World Heritage Convention and Sustainable Development

WHC/17/41.COM/5C

By Decision 40 COM 5C, the World Heritage Committee welcomed the adoption of the “Policy Document for the integration of a sustainable development perspective into the processes of the World Heritage Convention” by the 20th General Assembly of States Parties (UNESCO, 2015), and requested the World Heritage Centre to present a progress report at the 41st session of the Committee in 2017.

This document presents the progress made in implementing the World Heritage Sustainable Development Policy (WH-SDP) since the 40th session of the Committee.