World Heritage Committee

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UNESCO body governing body intergovernmental committee

The World Heritage Committee is a UNESCO body of representatives from member states responsible for implementing the World Heritage Convention, including selecting and monitoring World Heritage Sites worldwide.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
UNESCO World Heritage Committee	40
World Heritage Committee canonical	27
World Heritage Committee Bureau	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T212343 — 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: World Heritage Committee
Context triple: [List of World Heritage in Danger, maintainedBy, World Heritage Committee]

A. International Council on Monuments and Sites
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) is a global non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation and protection of cultural heritage sites and monuments worldwide.
B. UNESCO
UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes international cooperation in education, science, culture, and communication to foster peace and sustainable development.
C. UNESCO World Heritage Programme
The UNESCO World Heritage Programme is an international initiative that identifies, protects, and promotes cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value around the world.
D. Executive Board of UNESCO
The Executive Board of UNESCO is the governing body responsible for overseeing the organization’s work, implementing its programs, and preparing the agenda for the General Conference.
E. UNESCO World Heritage Convention
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is an international treaty adopted in 1972 that establishes a framework for identifying, protecting, and preserving cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value around the world.
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: World Heritage Committee
Target entity description: The World Heritage Committee is a UNESCO body of representatives from member states responsible for implementing the World Heritage Convention, including selecting and monitoring World Heritage Sites worldwide.

A. International Council on Monuments and Sites
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) is a global non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation and protection of cultural heritage sites and monuments worldwide.
B. UNESCO
UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes international cooperation in education, science, culture, and communication to foster peace and sustainable development.
C. UNESCO World Heritage Programme
The UNESCO World Heritage Programme is an international initiative that identifies, protects, and promotes cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value around the world.
D. Executive Board of UNESCO
The Executive Board of UNESCO is the governing body responsible for overseeing the organization’s work, implementing its programs, and preparing the agenda for the General Conference.
E. UNESCO World Heritage Convention
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is an international treaty adopted in 1972 that establishes a framework for identifying, protecting, and preserving cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value around the world.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO body ⓘ governing body ⓘ intergovernmental committee ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	World Heritage Committee ⓘ surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Committee
appliesConvention	UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ surface form: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
cooperatesWith	ICCROM ⓘ surface form: International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property International Council on Monuments and Sites ⓘ IUCN ⓘ surface form: International Union for Conservation of Nature
domain	cultural heritage ⓘ mixed cultural and natural heritage ⓘ natural heritage ⓘ
establishedBy	UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ surface form: World Heritage Convention
establishedUnder	UNESCO ⓘ
governs	List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: World Heritage List
hasAdvisoryBody	ICCROM ⓘ International Council on Monuments and Sites ⓘ surface form: ICOMOS IUCN ⓘ
hasAuthority	allocate resources from the World Heritage Fund ⓘ inscribe properties on the World Heritage List ⓘ place properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ remove properties from the World Heritage List ⓘ
hasFunction	adoption of decisions and resolutions on World Heritage matters ⓘ encouraging international cooperation in the protection of cultural and natural heritage ⓘ examination of nominations for inscription on the World Heritage List ⓘ monitoring the state of conservation of World Heritage properties ⓘ revision of the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention ⓘ
hasMemberType	representatives of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers	21 ⓘ
hasPurpose	identification of World Heritage Sites ⓘ implementation of the World Heritage Convention ⓘ inscription of properties on the World Heritage List ⓘ monitoring of World Heritage Sites ⓘ protection of cultural heritage ⓘ protection of natural heritage ⓘ protection of properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
hasWorkingLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ
holdsSessionType	extraordinary session ⓘ ordinary session ⓘ
meetsFrequency	annually ⓘ
membersElectedBy	General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention ⓘ
memberTermLength	4 years ⓘ
oversees	World Heritage Fund ⓘ
partOf	UNESCO ⓘ
reportsTo	General Conference of UNESCO ⓘ States Parties to the World Heritage Convention ⓘ
shortName	World Heritage Committee self-link ⓘ
supportedBy	World Heritage Centre ⓘ surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Centre
usesInstrument	Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention ⓘ