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1 EXT.COM III.5 Election of two Vice-Chairmen

wh-support@unesco.org — Thu, 10 Sep 1981 00:00:00 EST

5. The Committee elected by acclamation Bulgaria and Senegal as Vice-Chairmen.

2 EXT.COM 2 Election of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee

wh-support@unesco.org — Wed, 29 Oct 1997 00:00:00 EST

The Committee elected Mr. Francesco Francioni (Italy) as Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee and Mr. Noel Fattal (Lebanon) as Rapporteur. The Vice-Chairs elected were: Benin, Ecuador, Japan, Morocco and the United States of America.

4 EXT.COM 2 Election of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee

wh-support@unesco.org — Sat, 30 Oct 1999 00:00:00 EST

The Committee elected Mr. Abdelaziz Touri (Morocco) as Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee and Ms. Anne Lammila (Finland) as Rapporteur. The Vice-Presidents elected were: Australia, Greece, Hungary, Mexico, and Zimbabwe.

5 EXT.COM II.4 Election of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee

wh-support@unesco.org — Thu, 01 Nov 2001 00:00:00 EST

4. The Committee elected Mr Henrik Lilius (Finland) as Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee and Mr Francisco Lopez Morales (Mexico) as Rapporteur. The Vice-Presidents elected were: Egypt, Greece, Hungary, South Africa and Thailand.

41 COM 16 Election of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons and Rapporteur of the 42nd Session of the World Heritage Committee (2018)

wh-support@unesco.org — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 00:00:00 EST

The World Heritage Committee,

Decides to hold its 12th Extraordinary session during the 21st session of the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention in November 2017 in UNESCO Headquarters;
Also decides to prolong the mandate of its Bureau composed of the following members:

Chairperson: Prof. Jacek Purchla (Poland)

Vice-Chairpersons: Angola, Kuwait, Portugal, Peru, Republic of Korea

Rapporteur: M. Muhammad Juma (United Republic of Tanzania)

until its 12th Extraordinary session;
Recalls that the hosting of a World Heritage Committee session by a Committee member is subject to the host country signing a host country agreement in conformity with UNESCO’s rules and regulations and that host country agreements for category II meetings must ordinarily be signed eight months in advance of the meeting but in this case at the latest by 31 December 2017;
Also recalls that, pursuant to Rule 44.3 of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee, arrangements by the host country to provide interpretation in another language than the working languages of the Committee (English and French), or another official working language recognized by the United Nations, should be in compliance with UNESCO’s rules, regulations and procedures.