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Election of the Bureau of the 35th session of the World Heritage Committee (June 2011)

Document type
Decision
Reference number
18
Date
Jul 25, 2010
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Active
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Treaty
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Nov 23, 1972)
Meeting
34e session du Comité
Website
whc.unesco.org
Abstract

The World Heritage Committee,

 1. Recalling its Decision 33 COM 18, adopted at its 33rd session (Seville, 2009), which elected a Bureau whose mandate began at the end of its 33rd session (Seville, 2009) until the end of its 34th session (Brasilia, July-August 2010),

2. Decides to elect, in accordance with Rule 13.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee, a Bureau with the following composition:

a) H.E. Sh. Mai bint Muhammad Al Khalifa (Bahrain) as Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, whose mandate will begin at the end of the 34th session of the Committee (Brasilia, 2010) until the end of the 35th session of the Committee (Bahrain, June 2011); 

b) Barbados,

    Cambodia,

    Estonia,

    South Africa, and

    Switzerland 

as Vice-Chairpersons of the World Heritage Committee, whose mandates will begin at the end of the 34th session of the Committee (Brasilia, 2010) until the end of the 35th session of the Committee (Bahrain, June 2011);

c) Mr. Ould Sidi Ali (Mali) as the Rapporteur of the World Heritage Committee, whose mandate will begin at the end of the 34th session of the Committee (Brasilia, 2010) until the end of the 35th session of the Committee (Bahrain, June, 2011);

3. Further decides that the Bureau of the 36th session of the World Heritage Committee (June-July 2012) will be elected at the end of the 35th session of the World Heritage Committee (Bahrain, June 2011) in accordance with Rule 13.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Heritage Committee.