Examination of the statement of accounts of the World Heritage Fund, including the status of the States Parties’ contributions

WHC-13/19.GA/7

In accordance with article 6.4 of the Financial Regulations for the World Heritage Fund, “the accounts shall be submitted by the Director-General to the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention.” Accordingly the Accounts of the World Heritage Fund for the financial period 2010-2011 are presented in Document WHC-13/19.GA/INF.7 and a draft Resolution is submitted in the present document for the General Assembly’s consideration.

As requested by Decision 37 COM 15.I Part II paragraph 14, this document also contains the chart which highlights the budget reductions for activities covered by the World Heritage Fund as well as a list of activities from 2010 to 2012 that could not be financed by the World Heritage Fund in order to illustrate “the increasingly difficult financial situation of the World Heritage Fund as well as the necessity to consider seriously the sustainability of this Fund.”