º£½ÇÉçÇø Heritage SitesAs of 1999, the 630 properties (shown below) are sites the º£½ÇÉçÇø Heritage Committee has inscribed on the º£½ÇÉçÇø Heritage List, including 480 cultural, 128 natural and 22 mixed properties in 118 States.
ALBANIA
ALGERIA:
- 1980Ìý
- 1982Ìý
- 1982Ìý
- 1982Ìý
- 1982Ìý
- 1982Ìý
- 1992Ìý
ARGENTINA:
- 1981Ìý
- 1984Ìý
- 1999Ìý
- 1999Ìý
ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL:
- 1984Ìý
San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil)
ARMENIA:
AUSTRALIA:
- 1981Ìý
- 1981Ìý
- 1981Ìý
- 1982Ìý
- 1982Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1991Ìý
- 1992Ìý
- 1994Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1997Ìý
AUSTRIA:
- 1996Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1999Ìý
BANGLADESH:
BELARUS/POLAND:
BELGIUM:
- 1998Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1999Ìý
BELIZE:
BENIN:
BOLIVIA:
- 1987Ìý
- 1990Ìý
- 1991Ìý
- 1998Ìý
BRAZIL:
- 1980Ìý
- 1982Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1986Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1991Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1999Ìý
- 1999Ìý
- 1999Ìý
See alsoÌý
BULGARIA:
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1983Ìý
- 1983Ìý
- 1983Ìý
- 1983Ìý
- 1985Ìý
CAMBODIA:
CAMEROON:
CANADA:
- 1978Ìý
- 1978Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1981Ìý
- 1981Ìý
- 1983Ìý
- 1984Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1995Ìý
- 1999Ìý
*The Burgess Shale Site, previously inscribed on the WHL, is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks.
CANADA and the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC:
CHILE:
CHINA:
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1990Ìý
- 1992Ìý
- 1992Ìý
- 1992Ìý
- 1994Ìý
- 1994Ìý
- 1994Ìý
- 1994Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1999Ìý
- 1999Ìý
COLOMBIA:
- 1984Ìý
- 1994Ìý
- 1995Ìý
- 1995Ìý
- 1995Ìý
COSTA RICA:
COSTA RICA/PANAMA:
COTE D'IVOIRE:
CROATIA:
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1997Ìý
CUBA:
- 1982Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1999Ìý
- 1999Ìý
CYPRUS:
CZECH REPUBLIC:
- 1992Ìý
- 1992Ìý
- 1992Ìý
- 1994Ìý
- 1995Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1999Ìý
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO:
- 1979Ìý
- 1980Ìý
- 1980Ìý
- 1984Ìý
- 1996Ìý
DENMARK:
DOMINICA:
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
ECUADOR:
- 1978Ìý
- 1978Ìý
- 1983Ìý
- 1999Ìý
EGYPT:
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
EL SALVADOR:
ESTONIA:
ETHIOPIA:
- 1978Ìý
- 1978Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1980Ìý
- 1980Ìý
- 1980Ìý
- 1980Ìý
FINLAND:
- 1991Ìý
- 1991Ìý
- 1994Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1999Ìý
FORMER YUGOSLAV REP. OF MACEDONIA:
FRANCE:
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1981Ìý
- 1981Ìý
- 1981Ìý
- 1981Ìý
- 1981Ìý
- 1981Ìý
- 1982Ìý
- 1983Ìý
- 1983Ìý
- 1983Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1991Ìý
- 1991Ìý
- 1992Ìý
- 1995Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1999Ìý
FRANCE / SPAIN:
GEORGIA:
GERMANY:
- 1978Ìý
- 1981Ìý
- 1981Ìý
- 1983Ìý
- 1984Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1986Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1990Ìý
- 1991Ìý
- 1992Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1994Ìý
- 1994Ìý
- 1995Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1999Ìý
- 1999Ìý
GHANA:
GREECE:
- 1986Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1989Ìý
- 1989Ìý
- 1990Ìý
- 1990Ìý
- 1992Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1999Ìý
