Application materials: CV and Motivation letter to be sent to: WH-Africa@unesco.org with copy to Jessica Roland Williams ...

Located in a strange lunar landscape of great geological interest, this site has one of the most important groupings of prehistoric cave art in the world. More than 15,000 drawings and engravings ...

The church, baptistry, basilicas, public buildings, streets, monasteries, houses and workshops in this early Christian holy city were built over the tomb of the martyr Menas of Alexandria, who died in ...

From the 16th century, the isthmus of Panama became a global strategic asset facilitating the transportation of goods and people between the Iberian Peninsula and the colonies of the Kingdom of Spain ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreWhat is World Heritage? World Heritage is the designation for places on Earth that are of outstanding universal value to humanity and as such, have been inscribed on the ...

32nd session of the World Heritage Committee Quebec City, Canada 2-10 July 2008 ...

No doubt thousands of statues still remain to be unearthed at this archaeological site, which was not discovered until 1974. Qin (d. 210 B.C.), the first unifier of China, is buried, surrounded by the ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreState 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 ...

The Enhancing Our Heritage Toolkit 2.0 (EoH 2.0) provides a globally tested self-assessment methodology to support World Heritage managers and actors to evaluate management effectiveness in a World ...

The 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 ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreWHC-07/31.COM/24 Decisions adopted at the 31st Session of the World Heritage Committee (Christchurch, 2007) English Français English Français ...

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