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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
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
38e session du Comité
Website
whc.unesco.org
Abstract

The World Heritage Committee,

  1. 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),
  2. Decides to elect, in accordance with Rule 13.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee, its Bureau with the following composition:
    1. 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),
    2. Senegal,
      India,
      Croatia,
      Jamaica and 
      Qatar
      as 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),
    3. 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;