The bureau of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee will convene for its first meeting within the 47th session at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, on Sunday, under Bulgaria’s chairmanship led by ...

For the first time, Bulgaria will host the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in 2025, according to an announcement by the Ministry of Culture. This decision was made early this morning during the ...

Nine new sites nominated for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List were reviewed Friday at the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee, chaired by Bulgaria. During the morning session, the ...

A Vietnamese delegation, including Standing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Minh Vũ and Deputy Minister of Culture, ...

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee holds its 47th session from 6 to 16 July 2025 in UNESCO Headquarters (Paris, France). The World Heritage Committee is one of the two bodies governing the Convention ...

Stoyanov recalled that Bulgaria last hosted such a UNESCO forum in 1985. The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee is expected to some 1,500 delegates from 150 countries.

The World Heritage listing raises timely questions, such as whether we might see nominations for sites from Australia’s own ...

The World Heritage List has designated 42 global treasures as UNESCO World Heritage sites. See which ones were added to the list in 2023.

Participants engaging in a discussion in identifying the factors affecting their World Heritage properties (13/07/2023) | UNESCO/Kaanan Thakkar The final online session of the World Heritage Site ...

The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee opened on Sunday, 6 July 2025, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. Over the following 10 days, the Committee will decide which new sites will be ...

Bulgaria is known for its rich cultural heritage with unique Thracian, Roman and medieval works of art and architecture. Its capital, Sofia, was recently picked to host next year’s UNESCO World ...

The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is among the most widely accepted international conservation treaties, ratified today by ...