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23rd General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention

24-26 November 2021
The 23rd session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention will be held at UNESCO Headquarters from 24 to 26 November 2021, during the 41st session of the General Conference of UNESCO, .

The General Assembly includes all States Parties to the Convention. It meets once every two years during the ordinary session of the General Conference of UNESCO to elect the members of the World Heritage Committee, to examine the statement of accounts of the World Heritage Fund and to decide on major policy issues.

The proceedings will be retransmitted online via the webcast (without the possibility to intervene remotely), which will be available on the World Heritage Centre’s website.

More information is available here.
When

Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Friday, 26 November 2021

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Where
UNESCO Headquarters
Decisions (1)
Code: 24GA 1B
Title: Election of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons and Rapporteur of the General Assembly

The General Assembly,

  1. Elects E. Ms Paula ALVES DE SOUZA (Brazil), as Chairperson of the 24th session of the General Assembly;
  2. Elects Ms Uyanga SUKHBAATAR (Mongolia), as Rapporteur of the 24th session of the General Assembly;
  3. Elects Iraq, Norway, Poland and Rwanda as Vice-Chairpersons of the 24th session of the General Assembly.

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