× Information on this section of ECOLEX comes from the InforMEA Portal which compiled information from MEA Secretariats with the support of the European Union. The accuracy of the information displayed is the responsibility of the originating data source. In case of discrepancy the information as displayed on the respective MEA website prevails. Election of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons and Rapporteur of the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee (2015) Document type Decision Reference number 14 Date Jun 15, 2014 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Wild species & ecosystems Treaty Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Nov 23, 1972) Meeting 38e session du Comité Website whc.unesco.org Abstract The World Heritage Committee, Recalling its Decision 37 COM 17, adopted at its 37th session (Phnom Penh, 2013), which elected its Bureau whose mandate will be until the end of its 38th session (Doha, 2014), Decides to elect, in accordance with Rule 13.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee, its Bureau with the following composition: Professor Maria BÖHMER (Germany) as Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, whose mandate will begin at the end of the 38th session of the Committee (Doha, 2014) until the end of the 39th session of the Committee (2015), Senegal,India,Croatia,Jamaica and Qataras Vice-Chairpersons of the World Heritage Committee, whose mandates will begin at the end of the 38th session of the Committee (Doha, 2014) until the end of the 39th session of the Committee (2015), Ms Naya Khairallah (Lebanon) as the Rapporteur of the World Heritage Committee whose mandates will begin at the end of the 38th session of the Committee (Doha, 2014) until the end of the 39th session of the Committee (2015); 3. Also decides that the Bureau of the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee (2016) will be elected at the end of the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee (2015) in accordance with Rule 13.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Heritage Committee;