Accreditation process
Journalists wishing to cover the Committee (in person) are required to request accreditation before Friday August 25, by sending an email with their name and the name of their media outlet to:
The Committee will also be broadcast live and will be available here.
On September 11 (1:00 p.m. local time in Riyadh), UNESCO and the Saudi authorities will hold a press conference which will be broadcast online.
The Committee will examine the state of conservation of 260 sites already registered on the World Heritage Listof which 55 are also on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
From September 16, the World Heritage Committee will begin examining nominations of sites for the UNESCO World Heritage List, starting with nominations that could not be considered last year.
The 50 candidate sites are:
2022 nominations
Natural sites
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Azerbaijan/Iran (Islamic Republic of), Hyrcanian Forests (extension of the Hyrcanian Forest, inscribed by the Islamic Republic of Iran in 2019)
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Congo, Odzala-Kokoua Forest Massif
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France, Volcanoes and Forests of Montagne Pelée and the Pitons of Northern Martinique
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Madagascar, Andrefana dry forests (extension of the “Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve”, registered in 1990)
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Viet Nam, Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago (extension of “Ha Long Bay”, inscribed in 1994 and enlarged in 2000)
Cultural sites
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Benin, Koutammakou, Land of Batammariba (extension of “Koutammakou, Land of Batammariba” inscribed by Togo in 2004)
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Cambodia, Koh Ker: Archaeological site of ancient Lingapura or Chok Gargyar
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Canada, Tr’ondëk-Klondike
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China, cultural landscape of the ancient tea forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er
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Czechia, Žatec and the Saaz hop landscape
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Denmark, circular fortresses from the Viking era
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Ethiopia, the Gedeo cultural landscape
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Germany, Judeo-medieval heritage of Erfurt
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Guatemala, Taka’alik Ab’aj National Archaeological Park
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India, Santiniketan
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Iran (Islamic Republic of), The Persian Caravanserai
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Latvia, Kuldīga / Goldingen in Courland
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Lithuania, modernist Kaunas: architecture of optimism, 1919-1939
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Mongolia, Deer Stone Monuments and Related Bronze Age Sites
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Republic of Korea, Gaya Tumuli
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Russian Federation, Historical Center of Gorokhovets
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Spain, Talayotic Minorca – A cyclopean island odyssey
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Tajikistan / Turkmenistan / Uzbekistan, Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor
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Türkiye, Gordion
Appointments 2023
Natural sites
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Canada, Anticosti
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Ethiopia, Bale Mountains National Park
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Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan – Cold winter deserts of Turan
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Rwanda, Nyungwe National Park
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Saudi Arabia, ‘Uruq Bani Ma’arid
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Tajikistan, Tugay forests of the Tigrovaya Balka nature reserve
Cultural sites
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Argentina, ESMA Museum and Site of Memory – Former Clandestine Center for Detention, Torture and Extermination
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Azerbaijan, cultural landscape of the Khinalig people and “Köç Yolu” transhumance route
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Belgium, France, Burial sites and memorials of the First World War (Western Front)
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France, Maison Carrée of Nîmes
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India, Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas
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Indonesia, the cosmological axis of Yogyakarta and its historical monuments
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Iran (Islamic Republic of), The cultural landscape of Masouleh
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Netherlands, Koninklijk Eise Eisinga Planetarium (Royal Eise Eisinga Planetarium)
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Palestine, ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan
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Portugal, Historic Center of Guimarães and Couros area (extension of the “Historic Center of Guimarães”, registered in 2001)
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Russian Federation, Astronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal University
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Rwanda, Genocide memorial sites: Nyamata, Murambi, Gisozi and Bisesero
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Suriname, Jodensavanne archaeological site: Jodensavanne settlement and Cassipora Creek cemetery
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Thailand, the ancient city of Si Thep
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Tunisia, Djerba: cultural landscape, testimony to a mode of settlement on an island territory
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Türkiye, medieval mosques of Anatolia with wooden posts and upper structure
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United States of America, Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
Mixed sites
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Greece, Zagori cultural landscape
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Mongolia, Mongolian Altai Highlands
To date, the World Heritage Committee has registered 1,157 sites in 167 countries on the World Heritage List. Composed of representatives of 21 States Parties having ratified the World Heritage Convention, the Committee is responsible for implementing the Convention.
