The World Heritage Committee comprises representatives from 21 States Parties to the World Heritage Convention (1972) elected by the General Assembly of UNESCO. Current members of the World Heritage Committee as on elections in the 24th General Assembly of UNESCO (November 2023), are as follows:

Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Türkiye, Ukraine, Viet Nam, and Zambia

Bureau Members

Chairperson: H.E. Ambassador Mr. Vishal Sharma (India)

Rapporteur: Mr Martin Ouaklani (Belgium)

Vice-Chairpersons: Bulgaria, Greece, Qatar, Kenya and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The essential functions of the Committee are:

• To 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 inscribe those properties on the World Heritage List;

• To monitor the state of conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List, in liaison with 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; decide whether a property may be deleted from the World Heritage List;

• To examine requests for International Assistance financed by the World Heritage Fund.

All Working and Information Documents corresponding to the items inscribed on the Agenda of the 46th session will be published and made accessible on the dedicated webpage on the World Heritage Centre's website at https://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/46COM as they become available.