The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO meets from Monday June 22 in Seville. At its annual meeting will decide what new sites added to UNESCO's World Heritage List this institution that manages and analyzes the state of conservation of sites inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
This year Spain will host the meeting, after chairing the committee of decision-makers since June 2008. The venue for the meeting is the Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones de Sevilla. During the meeting, chaired by the ambassador of Spain to UNESCO, Isabel San Segundo, the States that are party to the Convention for the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage nominate sites to be placed on the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
This year Spain will host the meeting, after chairing the committee of decision-makers since June 2008. The venue for the meeting is the Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones de Sevilla. During the meeting, chaired by the ambassador of Spain to UNESCO, Isabel San Segundo, the States that are party to the Convention for the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage nominate sites to be placed on the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
The opening of the meeting on June 22 at 1800, will be attended by the Minister of Culture, Ángeles González-Sinde, the director general of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, the ambassador of Spain to UNESCO, María Jesús San Segundo, and the director general of Arts and Heritage, Jose Jimenez Jimenez, among others.
The proposed sites for inscription this year are 37 in total: five natural, 29 cultural and three mixed (cultural and natural at a time). Four of the proposals relate to transboundary sites and seven of them extensions of other sites already inscribed on the List.
In addition, the Committee will review the conservation status of the 30 sites already inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger and may decide to enter other sites whose protection requires special attention.
To date, the World Heritage List includes 878 sites of "outstanding universal value" located in 145 States Parties. Spain has 40 sites, the second country in number of World Heritage property.
The proposed sites for inscription this year are 37 in total: five natural, 29 cultural and three mixed (cultural and natural at a time). Four of the proposals relate to transboundary sites and seven of them extensions of other sites already inscribed on the List.
In addition, the Committee will review the conservation status of the 30 sites already inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger and may decide to enter other sites whose protection requires special attention.
To date, the World Heritage List includes 878 sites of "outstanding universal value" located in 145 States Parties. Spain has 40 sites, the second country in number of World Heritage property.