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World Heritage 14 GA Distribution limited WHC-03/14.GA/INF.9A Paris, 4 August 2003 Original : English/French UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE Paris, UNESCO Headquarters, Room XII 14-15 October 2003 Item 9 of the Provisional Agenda: Elections to the World Heritage Committee List of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention and distribution of World Heritage properties in States Parties SUMMARY This document is divided in two sections: Section A: List of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention Section B: Distribution of World Heritage properties in States Parties The geographic distribution of the 754 World Heritage properties is shown in three tables: I. Number of properties in each State Party II. World Heritage properties arranged in order by greatest number III. World Heritage properties arranged in order by region and greatest number The following regional abbreviations are used: AF Africa EUR Europe and North America AP Asia/Pacific LAC Latin America and the Caribbean AR Arab States List of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention and distribution of World Heritage properties in States Parties WHC-03/14.GA/INF.9A, p. 1 SECTION A: List of the 176 States which have signed the World Heritage Convention as of 1 August 2003 Table shows the Name of the State Party and the Date of deposit of ratification (R), acceptance (Ac), accession (A) or of the notification of succession (S) 1 STATE PARTY Date Afghanistan 20/03/79 (R) Albania 10/07/89 (R) Algeria 24/06/74 (R) Angola 07/11/91 (R) Andorra 03/01/97 (Ac) Antigua and Barbuda 01/11/83 (Ac) Argentina 23/08/78 (Ac) Armenia 05/09/93 (S) Australia 22/08/74 (R) Austria 18/12/92 (R) Azerbaijan 16/12/93 (R) Bahrain 28/05/91 (R) Bangladesh 03/08/83 (Ac) Barbados 09/04/02 (Ac) Belarus 12/10/88 (R) Belgium 24/07/96 (R) Belize 06/11/90 (R) Benin 14/06/82 (R) Bhutan 22/10/01 (R) Bolivia 04/10/76 (R) Bosnia and Herzegovina 12/07/93 (S) Botswana 23/11/98 (Ac) Brazil 01/09/77 (Ac) Bulgaria 07/03/74 (Ac) Burkina Faso 02/04/87 (R) Burundi 19/05/82 (R) Cambodia 28/11/91 (Ac) Cameroon 07/12/82 (R) Canada 23/07/76 (Ac) Cape Verde 28/04/88 (Ac) Central African Rep. 22/12/80 (R) Chad 23/06/99 (R) Chile 20/02/80 (R) China 12/12/85 (R) Colombia 24/05/83 (Ac) Comoros 27/09/00 (R) Congo, 23/09/74 (R) Costa Rica 23/08/77 (R) Côte d'Ivoire 09/01/81 (R) Croatia 06/07/92 (S) Cuba 24/03/81 (R) Cyprus 14/08/75 (Ac) Czech Republic 26/03/93 (S) Democratic Rep. of the Congo 10/12/87 (R) Denmark 25/07/79 (R) Democratic People's Rep. of Korea 21/07/98 (Ac) Dominica 04/04/95 (R) Dominican Republic 12/02/85 (R) Ecuador 16/06/75 (Ac) Egypt 07/02/74 (R) El Salvador 08/10/91 (Ac) Eritrea 24/10/01 (Ac) Estonia 27/10/95 (R) Ethiopia 06/07/77 (R) Fiji 21/11/90 (R) Finland 04/03/87 (R) Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia 30/04/97 (S) France 27/06/75 (Ac) Gabon 30/12/86 (R) Gambia 01/07/87 (R) Georgia 