To be included on the World Heritage List, sites must be of outstanding universal value and meet at least one out of ten selection criteria. These criteria are explained in the Operational Guidelines ...

The selection criteria considered factors such as historical significance, showcasing the sites' roles in shaping ... added to India’s tentative UNESCO World Heritage list.

There are 10 criteria to designate a site as a World Heritage Site. Each site must meet at least one of these criteria to be ...

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has wrapped up its deliberations related to sites that are in danger and began adding new sites on Saturday to its prestigious World Heritage List. Sites in ...

UNESCO recently added 24 sites of "outstanding universal value" to its World Heritage List during its ... natural site must meet at least one of 10 criteria, such as having "exceptional natural ...

The World Heritage List has designated 42 global treasures as the latest UNESCO World Heritage sites. Since its founding in 1972, the World Heritage Convention has inscribed sites of ...

UNESCO's World Heritage Committee named a site in the Gaza Strip — Saint Hilarion Monastery, or Tell Umm Amer — to both its "World Heritage" and "World Heritage In Danger" lists in late July.

we leave you with scenes from some of the world's newest protected sites courtesy of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee. This vast landscape in the north of Scotland is helping fight climate change ...