World Heritage Convention and Sustainable Development

WHC/19/43.COM/5C

By Decision 41 COM 5C, the World Heritage Committee welcomed the progress made in disseminating the “Policy Document for the integration of a sustainable development perspective into the processes of the World Heritage Convention”, adopted by the 20th General Assembly of States Parties (UNESCO, 2015), and in mainstreaming it into statutory processes, international policies and operational activities, and requested this effort be pursued.

This document presents the progress made in implementing the World Heritage Sustainable Development Policy (WH-SDP) since the 41st session of the Committee (Kraków, 2017).