04/11/92 (S) Germany 2 23/08/76 (R) STATE PARTY Date Ghana 04/07/75 (R) Greece 17/07/81 (R) Grenada 13/08/98 (Ac) Guatemala 16/01/79 (R) Guinea 18/03/79 (R) Guyana 20/06/77 (Ac) Haiti 18/01/80 (R) Holy See 07/10/82 (A) Honduras 08/06/79 (R) Hungary 15/07/85 (Ac) Iceland 19/12/95 (R) India 14/11/77 (R) Indonesia 06/07/89 (Ac) Iran (Islamic Rep. of) 26/02/75 (Ac) Iraq 05/03/74 (Ac) Ireland 16/09/91 (R) Israel 06/10/99 (Ac) Italy 23/06/78 (R) Jamaica 14/06/83 (Ac) Japan 30/06/92 (Ac) Jordan 05/05/75 (R) Kazakhstan 29/04/94 (Ac) Kenya 05/06/91 (Ac) Kiribati 12/05/00 (Ac) Kuwait 06/06/02 (R) Kyrgyzstan 03/07/95 (Ac) Lao People's Democratic Republic 20/03/87 (R) Latvia 10/01/95 (Ac) Lebanon 03/02/83 (R) Liberia 28/03/02 (Ac) Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 13/10/78 (R) Lithuania 31/03/92 (Ac) Luxembourg 28/09/83 (R) Madagascar 19/07/83 (R) Malawi 05/01/82 (R) Malaysia 07/12/88 (R) Maldives 22/05/86 (Ac) Mali 05/04/77 (Ac) Malta 14/11/78 (Ac) Marshall Islands 24/04/02 (Ac) Mauritania 02/03/81 (R) Mauritius 19/09/95 (R) Mexico 23/02/84 (Ac) Micronesia (Federated States of) 22/07/02 (Ac) Monaco 07/11/78 (R) Mongolia 02/02/90 (Ac) Morocco 28/10/75 (R) Mozambique 27/11/82 (R) Myanmar 29/04/94 (Ac) Namibia 06/04/00 (Ac) Nepal 20/06/78 (Ac) Netherlands 3 26/08/92 (Ac) New Zealand 22/11/84 (R) Nicaragua 17/12/79 (Ac) Niger 23/12/74 (Ac) Nigeria 23/10/74 (R) Niue 23/01/01 (Ac) Norway 12/05/77 (R) Oman 06/10/81 (Ac) Pakistan 23/07/76 (R) Palau 11/06/02 (Ac) Panama 03/03/78 (R) Papua New Guinea 23/07/97 (Ac) Paraguay 27/04/88 (R) STATE PARTY Date Peru 24/02/82 (R) Philippines 19/09/85 (R) Poland 29/06/76 (R) Portugal 30/09/80 (R) Qatar 12/09/84 (Ac) Republic of Korea 14/09/88 (Ac) Republic of Moldova 23/09/02 (R) Romania 16/05/90 (Ac) Russian Federation 4 12/10/88 (R) Rwanda 28/12/00 (Ac) Saint Christopher and Nevis 10/07/86 (Ac) Saint Lucia 14/10/91 (R) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 03/02/03 (R) Samoa 28/08/01 (Ac) San Marino 18/10/91 (R) Saudi Arabia 07/08/78 (Ac) Senegal 13/02/76 (R) Serbia and Montenegro 6 11/09/01 (S) Seychelles 09/04/80 (Ac) Slovakia 31/03/93 (S) Slovenia 05/11/92 (S) Solomon Islands 10/06/92 (A) South Africa 10/07/97 (R) Spain 04/05/82 (Ac) Sri Lanka 06/06/80 (Ac) Sudan 06/06/74 (R) Suriname 23/10/97 (Ac) Sweden 22/01/85 (R) Switzerland 17/09/75 (R) Syrian Arab Republic 13/08/75 (Ac) Tajikistan 28/08/92 (S) Thailand 17/09/87 (Ac) Togo 15/04/98 (Ac) Tunisia 10/03/75 (R) Turkey 16/03/83 (R) Turkmenistan 30/09/94 (S) Uganda 20/11/87 (Ac) Ukraine 12/10/88 (R) United Arab Emirates 11/05/01 (A) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 29/05/84 (R) United Republic of Tanzania 02/08/77 (R) United States of America 07/12/73 (R) Uruguay 09/03/89 (Ac) Uzbekistan 13/01/93 (S) Vanuatu 13/06/02 (R) Venezuela 30/10/90 (Ac) Viet Nam 19/10/87 (Ac) Yemen 5 07/10/80 (R) Zambia 04/06/84 (R) Zimbabwe 16/08/82 (R) List of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention and distribution of World Heritage properties in States Parties WHC-03/14.GA/INF.9A, p. 2 Notes: 1. This Convention entered into force on 17 December 1975. It subsequently entered into force for each State three months after the date of deposit of that State's instrument, except in cases of declarations of succession (indicated by the letter (S)), where the entry into force occurred on the date on which the State assumed responsibility for conducting its international relations. 