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EAST AFRICA MAPWILDBEESTS NEAR THE GOL MOUNTAINS ON

THE EDGE OF THE SERENGETI

SERENGETI PARK SERENGETI SERENA SAFARI LODGE

A view of the pyramids at Giza from the plateau to the south of the complex

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GREAT BARRIER REEF FROM SPACE

European company Deep Ocean Technologies has proposed a Discus Hotel for the Great

Barrier Reef.

Coloured coral collection GREAT BARRIEIR REEF

Metropolitan Cathedral-LATIN AMERICA

Known as La Compañía de Jesús, this Jesuit shrine is one of the best examples of

Baroque architecture in the Americas.

Baroque cathedral Baroque facade of Santiago's Cathedral.

CONTENTINTRODUCTION HISTORY WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTIONTHE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE MISSION PARTNERS MAJOR ACTIVITIES LIST OF WORLD HERITAGE SITESLIST OF WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN

INDIA

INTRODUCTIONWorld Heritage Site

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place such as:

a forest, mountain, lake, island,  desert,  monument, building, complex, or city that is listed by

the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as of special cultural or physical significance .

The mammoth temple complex of Abu Simbel, Egypt, was moved block by block and

reconstructed. It’s the first project that helped found the UNESCO World Heritage Convention

Abu Simbel, Temple of Hathor, interior

The hypostyle hall of the Great Temple, with eight Osiris pillars ABU SIMBEL TEMPLE

BRIEF HISTORY

The idea of creating an international movement for protecting heritage emerged after World War I. 

The 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage developed from the merging of two separate movements:

the first focusing on the preservation of cultural sites,

and the other dealing with the conservation of nature.

Linking the protection of cultural and natural heritage

• The idea of combining conservation of cultural sites with those of nature comes from the United States of America.

• A White House Conference in Washington, D.C., in 1965 called for a ‘World Heritage Trust’ that would stimulate international cooperation to protect ‘the world's superb natural and scenic areas and historic sites for the present and the future of the entire world citizenry’.

• In 1968, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) developed similar proposals for its members. These proposals were presented to the 1972 United Nations conference on Human Environment in Stockholm.

• Eventually, a single text was agreed upon by all parties concerned. The Convention concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972.

• The same General Conference adopted on 16 November 1972 the Recommendation concerning the Protection, at National Level, of the Cultural and Natural Heritage.

TAJ MAHAL AGRA

Seongsan Ilchulbong, also called ‘Sunrise Peak’-JEJU ISLAND-KOREA

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.

What the Convention contains The Convention defines the kind of natural or

cultural sites which can be considered for inscription on the World Heritage List.

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 .

36th session of the Committee-Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Delegates attend the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee in Phnom Penh,

Cambodia, June 22, 2013.

28th Session held in June, 2004 in Suzhou (China)

Seville, SPAIN 29 September 2009- The Unesco World Heritage Committee met for its

33rd session

Bureau of the World Heritage Committee

The Bureau consists of seven States Parties elected annually by the Committee:

• a Chairperson, • five Vice-Chairpersons, and• a Rapporteur. The Bureau of the Committee

coordinates the work of the Committee and fixes the dates, hours and order of business of meetings.

The election of the new Bureau will take place at the end of the next session of the World Heritage Committee.

Chairperson: Prof Maria Böhmer (Germany) 

Rapporteur : M. Hicham Cheaib (Liban) 

Vice-Chairpersons: Croatia, India, Jamaica, Qatar, Senegal

World Heritage Committee Members

According to the World Heritage Convention , a Committee member's term of office is for six years, but most States Parties choose voluntarily to be Members of the Committee for only four years, in order to give other States Parties an opportunity to be on the Committee. 

All Members elected during the two last General Assemblies (2009 and 2011) have voluntarily decided to reduce their period of term of office from six to four years. 

The 21 States Parties of the current World Heritage Committee are the following:

• Algeria,•  Colombia, • Croatia, • Finland,•  Germany,•  India,•  Jamaica,•  Japan,•  Kazakhstan,•  Lebanon, • Malaysia, • Peru,•  Philippines,• Poland,•  Portugal,• Qatar, • Republic of Korea, • Senegal, • Serbia,•  Turkey,•  Viet Nam

MISSION• Encourage countries to sign

the World Heritage Convention and to ensure the protection of their natural and cultural heritage;

• Provide emergency assistance for World Heritage sites in immediate danger;

• Encourage participation of the local population in the preservation of their cultural and natural heritage;

• Help States Parties safeguard World Heritage properties by providing technical assistance and professional training;

• Support States Parties' public awareness-building activities for World Heritage conservation;

• Encourage international cooperation in the conservation of our world's cultural and natural heritage.

UNESCO's World Heritage mission is to

PARTNERS• Mobilizing additional resources from donors

and partners helps UNESCO strengthen the outreach and the impact of its programmes.

• Since its creation, the World Heritage Centre has established successful partnerships with a diverse range of stakeholders, governments and international governmental organizations, civil society and the private sector, interested in World Heritage Conservation.

• These alliances reflect a commitment to long-term management of sites inscribed on the World Heritage List.

Beijing Zhongkun Investment Group

Nippon Hoso Kyokai

Evergreen Digital Contents Inc.