- 1999Ìý
GUATEMALA:
GUINEA AND COTE D'IVOIRE:
HAITI:
HOLY SEE:
HONDURAS:
HUNGARY:
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1999Ìý
HUNGARY AND SLOVAKIA:
INDIA:
- 1983Ìý
- 1983Ìý
- 1983Ìý
- 1983Ìý
- 1984Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1986Ìý
- 1986Ìý
- 1986Ìý
- 1986Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1989Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1999Ìý
INDONESIA:
- 1991Ìý
- 1991Ìý
- 1991Ìý
- 1991Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1999Ìý
IRAN:
IRAQ:
IRELAND:
ITALY:
- 1979Ìý
- 1980Ìý
- 1982Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1990Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1994Ìý
- 1995Ìý
- 1995Ìý
- 1995Ìý
- 1995Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1999Ìý
ITALY/HOLY SEE:
JAPAN:
- 1993Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1994Ìý
- 1995Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1999Ìý
JERUSALEM:
- 1981ÌýÌý(site proposed by Jordan)
JORDAN:
KENYA:
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC:
LATVIA:
LEBANON:
- 1984Ìý
- 1984Ìý
- 1984Ìý
- 1984Ìý
- 1998Ìý
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA:
- 1982Ìý
- 1982Ìý
- 1982Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1988Ìý
LITHUANIA:
LUXEMBOURG:
MADAGASCAR:
MALAWI:
MALI:
MALTA:
MAURITANIA:
MEXICO:
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1991Ìý
- 1992Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1994Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1999Ìý
- 1999Ìý
MOROCCO:
- 1981Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1997Ìý
MOZAMBIQUE:
NEPAL:
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1984Ìý
- 1997Ìý
NETHERLANDS:
- 1995Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1999Ìý
NEW ZEALAND:
- 1990Ìý
- 1990Ìý*
- 1998Ìý
* Westland/Mount Cook National Park and Fiordland National Park, previously inscribed on the º£½ÇÉçÇø Heritage List, are part of this site.
NIGER:
NIGERIA:
NORWAY:
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1980Ìý
- 1985Ìý
OMAN:
PAKISTAN:
- 1980Ìý
- 1980Ìý
- 1980Ìý
- 1981Ìý
- 1981Ìý
- 1997Ìý
PANAMA:
- 1980Ìý
- 1981Ìý
- 1997ÌýÌý
See alsoÌý
PARAGUAY:
PERU:
- 1983Ìý
- 1983Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1986Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1990Ìý
- 1994Ìý
PHILIPPINES:
- 1993Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1995Ìý
- 1999Ìý
- 1999Ìý
POLAND:
- 1978Ìý
- 1978Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1980Ìý
- 1992Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1999ÌýÌý
See alsoÌý
PORTUGAL:
- 1983Ìý
- 1983Ìý
- 1983Ìý
- 1983Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1989Ìý
- 1995Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1999Ìý
REPUBLIC OF KOREA:
- 1995Ìý
- 1995Ìý
- 1995Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1997Ìý
ROMANIA:
- 1991Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1999Ìý
- 1999Ìý
- 1999Ìý
RUSSIAN FEDERATION:
- 1990Ìý
- 1990Ìý
- 1990Ìý
- 1992Ìý
- 1992Ìý
- 1992Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1994Ìý
- 1995Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1999Ìý
SAINT CHRISTOPHER & NEVIS:
SENEGAL:
SEYCHELLES:
SLOVAKIA:
- 1993Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1993ÌýÌý
See alsoÌý
SLOVENIA:
SOLOMON ISLANDS:
SOUTH AFRICA:
SPAIN:
- 1984Ìý
- 1984Ìý
- 1984Ìý
- 1984Ìý
- 1984Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1986Ìý
- 1986Ìý
- 1986Ìý
