Decision 43 COM 16

Election of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons and Rapporteur of the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee (2020)

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Recalling its Decision 42 COM 16, adopted at its 42nd session (Manama, 2018), which elected its Bureau whose mandate will be until the end of its 43rd session (Baku, 2019),
2. 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 be signed eight months in advance of the meeting;
3. 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 language 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;
4. Decides that its 44th session will take place in Fuzhou, China, in June/July 2020;
5. Also decides to elect, in accordance with Rule 13.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee, its Bureau with the following composition:
   1. H.E. Mr. Tian Xuejun (China) as Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, whose mandate will begin at the end of the 43rd session of the Committee (Baku, 2019) until the end of the 44th session of the Committee (2020),
   2. Spain,
      Hungary,
      Brazil (until the 22nd session of the General Assembly),
      Uganda and
      Bahrain
      as Vice-Chairpersons of the World Heritage Committee, whose mandates will begin at the end of the 43rd session of the Committee (Baku, 2019) until the end of the 44th session of the Committee (2020),
   3. Ms. Miray Hasaltun Wosinski (Bahrain) as the Rapporteur of the World Heritage Committee whose mandate will begin at the end of the 43rd session of the Committee (Baku, 2019) until the end of the 44th session of the Committee (2020);
6. Further decides that the Bureau of the 45th session (2021) will be elected at the end of the 44th session of the Committee (2020) in accordance with Rule 13.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Heritage Committee;
7. Takes note of the invitation by Uganda to host the 45th session of the Committee in 2021.