Publishing for Development

Smithsonian Institution Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)

PRIVATE SECTORS

Biodiversity Liaison Group

Central Africa Forests Commission

Flanders Funds-in-Trust

France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement (CFU) Spanish Funds-in-Trust

International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property

PUBLIC SECTORS

WORLD HERITAGE MARINE PROGRAMME

FIVE FOCUS AREAConservationOur core task: ensuring the long-term conservation of World Heritage marine sites through state of conservation reporting

TrainingTraining site managers to use ecosystem-based marine spatial planning as a tool to optimize marine World Heritage site conservation.

NetworkBuilding a network of World Heritage marine site managers who share management solutions and best practices across 47 sites

ExploringExploring the potential of the 1972 World Heritage Convention in the High Seas, an area covering nearly 60% of our ocean

SafegaurdingWorld Heritage marine sites cover about 20% of all marine protected areas by surface area. The World Heritage Convention works together with nations to ensure these iconic ocean places will be maintained for future generation.

World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme

For the past 40 years the UNESCO World Heritage Convention has conserved, protected and presented the Outstanding Universal Value of our shared heritage.World Heritage properties are important travel destinations, that if managed properly, have great potential impact for local economic development and long-term sustainability.

The UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme represents a new approach based on dialogue and stakeholder cooperation where planning for tourism and heritage management is integrated at a destination level, the natural and cultural assets are valued and protected, and appropriate tourism developed.

Vision• World Heritage and tourism

stakeholders share responsibility for conservation of our common cultural and natural heritage of Outstanding Universal Value and for sustainable development through appropriate tourism management.

MissionFacilitate the management and development of sustainable tourism at World Heritage properties through fostering increased awareness, capacity and balanced participation of all stakeholders in order to protect the properties and their Outstanding Universal Value whilst ensuring that tourism delivers benefits for conservation of the properties’ sustainable development for local communities as well as a quality experience for visitors

World Heritage Forest Programme

Ranging in size from 18 hectares (Vallée de

Mai, Seychelles), to 8.8 million hectares

(Lake Baikal, Russian Federation), World

Heritage forest sites now have a total

surface area of over 75 million hectares

(1.5 times the surface area of France) and

represent over 13% of all IUCN category I-IV

protected forests worldwide.

Given these figures, it is clear that the World Heritage Convention is uniquely positioned amongst international conventions, programmes and agencies to

play a leading role for in-situ conservation of forest biodiversity. In recognition of this solemn responsibility, the World Heritage Committee in its 25 th session

(2001), agreed that forests warranted a particular focus, and approved the creation of the World Heritage Forest programme to ensure that the World

Heritage Convention be leveraged as much as possible to further forest conservation on a global scale.

One new World Heritage site with important forest components was inscribed at the 37th World Heritage Committee meeting in June, 2013.

Xinjiang Tianshan, a four part serial property in China was recognized in part due to its forest ecosystems. This new inscription brings the number of World Heritage sites inscribed for reasons related to their forest ecosystems to 107.

World Heritage Education Programme

The UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, initiated as a UNESCO special project in 1994, gives young people a chance to voice their concerns and to become involved in the protection of our common cultural and natural heritage.

It seeks to encourage and enable tomorrow’s decision-makers to participate in heritage conservation and to respond to the continuing threats facing our World Heritage.

Young people learn about World Heritage sites, about the history and traditions of their own and other cultures, about ecology and the importance of protecting biodiversity.

They become aware of the threats facing the sites and learn how the international community as a whole unites to save our common heritage. Most importantly, they discover how they can contribute to heritage conservation and make themselves heard.

The World Heritage in Young Hands Kit

 has been

tested and

adapted to

national needs and

presently exists

in 39 national languag

es.

To date,

12 animat

ed short film

episodes of “Patrimonito’s World Heritage Adventures” have been

produced.

About 32

international and

regional 

Youth Forums

 have been held

with an estimated 1560 young people participating.

Nearly 1250

teachers and

educators have been

trained through about

40 seminar

s and workshops at

national, sub-

regional,

regional and

international level.

Since the

launch of the 

World Heritage Volunteers project

s, around 

1837 volunte

ers have taken part in

126 youth camps

in 29 count-ries.

Lists of World Heritage Sites

AFRICA

ASIA

EUROPEOCEANIA

AMERICA

As of 2014, 1007 sites are listed:

779 cultural, 197 natural, and 31 mixed properties, in 161

states parties.

By sites ranked by country :

Italy is home to the greatest number of World Heritage Sites with 50 sites,

followed by China (47),  Spain (44),  France (39),  Germany (39), Mexico(32)and  India(32). 

TOP 10 WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN INDIA

AJANTA CAVES-MAHARASHTRA

QUTUB MINAR-DELHI

TAJ MAHAL AGRA

MOUNTAIN RAILWAYS OF INDIA

MONUMENTS OF KHAJURAHO-MP

SUN TEMPLE-ODHISA

KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK-ASSAM

FATEHPUR SIKRI-AGRA

CHOLA TEMPLE- TAMIL NADU RED FORT- DELHI

World Heritage Sites in India

There are 32 World Heritage Sites in India that are recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as of 2014..

These are places of importance of cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972.

India’s first two sites inscribed on the list at the Seventh Session of the World Heritage held in 1983 were:

the Agra Fort and the Ajanta Caves. Over the years, 30 more sites have been inscribed,

the latest being the Great Himalayan National Park in 2014..

Of these 32 sites : 25 are cultural sites the other seven are natural sites.