Rapporteur	Hungary	
Vice-Chairpersons	Benin, Cuba, Italy, Morocco, and the Republic of Korea. 	

1999
Chairperson	Morocco	
Rapporteur	Finland	
Vice-Chairpersons	Australia, Greece, Hungary, Mexico and Zimbabwe	

2000
Chairperson	Australia	
Rapporteur	Zimbabwe	
Vice-Chairpersons	Canada, Ecuador, Finland, Morocco and Thailand	

2001
Chairperson	Finland	
Rapporteur	Mexico	
Vice-Chairpersons	Egypt, Greece, Hungary, South Africa and Thailand