WHC
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WHC is the commonly used abbreviation for UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre, the body responsible for coordinating the World Heritage Convention and managing the World Heritage List.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2090133 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WHC Context triple: [World Heritage Centre, shortName, WHC]
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A.
WCH
WCH is the abbreviation for the World Cup of Hockey, an international best-on-best ice hockey tournament featuring top national teams.
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B.
WHD
WHD is the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, the federal agency responsible for enforcing minimum wage, overtime pay, child labor, and other key labor standards.
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C.
WUH
WUH is the IATA airport code for Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, the main air gateway serving Wuhan in central China.
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D.
WBC
WBC is the official abbreviation for the World Baseball Classic, an international baseball tournament featuring national teams from around the globe.
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E.
CWC
CWC is an abbreviation for Contemporary World Cinema, a program section that showcases recent international films at major film festivals.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WHC Target entity description: WHC is the commonly used abbreviation for UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre, the body responsible for coordinating the World Heritage Convention and managing the World Heritage List.
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A.
WCH
WCH is the abbreviation for the World Cup of Hockey, an international best-on-best ice hockey tournament featuring top national teams.
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B.
WHD
WHD is the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, the federal agency responsible for enforcing minimum wage, overtime pay, child labor, and other key labor standards.
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C.
WUH
WUH is the IATA airport code for Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, the main air gateway serving Wuhan in central China.
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D.
WBC
WBC is the official abbreviation for the World Baseball Classic, an international baseball tournament featuring national teams from around the globe.
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E.
CWC
CWC is an abbreviation for Contemporary World Cinema, a program section that showcases recent international films at major film festivals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO body
ⓘ
UNESCO body ⓘ World Heritage Centre ⓘ international organization unit ⓘ |
| abbreviation | WHC self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| advises | World Heritage Committee ⓘ |
| affiliation | United Nations system ⓘ |
| coordinates |
Periodic Reporting on the implementation of the World Heritage Convention
ⓘ
Reactive Monitoring missions to World Heritage properties ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| establishedBy |
General Conference of UNESCO
ⓘ
surface form:
UNESCO General Conference
|
| field |
cultural heritage
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mixed cultural and natural heritage ⓘ natural heritage ⓘ |
| fullName | World Heritage Centre ⓘ |
| hasProgramme |
World Heritage Capacity-Building Programme
ⓘ
World Heritage Cities Programme ⓘ World Heritage Education Programme ⓘ World Heritage Forest Programme ⓘ World Heritage Marine Programme ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
|
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
UNESCO World Heritage Convention
ⓘ
surface form:
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
surface form:
World Heritage Convention
|
| locatedIn |
UNESCO Headquarters
ⓘ
surface form:
UNESCO Headquarters, Paris
|
| mandate | to ensure the protection of cultural and natural heritage of Outstanding Universal Value ⓘ |
| oversees |
List of World Heritage in Danger
ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form:
World Heritage List
|
| parentOrganization | UNESCO ⓘ |
| partOf |
UNESCO culture programmes
ⓘ
surface form:
UNESCO Culture Sector
|
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
awareness-raising on World Heritage
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capacity-building activities for World Heritage ⓘ coordination of nominations to the World Heritage List ⓘ coordination of the World Heritage Convention ⓘ coordination with States Parties to the World Heritage Convention ⓘ coordination with advisory bodies to the World Heritage Convention ⓘ management of the World Heritage List ⓘ monitoring the state of conservation of World Heritage properties ⓘ organizing sessions of the World Heritage Committee ⓘ preparing reports for the World Heritage Committee ⓘ support to the World Heritage Committee ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | secretariat of an international convention ⓘ |
| website | https://whc.unesco.org/ ⓘ |
| worksWith |
ICCROM
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International Council on Monuments and Sites ⓘ
surface form:
ICOMOS
IUCN ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: WHC Description of subject: WHC is the commonly used abbreviation for UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre, the body responsible for coordinating the World Heritage Convention and managing the World Heritage List.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
World Heritage Centre
this entity surface form:
WHC UHI