2. Through the accession of the German Democratic Republic to the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany, with effect from 3 October 1990, the two German States have united to form one Sovereign State. The Contracting Parties to the Unification Treaty "have agreed that the treaties and agreements to which the Federal Republic of Germany is a contracting party ... remain in force and that their respective rights and obligations ... be applied" to the whole territory of Germany. The German Democratic Republic acceeded to this Convention on 12 December 1988. 3. With an extension to the Netherlands Antilles. 4. The instrument of ratification was deposited by the U.S.S.R., on 12 October 1988. 5. The unification of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen into a single Sovereign State, the Republic of Yemen, was proclaimed on 22 May 1990. 6. As from 4 February 2003. Formerly: "The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" until 3 February 2003.The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia deposited on 11 September 2001 a notification of succession of States and undertakes "faithfully to perform and carry out the stipulations therein contained [in the World Heritage Convention] as from 27, April 1992, the date upon which the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia assumed responsibility for its international relations." [Original: English] 4 August 2003 See also: http://whc.unesco.org/wldrat.htm List of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention and distribution of World Heritage properties in States Parties WHC-03/14.GA/INF.9A, p. 3 SECTION B: DISTRIBUTION OF WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTIES IN STATES PARTIES I. Number of properties in each State Party State Party Reg. No. Afghanistan AP 2 Albania EUR 1 Algeria AR 7 Andorra EUR Angola AF Antigua and Barbuda LAC Argentina LAC 7 Argentina / Brazil LAC 1 Armenia EUR 3 Australia AP 15 Austria EUR 7 Austria / Hungary EUR 1 Azerbaijan EUR 1 Bahrain AR Bangladesh AP 3 Barbados LAC Belarus EUR 1 Belarus / Poland EUR 1 Belgium EUR 8 Belize LAC 1 Benin AF 1 Bhutan AP Bolivia LAC 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina EUR Botswana AF 1 Brazil LAC 16 Bulgaria EUR 9 Burkina Faso AF Burundi AF Cambodia AP 1 Cameroon AF 1 Canada EUR 11 Canada / United States EUR 2 Cape Verde AF Central African Republic AF 1 Chad AF Chile LAC 3 China AP 29 Colombia LAC 5 Comoros AF Congo AF Costa Rica LAC 2 Costa Rica / Panama LAC 1 Côte d'Ivoire AF 2 Croatia EUR 6 Cuba