Sítio Roberto Burle Marx, Brazil, a 2021 World Heritage inscription
At the Service of the World Heritage Convention As an Advisory Body to the World Heritage Committee, ICOMOS evaluates cultural and mixed nominations to the World Heritage List, reports on state of conservation, reviews requests for international assistance through the World Heritage Fund and contributes to the objectives of the Global Strategy and to the intellectual underpinnings of the application of the Convention in all the regions of the world. Relevant documents related to the ICOMOS World Heritage mandate are available on our website.
MAIN WORLD HERITAGE ACTIVITIES IN 2021 For the 2021 cycle, ICOMOS evaluated 25 properties (17 new nominations, 1 extension and 1 deferred nomination) and 6 minor modifications to the boundaries proposed for inscription on the World Heritage List. In 2021, ICOMOS organised 3 Advisory missions carried out within the framework of the Upstream process, which provides support at an early stage for sites which may have the potential to demonstrate Outstanding Universal Value. In addition, the World Heritage Centre consulted ICOMOS on a regular basis throughout the year on problems or threats to specific sites, and further research was carried out via ICOMOS networks. 32
ICOMOS Annual Report 2021
INSCRIPTIONS ON THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST The World Heritage Committee inscribed 34 new properties on the World Heritage List at its extended 44th session in Fuzhou, China, in July 2021, including 29 cultural sites, 5 natural sites and 3 major boundary modifications. Descriptions of the inscribed properties in 2021 are available on UNESCO’s website.
