Search
Take advantage of the search to browse through the World Heritage Convention information.
23804 Results
Search
sweetest language in the world close
Time
9.053s
Categories
Activities 336
Committee 46
Documents 14528
Events 1175
FAQ 213
News 2302
Pages 60
Partners 38
Publications 109
State of Conservation 4003
States Parties 3
Tentative Lists 906
World Heritage Properties 85
7601.
7602.
7603.
7604.
7605.
7606.
7607.
7608.
7609.
7610.
7611.
7612.
7613.
7614.
7615.
7616.
7617.
7618.
7619.
7620.
7621.
7622.
7623.
7624.
7625.
7626.
7627.
7628.
7629.
7630.
7631.
7632.
7633.
7634.
7635.
7636.
7637.
7638.
7639.
7640.
7641.
7642.
7643.
7644.
7645.
7646.
7647.
7648.
7649.
7650.
7651.
7652.
7653.
7654.
7655.
7656.
7657.
7658.
7659.
7660.
7661.
7662.
7663.
7664.
7665.
7666.
7667.
7668.
7669.
7670.
7671.
7672.
7673.
7674.
7675.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7676.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7677.
7678.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7679.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7680.
7681.
7682.
7683.
7684.
7685.
7686.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7687.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7688.
7689.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7690.
7691.
7692.
7693.
7694.
7695.
7696.
7697.
7698.
7699.
7700.
7701.
7702.
7703.
7704.
7705.
7706.
7707.
7708.
7709.
7710.
7711.
7712.
7713.
7714.
7715.
7716.
7717.
7718.
7719.
7720.
7721.
7722.
7723.
7724.
7725.
7726.
7727.
7728.
7729.
7730.
7731.
7732.
7733.
7734.
7735.
7736.
7737.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7738.
7739.
7740.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7741.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7742.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7743.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7744.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7745.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7746.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7747.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7748.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7749.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7750.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7751.
Documents
Score 1.8659971
7752.
World Heritage Youth Forum (2009) 1st Ibero-AmericanQuinCarméla
7753.
World Heritage Youth Forum (2010) 2nd Ibero-AmericanQuinCarméla
7754.
World Heritage Youth Forum (2011) 3rd Ibero-AmericanQuinCarméla
7755.
Report of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage ConventionTakimoto,KambourakisMegumi,Hélène
7756.
Socio-economic impacts of World Heritage ListingRössler,Balsamo,DebrineMechtild,Alessandro,Peter
7757.
Building a Global Sustainable Network of World Heritage Site ManagersEtowarValentino
7758.
Enhancing the credibility of the World Heritage List: Tentative List good practicesBalsamoAlessandro
7759.
Empowering youth for heritage: 10 years of the World Heritage Volunteers InitiativeYousfiInes
7760.
"Management systems are described and defined in paragraphs 108-118 of the Operational Guidelines.
Specifically, paragraph 108 states that “Each nominated property should have an appropriate management plan or other documented management system which must specify how the Outstanding Universal Value of a property should be preserved, preferably through participatory ...
7761.
The World Heritage Committee, holding its 34th session chaired by João Luiz da Silva Ferreira, the Minister of Culture of Brazil, inscribed the Everglades National Park (United States) on the List of World Heritage in Danger, because of serious and continuing degradation of its aquatic ecosystem.
The inscription was made at the request of the United ...
7762.
Celebrating 40 years of the World Heritage Convention, the proceedings of the Closing Event of the Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, has been published. This electronic publication provides the vivid record of the three-day landmark event, which was organized jointly by the Government of Japan and UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in Kyoto, ...
7763.
On 9 March 2016, the Government of the Republic of South Sudan officially deposited its instrument of ratification of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage with the Director-General of UNESCO.
South Sudan become the 192nd State Party to the World Heritage Convention on 9 June 2016, when the Convention entered into force for ...
7764.
A benefit concert and fundraising event was held last night during the 42nd session of the World Heritage Committee to support the widows and families of the fallen rangers of Virunga National Park.
The reception and concert, featuring a performance by Musicians Without Borders at the Arcapita building in Manama (Bahrain), launched the crowdfunding campaign #HelpVirunga, ...
7765.
The World Heritage Centre would like to express its sadness at the death of Dr. Guy Suzon Ramangason, former Director General of Madagascar National Parks, who passed away on 30th April 2020. Guy Suzon made an important contribution to biodiversity conservation in Madagascar and beyond.
After an international career at IUCN and WWF, Guy Suzon took the reins of Madagascar ...
