Forthcoming Session of the World Heritage Committee

http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=185
"The 29th Session of the World Heritage Committee will be held in Durban, South Africa from 10 to 17 July 2005. The World Heritage Committee consists of representatives from 21 of the States Parties to the Convention concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage, elected by the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention . . . . The essential functions of the Committee are to: (i) identify, on the basis of nominations submitted by States Parties, cultural and natural properties of outstanding universal value which are to be protected under the Convention and to list those properties on the World Heritage List; (ii) monitor the state of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List, in liaison with the States Parties; decide which properties included in the World Heritage List are to be inscribed on or removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger; and decide whether a property may be deleted from the World Heritage List; and (iii) examine requests for International Assistance from the World Heritage Fund."

Egypt is one of the current members of the Comittee. To see which Egyptian sites are listed on the World Heritage List, go to:
http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/eg

To find out more about the World Heritage List and its purpose, go to:
http://whc.unesco.org/en/about/