2023-08-01 05:08:44
Paris, July 31 – The 45th Expanded Session of the World Heritage Committee will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 15 to 25 September.
accreditation process
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The Committee will be broadcast by webcast.
On September 11 (1:00 p.m. local Riyadh), UNESCO and the Saudi authorities will hold a press conference that will be broadcast online.
At its meeting, the Committee will review the state of conservation of 260 sites already inscribed on the World Heritage List, of which 55 are also on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
As of September 16, the World Heritage Committee will begin examining nominations for new sites on the World Heritage List, starting with nominations that could not be considered last year.
The 53 candidate sites are:
2022 nominations
Natural places
Azerbaijan / Iran (Islamic Republic of), Hyrcanian Forests [extensión]Congo, Massif forest of Odzala-KokouaFrance, Volcanoes and forests of Montaña Pelada and pitons of northern MartiniqueMadagascar, Andrefana dry forests [extensión del sitio Reserva natural integral del Tsingy de Bemaraha, inscrito en 1990]Viet-Nam Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago [extensión del sitio Bahía de Ha Long, inscrito en 1994 y ampliado en 2000]
Cultural sites
Germany, Jewish medieval heritage of ErfurtBenin, Kutammaku, the country of the batammariba [extensión del sitio Kutammaku – País de los batammariba, de Togo, inscrito en 2004]Cambodia, Koh Ker: Archaeological Site of Ancient Lingapura or Chok GargyarCanada, Tr’ondëk-KlondijeCzech Republic, Žatec and SaazChina Hop Landscape, Cultural Landscape of Ancient Tea Tree Forests on Jingmai Mountain in Pu’erDenmark, Ring Fortresses from the age of the vikingsSpain, Talayotic Menorca – the odyssey of a cyclopean islandEthiopia, Cultural landscape of the Gedeo countryRussian Federation, Historic Center of GorojovetsGuatemala, Tak’alik Ab’aj National Archaeological ParkIndia, SantiniketanIran (Islamic Republic of) The Persian caravanseraiLatvia, Kuld?ga / Goldingen in CourlandLithuania, Kaunas, Art Nouveau City: An Architecture of Optimism, 1919-1939Mongolia, Deer Stone Monuments and Related Sites from the Bronze AgePortugal, The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Headquarters and GardenRepublic of Korea, Burial Mounds GayaTajikistan / Turkmenistan / Uzbekistan, Silk Roads: Zeravshan-Karakum CorridorTürkiye, Gordion
2023 nominations
Natural places
Saudi Arabia, ‘Uruq Bani Ma’aridCanada, AnticostiEthiopia, Balé Mountains National ParkItaly, Karst and evaporitic caves of the North ApennineKazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan – Turanic deserts with cold wintersRwanda, Nyungwe National ParkTajikistan, Tugay Forests of the Nature Reserve from Tigrovaya Balka
Cultural sites
Germany, Alpine and pre-alpine meadows, pastures and wetlands of the Ammer, Lake Staffel and WerdenfeiserArgentina, ESMA Museum and site of memory, former clandestine detention, torture and extermination centerAzerbaijan, Cultural landscape of the Khinalig people and route of transhumance “Köç Yolu” Belgium, France, World War I Funeral Sites and Memorials (Western Front) Cameroon, Sukur and Diy-Gid-Bly Cultural Landscape of the Mandara Mountains [extensión del sitio Paisaje cultural de Sukur, inscrito por Nigeria en 1999]United States of America, Hopewell Ceremonial Ground WorksRussian Federation, Astronomical Observatories of the Federal University of KazanFrance, La Maison Carrée de NîmesIndia, Sacred Ensembles of the HoysalaIndonesia, Yogyakarta Cosmological Axis and its Emblematic Historical MonumentsIran (Islamic Republic of), Landscape Cultural Center of MasulehPalestine, Old Jericho/Tell es-SultanThe Netherlands, Koninklijk Eise Eisinga Planetarium (Royal Planetarium Eise EisingaPortugal, Historic Center of Guimarães and Couros area [extensión de “Centro histórico de Guimarães, inscrito en 2001]Rwanda, memorial sites of genocide: Nyamata, murambbi, Gisozi and Basrosurinam, archaeological site of Jodensavanne: Establishment of Jodensavanne and Cemetery of cassipori Creektaillandia, the virgin city of Creektailland, stocking. Kiye , Medieval mosques of Anatolia endowed with columns and a wooden superstructure
mixed sites
Greece, Zagori Cultural LandscapeMongolia, Mongolian Altai Highlands
To date, the World Heritage Committee has inscribed 1,157 sites from 167 countries on the World Heritage List. Composed of representatives of 21 States Parties that have ratified the World Heritage Convention, the Committee is responsible for the implementation of the Convention.
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