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India’s Contribution to UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  • 22 Jul 2024

During 46th session of World Heritage Committee on July 21st Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India will contribute one million dollars to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre to provide support for heritage conservation in countries.

Key Points

  • The grant will be used for capacity building, technical assistance and conservation of the world heritage sites.
  • The grant will especially be used for the countries of the Global South. India is assisting in the conservation of many heritages like Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Cham Temples in Vietnam, and Bagan Stupa in Myanmar.

World Heritage Committee

  • The World Heritage Committee meets once a year and is responsible for managing all matters pertaining to World Heritage and deciding on sites to be inscribed on the World Heritage list. During the meeting, proposals for nominating new sites on the World Heritage list will be presented.
  • The northeast’s historic Moidam is proposed to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. It will be India’s 43rd World Heritage site and the first heritage of northeast India, rated as the Cultural World Heritage.