World Heritage Committee Meeting Closes - 21 new inscriptions to UNESCO World Heritage list

The 10-day meeting of the World Heritage Committee closed on 12 July with the inscription of 21 new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

You can find the list of the 21 new inscribed sites that extend the list to 1073 sites in total, <link http: en.unesco.org news close-world-heritage-committee-session-krakow-after-inscription-21-new-sites-unesco-s-world external-link-new-window external link in new>here.

Additionally, the Committee withdrew three sites from the List of World Heritage in Danger and added a new site - the historic centre of Vienna. 54 sites are now on the List of World Heritage in Danger.

Lastly, five sites were extended, further details are available <link http: en.unesco.org news close-world-heritage-committee-session-krakow-after-inscription-21-new-sites-unesco-s-world external-link-new-window external link in new>here.

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