- 1986Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1991Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1994Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1998Ìý
- 1999Ìý
- 1999ÌýÌý
See alsoÌý
SRI LANKA:
- 1982Ìý
- 1982Ìý
- 1982Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1991Ìý
SWEDEN:
- 1991Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1993Ìý
- 1994Ìý
- 1994Ìý
- 1995Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1996Ìý
- 1998Ìý
SWITZERLAND:
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC:
- 1979Ìý
- 1980Ìý
- 1980Ìý
- 1986Ìý
THAILAND:
- 1991Ìý
- 1991Ìý
- 1991Ìý
- 1992Ìý
TUNISIA:
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1980Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1997Ìý
TURKEY:
- 1985Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1985Ìý
- 1986Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1994Ìý
- 1998Ìý
TURKMENISTAN:
UGANDA:
UKRAINE:
UNITED KINGDOM:
- 1986Ìý
- 1986Ìý
- 1986Ìý
- 1986Ìý
- 1986Ìý
- 1986Ìý
- 1986Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1988Ìý
- 1995Ìý
- 1995Ìý
- 1997Ìý
- 1999Ìý
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA:
- 1979Ìý
- 1981Ìý
- 1981Ìý
- 1982Ìý
- 1987Ìý
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
- 1978Ìý
- 1978Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1980Ìý
- 1981Ìý
- 1981Ìý
- 1982Ìý
- 1983Ìý
- 1983Ìý
- 1984Ìý
- 1984Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1987Ìý
- 1992Ìý
- 1995ÌýÌýSee alsoÌý
URUGUAY:
UZBEKISTAN:
VENEZUELA:
VIETNAM:
- 1993Ìý
- 1994Ìý
- 1999Ìý
- 1999Ìý
YEMEN:
YUGOSLAVIA:
- 1979Ìý
- 1979Ìý
- 1980Ìý
- 1986Ìý
ZAMBIA/ZIMBABWE:
ZIMBABWE:
The º£½ÇÉçÇø Heritage List was established under terms of The Convention Concerning the Protection of the º£½ÇÉçÇø Cultural and Natural Heritage adopted in November 1972 at the 17th General Conference of UNESCO.
The Convention states that a º£½ÇÉçÇø Heritage Committee "will establish, keep up-to-date and publish" a º£½ÇÉçÇø Heritage List of cultural and natural properties, submitted by the States Parties and considered to be of outstanding universal value.
One of the main responsibilities of this Committee is to provide technical co-operation under the º£½ÇÉçÇø Heritage Fund for the safeguarding of º£½ÇÉçÇø Heritage properties to States Parties whose resources are insufficient.
States Parties can request international assistance under the Fund for the preparation of tentative lists and nomination forms, expert missions, training of specialized staff, and supply of equipment when appropriate; they can also apply for long-term loans and, in special cases, non-repayable grants. Requests must concern work necessary for the preservation of cultural or natural sites included in the º£½ÇÉçÇø Heritage List or assistance to national or regional training centres.
Emergency assistance is also available under the Fund in the case of properties severely damaged by specific natural or man-made disasters or threatened with imminent destruction.
As of December 1999, 158 had ratified the Convention, the United States being the first to do so. As of December 1999, the number of sites on the º£½ÇÉçÇø Heritage List stood at 630. The Committee named 12 sites in 1978, 45 in 1979, 28 in 1980, 26 in 1981, 24 in 1982, 29 in 1983, 23 in 1984, 30 in 1985, 31 in 1986, 41 in 1987, 27 in 1988, 7 in 1989, 17 in 1990, 22 in 1991, 20 in 1992, 33 in 1993, 29 in 1994, 29 in 1995, 37 in 1996, 46 in 1997, 30 in 1998, and 48 in 1999.
Inquiries should be sent to :ÌýUNESCO º£½ÇÉçÇø Heritage Centre 7 Place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP, FranceÌýwh-info@unesco.org