Twenty-six new sites inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List this year.

A total of five natural World Heritage Sites were inscribed during the present session of the World Heritage Committee: Lakes of Ounianga (Chad); Sangha Trinational (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo,); Chengjiang Fossil Site (China); Western Ghats (India); Lena Pillars Nature Park (Russian Federation).

Rock Islands Southern Lagoon (Palau) was inscribed as a mixed natural and cultural site.

A total of 20 cultural sites were inscribed during the session:

The new sites are :

• Site of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel : The Nahal Me’arot/Wadi el-Mughara Caves (Israel)
• Birthplace of Jesus: the Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem  (Palestine)
• Rock Islands Southern Lagoon (Palau)
• Cultural landscape of Bali: the Subak system as a manifestion of the Tri Hita Karana philosophy (Indonesia)
• Rabat, modern capital and historic City: a shared heritage (Morocco)
• Grand Bassam (Côte d’Ivoire)
• Site of Xanadu (China)
• Bassari country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik cultural landscapes (Senegal)
• Pearling, testimony of an island economy (Bahrain)
• Masjed-e Jamé of Isfahan (Islamic Republic of Iran)
• Archaelogical Heritage of the Lenggong Valley (Malaysia)
• The Landscape of Grand Pré (Canada)
• Heritage of Mercury (Almdén and Idrija (Slovenia/Spain)
• Margravial Opera House Bayreuth (Germany)
• Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications (Portugal)
• Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin (France)
• Major mining sites of Wallonia (Belgium)
• Decorated farmhouses of Hälsingland (Sweden)
• Rio de Janeiro, Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea (Brazil)
• Lakes of Ounianga (Chad)
• Sangha Trinational (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo)
• Chengjiang Fossil Site (China)
• Western Ghats (India)
• Lena Pillars Nature Park (Russian Federation)