7766.
The 23rd session of the General Assembly of States Parties endorsed the Declaration of principles to promote international solidarity and cooperation to preserve World Heritage in November 2021.
English French
At its 22nd session in 2019, the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention recalled the need to respect the highest standards of ...
7767.
Libya,
Flooding (issue resolved)
,The State Party did not submit the state of conservation report, which was requested by the World Heritage Committee at its 40th session (Istanbul/UNESCO, 2016). No recent information on the state of conservation of the property is available.
7768.
Tashkent, Uzbekistan,The Sub-Regional Closing Meeting of the UNESCO/Japan Funds-in-Trust project to provide “Support for Documentation Standards and Procedures of the Silk Roads World Heritage Serial Transnational Nomination in Central Asia” will bring together national experts and representatives of 5 Central Asian nations and China, international experts, and ...
7769.
,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is organising an event entitled ‘TOWARDS 2030: A new roadmap for Europe and North America’s commitments to the World Heritage Convention. Presentation of the 2024-2031 Regional Action Plan of Europe and North America’ during the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee.
The event will take place on Monday, 29 July 2024, from 6:15 pm to ...
7770.
The 37th session of the World Heritage Committee will be held from 16 to 27 June 2013 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
This issue explores in the depth the sites of Angkor, one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia, and the Temple of Preah Vihear, dedicated to Lord Shiva and dating back to the first half of the 11th century AD. Discover also the Royal ...
7771.
“On this International Day, I call upon all African stakeholders, States, civil society and local communities to assume the protection of the unparalleled richness of Africa’s heritage.”
“Supporting local communities – and especially young people – to promote and develop the abundant cultural and natural resources means paving the way for long-term, inclusive and socially ...
7772.
The Belgian government has recently given its financial support to the 3rd phase of the project "Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Conserving World Heritage sites in the Democratic Republic of Congo" with a total amount of 2 million Euros.
The five World Heritage Sites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, National Parks Virunga, Kahuzi-Biega, ...
7773.
UNESCO is launching a project to develop a flood risk mitigation plan for the World Heritage Site of Ayutthaya. The launch event at UNESCO Bangkok on 22 March 2013 was attended by key players of Thailand’s national flood risk reduction efforts and representatives from the embassies of Germany, Japan, Portugal and the United States that have been actively involved in ...
7774.
Istanbul, Turkey, 13 July — The World Heritage Committee has decided to add Uzbekistan’s Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz to the List of World Heritage in Danger due to the over-development of tourist infrastructure in the site.
The Committee expressed concern over the destruction of buildings in the centre of the World Heritage site’s Medieval neighbourhoods and the ...
7775.
A World Heritage partners’ event and panel discussion took place on the 15th of July in Istanbul sponsored by the Korean National Commission for UNESCO, on the occasion of the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee
The Partners' event, for the third consecutive year, provided a platform for discussing private sector partners’ contributions to World Heritage ...
7776.
Krakow, Poland, 10 July—The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Krakow since 2 July, has decided to remove Georgia’s Gelati Monastery from the List of World Heritage in Danger.
A decision adopted on Sunday, introduced a major reduction in the boundaries of the Georgian site of f Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1994 and on ...
7777.
On the heels of one of the hottest years on record, the protection of our precious ocean gems is more urgent than ever. Fortunately, we are seeing a rising tide of activism to meet the challenge. Over the past year, governments, non-profit leaders and experts from across the planet are increasingly working together to safeguard World Heritage marine sites.
Download the ...
7778.
Natural World Heritage sites are home to a great many species, which makes taking care of these sites even more important. This year for World Wildlife Day, we celebrate the 'big cats', predators who play a primordial role in the ecosystems in which they live, and many of whom are under threat.
Of the 36 wild species of cat that exist in the world, 35 occur in at least one ...
7779.
On 6 May 2020, Dr Mechtild Rossler, Director of the World Heritage Centre, is launching the UNESCO publication Empowering Youth for Heritage. Dedicated to the World Heritage Volunteers Initiative (WHV), it kick-starts a series of Webinars to support and build the capacities of the WHV-implementing organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This publication provides a ...
7780.
The World Heritage Committee, meeting online since 16th of July, today decided to remove Salonga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) from the List of World Heritage in Danger due to improvements in its state of conservation.
The Committee welcomed the clarification provided by the national authorities that the oil concessions overlapping with the property are ...
7781.
