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World Heritage Committee to meet in Bonn 28 June to 8 July
The World Heritage Committee will examine proposals to inscribe 37 properties on UNESCO’s World Heritage List when it meets at the international conference centre of Bonn (Germany) from 28 June to 8 July. The upcoming 39th session of the World Heritage Committee will be chaired by Maria Böhmer, Minister of State at Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, and member of the Bundestag.
Nominations for inscription on the World Heritage List this year include five natural sites, 31 cultural sites and one mixed site, i.e. both natural and cultural.
The Committee will also examine the state of conservation of 95 sites already on the List, as well as that of the 46 properties inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
A number of parallel events will take place during the session, notably the launch on 29 June of the global coalition for the protection of cultural heritage “#Unite4Heritage” with the participation of the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, and Committee Chair Maria Böhmer. A press conference will be held at 2 p.m., immediately following the launch.
A Youth Experts Forum will be held in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley and in Bonn ahead of the Committee session from 18 to 29 June. It will bring together some 30 young people from different countries who are committed to the cause of safeguarding heritage and keen to know more about the challenges of managing and protecting World Heritage sites. The outcome of the Youth Experts Forum will be presented at the opening of the 39th session of the Committee.