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7
Properties inscribed
on the World Heritage List
5
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee
71
State of Conservation Reports
43
International assistance
requests Approved
987,539
International assistance
Total Amount Approved (USD)
Ratification of the Convention:
Friday, 13 February 1976
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee 5
1976-1978 1978-1985 1989-1995 2011-2015 2023-2027
UNESCO
World Heritage
Properties inscribed
on the World Heritage List 7

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Sites on the Tentative List 8

A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. More about the Tentative List Process

State of Conservation Reports 71

State of conservation of World Heritage properties since 1979 and the threats they have faced in the past, or are currently facing. More about State of Conservation

Activities 8
Rapid Response Facility (RRF)
Preparatory assistance and technical support for the inscription, conservation and management of the Île de Saint-Louis, Senegal
Preparatory assistance for the inscription of Stone Circles of Senegambia
Promoting local development through heritage conservation and enhancement and tourism in the Island of Saint-Louis (Senegal)
News 23
Testimonials of junior heritage professionals from West Africa
6 May 2024
Towards the removal of Niokolo-Koba National Park from the List of World Heritage in Danger: UNESCO supports Senegal’s National Parks Department
15 April 2024
UNESCO supports women from local communities around the Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
15 April 2024
Site Managers from across West Africa mobilise to safeguard UNESCO World Heritage sites in danger
6 July 2023
UNESCO mobilizes for the conservation of the Island of Gorée
20 December 2022
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition 2022
23 August 2022
Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds issues recommendation for countries at risk
15 February 2022
Gambian youth aware of World Heritage: 300 students participate in learning sessions at the Stone Circles of Senegambia
5 November 2021
Call for Proposals - Capacity building in Risk management and protection systems in Africa
14 September 2021
World Migratory Bird Day
8 May 2021
Information and consultation meeting on the avian influenza epidemic in Senegal and Mauritania
12 February 2021
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary reinforces its surveillance and ecological monitoring methods with drone piloting training
7 December 2020
African universities supporting the safeguarding of World Heritage
28 November 2018
5 May 2017 – African World Heritage Day
2 May 2017
Halt of demolition operations on Saint-Louis in Senegal
25 January 2016
UNESCO and AWHF bring together African World Heritage site managers and local communities for entrepreneurship training
28 May 2014
Twelve new members elected to World Heritage Committee
20 November 2013
Nine members elected to World Heritage Committee
7 November 2011
Senegal’s Saloum Delta inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
24 June 2011
Anti-Poaching Patrols to continue at Niokolo Koba National Park, thanks to Rapid Response Facility emergency support
18 May 2011
Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch
29 June 2007
Galápagos and Niokolo-Koba National Park inscribed on UNESCO’s List of World Heritage in Danger
26 June 2007
Cologne Cathedral (Germany), Djoudj Bird Sanctuary (Senegal), Ichkeul National Park (Tunisia), and Hampi (India) removed from List of World Heritage in Danger
10 July 2006
Events 6
Sub-regional celebration of the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention in West Africa
9 Nov 2022 - 10 Nov 2022
Open Call for participation in Workshop on World Heritage and Educational Institutions in Africa. Deadline: 14 September 2018
12 Jul 2018 - 14 Sep 2018
Entrepreneurship training at African World Heritage sites (in French)
12 May 2014 - 22 May 2014
Call for applications (deadline 28 Feb) : Entrepreneurship training workshop,12-22 May 2014, Senegal
10 Feb 2014 - 28 Feb 2014
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