LAC 7 Cyprus EUR 3 Czech Republic EUR 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea AP State Party Reg. No. Democratic Rep. of the Congo AF 5 Denmark EUR 3 Dominica LAC 1 Dominican Republic LAC 1 Ecuador LAC 4 Egypt AR 6 El Salvador LAC 1 Eritrea AF Estonia EUR 1 Ethiopia AF 7 Fiji AP Finland EUR 5 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, EUR 1 France EUR 27 France / Spain EUR 1 Gabon AF Gambia AF 1 Georgia EUR 3 Germany EUR 27 Ghana AF 2 Greece EUR 16 Grenada LAC Guatemala LAC 3 Guinea AF Guinea / Cote d'Ivoire AF 1 Guyana LAC Haiti LAC 1 Holy See EUR 1 Honduras LAC 2 Hungary EUR 6 Hungary / Slovakia EUR 1 Iceland EUR India AP 24 Indonesia AP 6 Iran (Islamic Rep. of) AP 4 Iraq AR 2 Ireland EUR 2 Israel EUR 3 Italy EUR 36 Italy / Holy See EUR 1 Jamaica LAC Japan AP 11 Jerusalem AR 1 Jordan AR 2 Kazakhstan AP 1 Kenya AF 3 Kiribati AP Kuwait AR Kyrgystan AP Lao People's Democratic Republic AP 2 State Party Reg. No. Latvia EUR 1 Lebanon AR 5 Liberia AF Libyan Arab Jamahiriya AR 5 Lithuania EUR 1 Lithuania / Russian Federation EUR 1 Luxembourg EUR 1 Madagascar AF 2 Malawi AF 1 Malaysia AP 2 Maldives AP Mali AF 3 Malta EUR 3 Marshall Islands AP Mauritania AR 2 Mauritius AF Mexico LAC 23 Micronesia (Federated States of) AP Monaco EUR Mongolia AP Mongolia / Russian Federation EUR 1 Morocco AR 7 Mozambique AF 1 Myanmar AP Namibia AF Nepal AP 4 Netherlands EUR 7 New Zealand AP 3 Nicaragua LAC 1 Niger AF 2 Nigeria AF 1 Niue AP Norway EUR 4 Oman AR 4 Pakistan AP 6 Palau AP Panama LAC 3 Papua New Guinea AP Paraguay LAC 1 Peru LAC 10 Philippines AP 5 Poland EUR 10 Portugal EUR 12 Qatar AR Republic of Korea AP 7 Republic of Moldova EUR Romania EUR 7 Russian Federation EUR 17 Rwanda AF Saint Kitts and Nevis LAC 1 State Party Reg. No. Saint Lucia LAC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines LAC Samoa AP San Marino EUR Saudi Arabia AR Senegal AF 4 Serbia and Montenegro EUR 4 Seychelles AF 2 Slovakia EUR 4 Slovenia EUR 1 Solomon Islands AP 1 South Africa AF 5 Spain EUR 37 Sri Lanka AP 7 Sudan AR 1 Suriname LAC 2 Sweden EUR 12 Switzerland EUR 6 Syrian Arab Republic AR 4 Tajikistan AP Thailand AP 4 Togo AF Tunisia AR 8 Turkey EUR 9 Turkmenistan AP 1 Uganda AF 3 Ukraine EUR 2 United Arab Emirates AR United Kingdom EUR 25 United Republic of Tanzania AF 6 United States of America EUR 18 Uruguay LAC 1 Uzbekistan AP 4 Vanuatu AP Venezuela LAC 3 Viet Nam AP 5 Yemen AR 3 Zambia AF Zambia / Zimbabwe AF 1 Zimbabwe AF 4 TOTAL 754 List of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention and distribution of World Heritage properties in States Parties WHC-03/14.GA/INF.9A, p. 4 II. World Heritage properties arranged in order by greatest number StateParty Reg. No Spain EUR 37 Italy EUR 36 China AP 29 France EUR 27 Germany EUR 27 United Kingdom EUR 25 India AP 24 Mexico LAC 23 United States of America EUR 18 Russian Federation EUR 17 Brazil LAC 16 Greece EUR 16 Australia AP 15 Czech Republic EUR 12 Portugal EUR 12 Sweden EUR 12 Canada EUR 