The World Heritage Committee consists of representatives from 21 States Parties to the Convention concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage, elected by the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention. The current composition of the Committee is: Benin, Canada, Chile, Cuba, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lithuania (Chair), Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand (Rapporteur), Norway, Peru, Spain, Republic of Korea, Tunisia, United States of America. The essential functions of the Committee are to identify cultural and natural properties of outstanding universal value which are to be protected under the Convention and to list those properties on the World Heritage List and to monitor the state of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List. For more information, CLICK HERE.