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee, meeting in New Delhi, India, has decided to inscribe the site ‘The Monastery of Saint Hilarion/Tell Umm Amer’ in Palestine simultaneously on the World Heritage List and on the List of World Heritage in Danger. This decision recognizes both the site's value and the need to protect it from danger.
In view of the threats to this heritage ...
7782.
Iraq,
Weathering and lack of maintenance affecting the fragile structures
State of conflict in the country that does not allow the responsible authorities to assure the protection and management of the property
,The State Party submitted a short report on the state of conservation of the property on 29 December 2010 as requested by the World Heritage Committee at its 34th ...
7783.
China,,On 3 November 2003, the Director-General of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China informed the Director of the World Heritage Centre of plans to build a new Suzhou Museum within the protective buffer zone of the World Heritage property. This new Museum construction project in the immediate vicinity of the Humble Administrator’s Garden in ...
7784.
Italy,,Archaeologists and concerned citizens alerted the World Heritage Centre of a number of conservation issues at the property. The wooden walkway at rock No. 57 has been removed in 2003 to be replaced by a galvanized steel walkway drilled directly into the rock. The installation of steel walkways might be extended to other rock art areas. ICOMOS strongly advised ...
7785.
Mali,
Sand encroachment (issue resolved)
Lack of financial resources (issue resolved)
Deterioration of the rainwater drainage system (issue resolved)
Need for appropriate laws (issue resolved)
Aeolian erosion
Vulnerability of the mosques
,WHC
The mosques of Timbuktu are one of the World Heritage sites that have been evaluated during the periodic ...
7786.
Cordoba, Spain,On 12, 13 and 14 September 2022, the World Heritage City Lab in Cordoba wrapped up the celebrations of the 10th Anniversary of the UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL Recommendation). The event was organised by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, World Monuments Fund Spain, and the Municipality of Cordoba, with the collaboration of ...
7787.
Communities is one of the five strategic objectives for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention (Credibility, Conservation, Capacity Building, Communication and Communities). These 5 ‘Cs’ were adopted in 2002 at the World Heritage Committee session held in Budapest, Hungary, and were enlarged to encompass ‘communities’ in 2007 *Christchurch, New Zealand, 2007).
7788.
WHC-11/18.GA/INF.10
7789.
WHC-07/16.GA/INF.3A
7790.
WHC-15/39.COM/INF.3A.Rev.3
7791.
WHC/18/42.COM/INF.3A.Rev.5
7792.
WHC/19/43.COM/INF.3A.Rev.9
7793.
Türkiye,a) Continued degradation of the vernacular architecture within the protected areas (mainly the Ottoman period timber houses in the district of Zeyrek and Süleymaniye);
b) Quality of repairs and reconstruction of the Roman and Byzantine Walls;
c) Uncontrolled development and absence of a World Heritage management plan;
d) Lack of co-ordination between national ...
7794.
Inclusive social development is one of the three dimensions of sustainable development set out in the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development and in the Policy Document for the Integration of a Sustainable Development Perspective into the Processes of the World Heritage Convention.
Paragraph 17 of the Policy states: The World Heritage Convention in Article 5 calls upon ...
7795.
WHC/18/42.COM/8B
7796.
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, has decided to send a technical mission to the Old City of Jerusalem, inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List and on the World Heritage in Danger List, to carry out a technical assessment of the works on the access to the al-Haram al-Sharif. Following extensive consultations with all the parties concerned, the ...
7797.
The World Heritage Centre and the World Air League, a U.S.-based nongovernmental organization, will present an ambitious new partnership at UNESCO Headquarters on 24 September aiming to promote environmental protection and the use of lighter-than-air skyships as a means to reduce pollution and pressures caused by transportation. Tomorrow’s announcement will showcase ...
7798.
Francesco Bandarin (Italy), Director of UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre since 2000, was appointed today UNESCO’s new Assistant Director-General for Culture.
As a specialist in architecture and urban planning, Mr Bandarin previously worked in both public and private institutions in the fields of built heritage, cultural heritage conservation, environmental heritage and ...
7799.
In partnership with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, La Monnaie de Paris is offering a 100,000€ coin set with diamonds in the image of the Taj Mahal, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Part of the proceeds will support the work of the World Heritage Centre.
La Monnaie de Paris has received authorization to sell 29 of them, each weighing one kilogram (2.2 lbs). Designed in ...
7800.
2 February each year is World Wetlands Day. It marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Each year since 1997, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and groups of citizens at all levels of the community have taken advantage of the opportunity to undertake ...