11 Japan AP 11 Peru LAC 10 Poland EUR 10 Bulgaria EUR 9 Turkey EUR 9 Belgium EUR 8 Tunisia AR 8 Algeria AR 7 Argentina LAC 7 Austria EUR 7 Cuba LAC 7 Ethiopia AF 7 Morocco AR 7 Netherlands EUR 7 Republic of Korea AP 7 Romania EUR 7 Sri Lanka AP 7 Bolivia LAC 6 Croatia EUR 6 Egypt AR 6 Hungary EUR 6 Indonesia AP 6 Pakistan AP 6 Switzerland EUR 6 United Republic of Tanzania AF 6 Colombia LAC 5 Democratic Rep. of the Congo AF 5 Finland EUR 5 Lebanon AR 5 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya AR 5 Philippines AP 5 South Africa AF 5 Viet Nam AP 5 Ecuador LAC 4 StateParty Reg. No Iran (Islamic Rep. of) AP 4 Nepal AP 4 Norway EUR 4 Oman AR 4 Senegal AF 4 Serbia and Montenegro EUR 4 Slovakia EUR 4 Syrian Arab Republic AR 4 Thailand AP 4 Uzbekistan AP 4 Zimbabwe AF 4 Armenia EUR 3 Bangladesh AP 3 Chile LAC 3 Cyprus EUR 3 Denmark EUR 3 Georgia EUR 3 Guatemala LAC 3 Israel EUR 3 Kenya AF 3 Mali AF 3 Malta EUR 3 New Zealand AP 3 Panama LAC 3 Uganda AF 3 Venezuela LAC 3 Yemen AR 3 Afghanistan AP 2 Canada / United States EUR 2 Costa Rica LAC 2 Côte d'Ivoire AF 2 Ghana AF 2 Honduras LAC 2 Iraq AR 2 Ireland EUR 2 Jordan AR 2 Lao People's Democratic Republic AP 2 Madagascar AF 2 Malaysia AP 2 Mauritania AR 2 Niger AF 2 Seychelles AF 2 Suriname LAC 2 Ukraine EUR 2 Albania EUR 1 Argentina / Brazil LAC 1 Austria / Hungary EUR 1 Azerbaijan EUR 1 Belarus EUR 1 Belarus / Poland EUR 1 Belize LAC 1 Benin AF 1 StateParty Reg. No Botswana AF 1 Cambodia AP 1 Cameroon AF 1 Central African Republic AF 1 Costa Rica / Panama LAC 1 Dominica LAC 1 Dominican Republic LAC 1 El Salvador LAC 1 Estonia EUR 1 France / Spain EUR 1 Gambia AF 1 Guinea / Cote d'Ivoire AF 1 Haiti LAC 1 Holy See EUR 1 Hungary / Slovakia EUR 1 Italy / Holy See EUR 1 Jerusalem AR 1 Kazakhstan AP 1 Latvia EUR 1 Lithuania EUR 1 Lithuania / Russian Federation EUR 1 Luxembourg EUR 1 Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of EUR 1 Malawi AF 1 Mongolia / Russian Federation EUR 1 Mozambique AF 1 Nicaragua LAC 1 Nigeria AF 1 Paraguay LAC 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis LAC 1 Slovenia EUR 1 Solomon Islands AP 1 Sudan AR 1 Turkmenistan AP 1 Uruguay LAC 1 Zambia / Zimbabwe AF 1 Afghanistan AP Andorra EUR Angola AF Antigua and Barbuda LAC Bahrain AR Barbados LAC Bhutan AP Bosnia and Herzegovina EUR Burkina Faso AF Burundi AF Cape Verde AF Chad AF StateParty Reg. No Comoros AF Congo AF Democratic People's Republic of Korea AP Eritrea AF Fiji AP Gabon AF Grenada LAC Guinea AF Guyana LAC Iceland EUR Jamaica LAC Kiribati AP Kuwait AR Kyrgystan AP Liberia AF Maldives AP Marshall Islands AP Mauritius AF Micronesia (Federated States of) AP Monaco EUR Mongolia AP Myanmar AP Namibia AF Niue AP Palau AP Papua New Guinea AP Qatar AR Republic of Moldova EUR Rwanda AF Saint Lucia LAC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines LAC Samoa AP San Marino EUR Saudi Arabia AR Tajikistan AP Togo AF United Arab Emirates AR Vanuatu AP Zambia AF TOTAL 754 List