UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee holds its 46th session from 21 to 31 July 2024 in New Delhi (India). Among other things, it will examine the proposals of 27 sites for inscription on the World Heritage List, and the state of conservation of 124 sites already inscribed on the World Heritage List, and on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
The World Heritage Committee is one of the two bodies governing the Convention for the Protection of the World’s Cultural and Natural Heritage. It is composed of the representatives of 21 States, elected from the 195 States parties to the Convention.
The Committee is responsible for implementing the Convention, for examining new proposals for inscription on the World Heritage List, and for assessing the state of conservation of sites already inscribed, on the basis of analyses produced by UNESCO’s advisory bodies and Secretariat. It meets once a year in an ordinary session.
Provisional programme
From 23 to 25 July, the Committee will examine the state of conservation of the 124 sites already inscribed on the World Heritage List, 57 of which are also on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
From 26 July to 29 July, the Committee will examine the dossiers of 27 sites proposed for inscription on the World Heritage List. The sites will be examined according to category: natural, mixed and cultural.
List of the 27 nominations to be examined
Cultural properties
- Royal Court of Tiébélé (Burkina Faso)
- Beijing Central Axis: A Building Ensemble Exhibiting the Ideal Order of the Chinese Capital (China)
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble (Germany)
- Moidams – the Mound-Burial System of the Ahom Dynasty (India)
- Via Appia. Regina Viarum (Italy)
- Hegmataneh and Historical Centre of Hamedan (Iran (Islamic Republic of))
- Sado Island Gold Mines (Japan)
- Umm Al-Jimāl (Jordan)
- The Historic Town and Archaeological Site of Gedi (Kenya)
- The Archaeological Heritage of Niah National Park’s Caves Complex (Malaysia)
- Saint Hilarion Monastery/ Tell Umm Amer (Palestine)
- The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá (Panama)
- Brâncusi Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu (Romania)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia (Romania)
- Testament of Kenozero Lake (Russian Federation)
- The Cultural Landscape of Al-Faw Archaeological Area (Saudi Arabia)
- Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites (South Africa)
- The Emergence of Modern Humans: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa (South Africa)
- The Phu Phrabat Historical Park (Thailand)
Natural properties
- Vjetrenica Cave, Ravno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Lençóis Maranhenses National Park (Brazil)
- Badain Jaran Desert - Towers of Sand and Lakes (China)
- The Flow Country (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Mixed property
- Melka Kunture and Balchit Archeological and Paleontological Site (Ethiopia)
- Te Henua Enata – The Marquesas Islands (France)
Significant modifications to the boundaries
Cultural properties
- Moravian Church Settlements (Germany, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America)
Natural properties
Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase II) (China)
To date, the World Heritage Committee has inscribed 1199 sites in 168 countries on the World Heritage List.
Source: https://www.unesco.org/en/world-heritage/committee-2024