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25
Properties inscribed
on the World Heritage List
4
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee
30
State of Conservation Reports
6
International assistance
requests Approved
135,700
International assistance
Total Amount Approved (USD)
Acceptance of the Convention:
Tuesday, 30 June 1992
Mandates to the World Heritage Committee 4
1993-1999 2003-2007 2011-2015 2021-2025
UNESCO
World Heritage
Properties inscribed
on the World Heritage List 25

Read more about the Nomination process

Sites on the Tentative List 5

A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. More about the Tentative List Process

State of Conservation Reports 30

State 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

Activities 7
Capacity-building programme for the nomination of World Heritage sites in the Africa Region supported by Government of Japan
Celebrating 40 years of the World Heritage Convention
Preparation and publication: “Historic atlas of Kyoto”, Japan
Shirakami Mountains Workcamp: preserving the natural beauty (Japan)
News 30
The Governments of Japan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia support the Rehabilitation of the Majestic Cinema in Stone Town of Zanzibar UNESCO World Heritage site
13 March 2024
A roadmap for Sierra Leone’s first site to be proposed for UNESCO’s World Heritage List
23 August 2022
Danube Limes added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List closing this year’s inscriptions
30 July 2021
Cultural sites in Africa, Arab Region, Asia, Europe, and Latin America inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
27 July 2021
Four natural and three cultural sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List
26 July 2021
UNESCO expresses solidarity with Japan as fire rips through World Heritage site in Okinawa
31 October 2019
Seven cultural sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
6 July 2019
Decisions adopted by Ashgabat Silk Roads Coordinating Committee
29 January 2019
UN chief pays tribute to Hiroshima victims and renews call for nuclear disarmament
6 August 2018
Four sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List
30 June 2018
World Heritage inscription of “The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier” an invitation to transnational cooperation
21 September 2016
Almaty Agreement adopted in the Fourth meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the World Heritage Serial Nomination of the Silk Roads
22 December 2015
Agreement for Phase II of 'Strengthening Conservation and Management of Lumbini'
2 July 2014
Sites in Iraq, Japan, the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia inscribed on World Heritage List
21 June 2014
UNESCO World Heritage Centre renews partnership for elementary education
22 May 2014
Twelve new members elected to World Heritage Committee
20 November 2013
UNESCO, Turkey and Japan launch project to safeguard the World Heritage site of Cappadocia (Turkey)
18 July 2013
World Heritage Convention’s 40th anniversary celebration concludes and launches Kyoto Vision
8 November 2012
Reflection and future perspectives mark World Heritage Convention’s 40th anniversary closing event in Kyoto, Japan
6 November 2012
Closing celebration of World Heritage Convention’s 40th anniversary
5 November 2012
Tokyo Expert Meeting (Feb 2012) published
18 July 2012
Heritage Heals in Hiraizumi
13 February 2012
Nine members elected to World Heritage Committee
7 November 2011
Barbados enters World Heritage List with Bridgetown and its Garrison; Hiraizumi (Japan) and Germany’s Beech Forests also inscribed
25 June 2011
Japan's Ogasawara Islands on UNESCO's World Heritage List
24 June 2011
Ashgabat Agreement: representatives and experts of twelve Asian countries outline the Silk Roads Heritage Corridors approach for the future Serial and Trans-boundary World Heritage Nomination
18 May 2011
UNESCO World Heritage Centre expresses its solidarity with Japanese people following tragic events
16 March 2011
Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch
29 June 2007
Paper Series N°12 "The State of World Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (2003)"
4 April 2005
World Heritage Committee to Announce New Sites on December 5 in Kyoto, Japan
25 November 1998
Events 33
Shuri-jô site – UNESCO Online Meeting Reviews Important Progress on Recovery from Fire at World Heritage Property
5 June 2020
Silk Roads Heritage Corridors Management Workshop and Closing Meeting of UNESCO/Japan Funds-in-Trust Project in Almaty, Kazakhstan
26 Jun 2019 - 28 Jun 2019
Workshop on mixed site management in the Asia-Pacific
3 Apr 2019 - 6 May 2019
5th Meeting of Coordinating Committee on the serial transnational World Heritage nomination of the Silk Roads 
3 Dec 2018 - 7 Dec 2018
Workshop for Cultural Landscape and Sustaining its Significance – Bhutan 2017
22 Oct 2017 - 27 Oct 2017
Call For Applications: International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 2017
19 April 2017
Call for applications: International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 2016
10 Sep 2016 - 26 Sep 2016
Cultural Landscape Workshop to be held in Paro and Thimphu, Bhutan
12 Jul 2016 - 3 Aug 2016
4th Silk Roads Serial World Heritage Nomination Coordinating Committee Meeting
24 Nov 2015 - 26 Nov 2015
Call for Applications: 10th International Training Programme on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage
12 Sep 2015 - 28 Sep 2015
Call for Applications: 9th International Training Programme on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage
6 Sep 2014 - 26 Sep 2014
International World Heritage Youth Forum: Living with Heritage: Temple, Environment and People (T.E.P.)
8 Jun 2013 - 17 Jun 2013
Call for Applications: 8th International Training Programme on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage
1 Apr 2013 - 20 May 2013
Symposium “World Heritage for Peace and Sustainability”
10 November 2012
Symposium “World Heritage, conservation and succession to the next generation”
9 Nov 2012 - 11 Nov 2012
World Heritage Convention 40th anniversary celebrations: Closing event
6 Nov 2012 - 8 Nov 2012
Symposium “The Role of Community for Sustainable Cultural Development”
3 Nov 2012 - 5 Nov 2012
Expert meeting “Conservation and Sustainability-from principle to practice”
3 Nov 2012 - 5 Nov 2012
Expert Meeting "Heritage and Societies: toward the 20th anniversary of the Nara Document on Authenticity, and beyond"
3 Nov 2012 - 5 Nov 2012
Youth Programme “World Heritage: the roles of local communities and youth for the next decade”
3 Nov 2012 - 5 Nov 2012
Forum on World Heritage Protection and Conservation
29 October 2012
Symposium on the World Natural Heritage of Japan
2 October 2012
Third meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads
17 Sep 2012 - 20 Sep 2012
“Portraying Kyoto’s Cultural Heritage” Contest
20 Jul 2012 - 18 Sep 2012
Expert Meeting on the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention in Tokyo
16 February 2012
Launching Ceremony for the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention in Japan
13 February 2012
Second meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads
3 May 2011 - 6 May 2011
Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage
30 Aug 2009 - 12 Sep 2009
Application deadline 14 June: Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage
1 May 2009 - 14 Jun 2009
UNITAR Hiroshima Training Workshop
19 Apr 2009 - 24 Apr 2009
5th Workshop in the UNITAR Series on the Management and Conservation
30 Mar 2008 - 4 Apr 2008
Torch-Run Concert for World Heritage
31 May 2007
UNESCO Regional Workshop on Periodic Reporting Follow-up for North-East and South-East Asia
12 Dec 2005 - 16 Dec 2005
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