One Million Dollar Grant To UNESCO World Heritage Centre

Current Context : PM Modi Announces One Million Dollar Grant To UNESCO World Heritage Centre during the inauguration of the 46th Session of the World Heritage Committee at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.

• India is hosting the World Heritage Committee Meeting for the first time which will continue till 31st of July.
• This grant will be used for capacity building, technical assistance and conservation of the world heritage sites and will especially be used for the countries of the Global South.

ABOUT

• The World Heritage emblem represents the interdependence of the world’s natural and cultural diversity.
• It is used to identify properties protected by the World Heritage Committee.
• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.
• This is embodied in an international treaty called the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by UNESCO in 1972.
• 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.