of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention and distribution of World Heritage properties in States Parties WHC-03/14.GA/INF.9A, p. 5 III. World Heritage properties arranged in order by region and greatest number AFRICA Ethiopia 7 United Republic of Tanzania 6 Democratic Rep. of the Congo 5 South Africa 5 Senegal 4 Zimbabwe 4 Kenya 3 Mali 3 Uganda 3 Côte d'Ivoire 2 Ghana 2 Madagascar 2 Niger 2 Seychelles 2 Benin 1 Botswana 1 Cameroon 1 Central African Republic 1 Gambia 1 Guinea / Cote d'Ivoire 1 Malawi 1 Mozambique 1 Nigeria 1 Zambia / Zimbabwe 1 Angola Burkina Faso Burundi Cape Verde Chad Comoros Congo Eritrea Gabon Guinea Liberia Mauritius Namibia Rwanda Togo Zambia TOTAL 60 ASIA / PACIFIC China 29 India 24 Australia 15 Japan 11 Republic of Korea 7 Sri Lanka 7 Indonesia 6 Pakistan 6 Philippines 5 Viet Nam 5 Iran (Islamic Rep. of) 4 Nepal 4 Thailand 4 Uzbekistan 4 Bangladesh 3 New Zealand 3 Afghanistan 2 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2 Malaysia 2 Cambodia 1 Kazakhstan 1 Solomon Islands 1 Turkmenistan 1 Afghanistan Bhutan Democratic People's Republic of Korea Fiji Kiribati Kyrgystan Maldives Marshall Islands Micronesia (Federated States of) Mongolia Myanmar Niue Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Tajikistan Vanuatu TOTAL 147 ARAB STATES Tunisia 8 Algeria 7 Morocco 7 Egypt 6 Lebanon 5 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 5 Oman 4 Syrian Arab Republic 4 Yemen 3 Iraq 2 Jordan 2 Mauritania 2 Jerusalem 1 Sudan 1 Bahrain Kuwait Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates TOTAL 57 EUROPE & NORTH AMERICA Spain 37 Italy 36 France 27 Germany 27 United Kingdom 25 United States of America 18 Russian Federation 17 Greece 16 Czech Republic 12 Portugal 12 Sweden 12 Canada 11 Poland 10 Bulgaria 9 Turkey 9 Belgium 8 Austria 7 Netherlands 7 Romania 7 Croatia 6 Hungary 6 Switzerland 6 Finland 5 Norway 4 Serbia and Montenegro 4 Slovakia 4 Armenia 3 Cyprus 3 Denmark 3 Georgia 3 Israel 3 Malta 3 Canada / United States of America 2 Ireland 2 Ukraine 2 Albania 1 Austria / Hungary 1 Azerbaijan 1 Belarus 1 Belarus / Poland 1 Estonia 1 France / Spain 1 Holy See 1 Hungary / Slovakia 1 Italy / Holy See 1 Latvia 1 Lithuania 1 Lithuania / Russian Federation 1 Luxembourg 1 Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of 1 Mongolia / Russian Federation 1 Slovenia 1 Andorra Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland Monaco Republic of Moldova San Marino TOTAL 383 LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN Mexico 23 Brazil 16 Peru 10 Argentina 7 Cuba 7 Bolivia 6 Colombia 5 Ecuador 4 Chile 3 Guatemala 3 Panama 3 Venezuela 3 Costa Rica 2 Honduras 2 Suriname 2 Argentina / Brazil 1 Belize 1 Costa Rica / Panama 1 Dominica 1 Dominican Republic 1 El Salvador 1 Haiti 1 Nicaragua 1 Paraguay 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 Uruguay 1 Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Grenada Guyana Jamaica Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines TOTAL 107
