42nd World Heritage Committee

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Beautiful view of Bahrain Fort at blue hour, a part of UNESCO World Heritage

The World Heritage Committee will inscribe some of the 29 sites nominated for inclusion on UNESCO’s World Heritage List during its forthcoming meeting in Manama(Bahrein) under the chair of Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa of Bahrain from 24 June to 4 July.

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Agnès Bardon, +33 1 45 68 17 64 (Paris), in Manama, starting June 23rd: +33 6 80 24 13 56
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World Heritage Committee has inscribed a total of 19 sites on World Heritage List

The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Manama since 24 June under the chair of Shaikha Haya Bint Rashed al-Khalifa of Bahrain, ended today. The next session çof the World Heritage Committee will be in Baku, Azerbaijan.

During the session, the Committee inscribed 19 sites on the World Heritage List (13 cultural sites, three natural and two mixed sites, i.e. both natural and cultural). It also approved the extension of one natural site. The World Heritage List now numbers 1092 sites in 167 countries.