International Council on Monuments and Sites
ICOMOS is a non-governmental international organisation dedicated to the conservation of the world's monuments and sites.
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ICOMOS at the HLPF 2018
ICOMOS is actively involved in the UN High-LevelPolitical Forum (HLPF), being held at UN Headquarters in New York City from 9-18 July 2018, where the annual global review of progress on the SDGs will take place.
ICOMOS provided comments in April 2018 for the NGO Major Group’s Position Paper for the HLPF 2018, being a member of this cluster of stakeholders in the UN system.
ICOMOS at the European Cultural Heritage Summit
Signing of the "Berlin Call to Action" and Press release of ICOMOS Germany co-organised event
ICOMOS recently participated in the European Cultural Heritage Summit that took place from 18-24 June 2018 in Berlin, Germany, with the theme of “Sharing Heritage – Sharing Values”. The European Union recognised the Summit as one of the main public events of the European Year of Cultural Heritage (EYCH).
Heritage Alert: Y-block Government Buildings, Oslo, Norway
Last update: June 2018
28 September 2016
The International Scientific Committee on Twentieth Century Heritage (ISC20C) of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) has released an International Heritage Alert regarding the threatened demolition of the Y-block of the Government Quarter in Oslo, Norway.
This action supports the conservation initiatives of ICOMOS Norway and confirms international concern about threats to the heritage significance of this important modern heritage complex in the center of Oslo.
ICOMOS 2017 Annual Report
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Two Invited Experts to the ICOMOS Board
The Statutes of ICOMOS allow the Board to invite experts to attend the meetings of the Board in a non-voting advisory capacity, in line with the agenda (Article 10 a.).
In order to achieve a more balanced representation of all regions of the world within the Board, and in particular in order to benefit from their expertise on heritage and professionals in the Middle East and North Africa, the Board has invited Mohammad Yosof Al-Aidaroos (ICOMOS Saudi Arabia) and Khalid El Harrouni (ICOMOS Morocco) to join it until the next Triennial General Assembly in 2020 as invited experts.
ICOMOS reasserts its commitment!
ICOMOS issues special logo: “Heritage Supports the Global Goals!”
On the occasion of the UN reviewing progress on heritage protection as part of Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, ICOMOS is pleased to issue a special logo and invites all stakeholders to use it in their publicity campaigns during 2018.