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The Criteria for Selection To be included on the World Heritage List, sites must be of outstanding universal value and meet at least one out of ten selection criteria. These criteria are explained in the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention which, besides the text of the Convention, is the main working tool on World Heritage. The ...

A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. Tentative List Submission Format English French Consult an example of a Tentative List submission Tentative List submission Format for Transnational and Transboundary Future Nominations English  French Guidance on Developing and Revising ...

Partnerships World Heritage partnerships for conservation © Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development, unsustainable tourism practices, neglect, natural calamities, pollution, political ...

World Heritage List Nominations Only countries that have signed the World Heritage Convention, pledging to protect their natural and cultural heritage, can submit nomination proposals for properties on their territory to be considered for inclusion in UNESCO’s World Heritage List. {{type6 Nominations proposedfor examination security Only visible to Advisory Bodies ...

Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage The General Conference of UNESCO adopted on 16 November 1972 the Recommendation concerning the Protection at National Level, of the Cultural and Natural Heritage. Complete Text Read the complete text of the World Heritage Convention. Download the complete text in the language of your ...

This section provides information about the 1972 World Heritage Convention and UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre. It includes answers to frequently asked questions in the following areas: World Heritage/The Convention The World Heritage List The Nomination of Sites World Heritage in Danger The World Heritage Fund Education Partnerships Publications The World Heritage ...

List of factorsaffecting the properties Within the framework of the revision of the questionnaire of the Periodic Reporting exercise (Section II) in 2008, the World Heritage Committee adopted a standard list of factors affecting the Outstanding Universal Value of World Heritage properties. This list was established following a 2-year consultation process with experts in ...

World Heritage Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration. play_arrow Video provided by the Austrian Commission for UNESCODownload the video The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ...

The World Heritage Convention The most significant feature of the 1972 World Heritage Convention is that it links together in a single document the concepts of nature conservation and the preservation of cultural properties. The Convention recognizes the way in which people interact with nature, and the fundamental need to preserve the balance between the two. The ...

Periodic ReportingQuestionnaire Third Cycle exercise | 2018-2024 © {{replace "periodicText"}} Access to specific State Party or World Heritage property Periodic Reporting questionnaire is restricted to designated national focal points and World Heritage site managers.  Third Cycle 2018-2024 The questionnaire for the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting was revised ...

World Heritage Canopy Heritage Solutions for Sustainable Futures © UNESCO Environment and resilience Climate change Inclusion and participation Knowledge and skills Peace and security Prosperity and livelihoods Gender equality Learn more about the thematic framework Case studies {{replace "mapview"}} Search ...

Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage This publication highlights the impacts of climate change on 26 natural and cultural World Heritage properties, along with ongoing and planned adaptation and mitigation measures. There are five chapters on glaciers, marine biodiversity, terrestrial biodiversity, archaeological sites, and historic cities and settlements, and ...

Reactive Monitoring Process Once a site is inscribed on the World Heritage List (and becomes a “World Heritage property”), the State Party has to ensure that effective and active measures are taken for its protection, conservation and presentation. To do so, States Parties are encouraged to establish services for the protection, conservation and presentation of the ...

Global Strategy In 1994, the World Heritage Committee launched the Global Strategy for a Representative, Balanced and Credible World Heritage List. Its aim is to ensure that the List reflects the world's cultural and natural diversity of outstanding universal value. Twenty-two years after the adoption of the 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural ...

World Heritage in Danger The List of World Heritage in Danger is designed to inform the international community of conditions which threaten the very characteristics for which a property was inscribed on the World Heritage List, and to encourage corrective action. This section describes the List of World Heritage in Danger and gives examples of sites that are inscribed on ...

Africa The Africa region covers the 47 States Parties of the World Heritage Convention in the Sub-Saharan Africa. In line with the Global Priority Africa of UNESCO, the Africa unit of the World Heritage Centre strives to enhance the capacity of the Africa region in the implementation of the World Heritage Convention. Africa is one of UNESCO’s Global Priorities. ...

Financial Regulations for the World Heritage Fund Article 15 of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"), establishes a Fund, called "the World Heritage Fund" hereinafter referred to as "the Fund" which is to constitute a trust fund, in conformity with the provisions of the Financial ...

Director of World Heritage Lazare Eloundou Assomo Since 2021Originally from Cameroon, Mr Eloundou Assomo is a graduate in architecture (Grenoble School of Architecture, France) and in urban planning (DEA Grenoble 1). He began his career as an associate researcher at the Centre for Earthen Construction of the Grenoble School of Architecture in 1996. He was then in ...

Europe and North America 51 States Parties 576 Total number of properties 490 Cultural Properties 12 Mixed Properties 74 Natural Properties 35 Transboundary properties 7 Properties in Danger The Europe and North America region is home to 51 States that have ratified the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World ...

The World Heritage Committee The World Heritage Committee meets once a year, and consists of representatives from 21 of the States Parties to the Convention elected by their General Assembly. At its first session, the Committee adopted its Rules of Procedure of the World Heritage Committee. The Committee is responsible for the implementation of the World Heritage ...