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States Parties

States Parties are countries which have adhered to the World Heritage Convention.They thereby agree to identify and nominate properties on their national territory to be considered for inscription on the World Heritage List. When a State Party nominates a property, it gives details of how a property is protected and provides a management plan for its upkeep. States Parties are also expected to protect the World Heritage values of the properties inscribed and are encouraged to report periodically on their condition.

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196 States Parties to the Convention as of 22-Oct-2024

Ratification Status

State Party Date Type of instrument
Image Afghanistan 20/03/1979 R
Image Albania 10/07/1989 R
Image Algeria 24/06/1974 R
Image Andorra 03/01/1997 Ac
Image Angola 07/11/1991 R
Image Antigua and Barbuda 01/11/1983 Ac
Image Argentina 23/08/1978 Ac
Image Armenia 05/09/1993 S
Image Australia 22/08/1974 R
Image Austria 18/12/1992 R
Image Azerbaijan 16/12/1993 R
Image Bahamas 15/05/2014 R
Image Bahrain 28/05/1991 R
Image Bangladesh 03/08/1983 Ac
Image Barbados 09/04/2002 Ac
Image Belarus 12/10/1988 R
Image Belgium 24/07/1996 R
Image Belize 06/11/1990 R
Image Benin 14/06/1982 R
Image Bhutan 22/10/2001 R
Image Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 04/10/1976 R
Image Bosnia and Herzegovina 12/07/1993 S
Image Botswana 23/11/1998 Ac
Image Brazil 01/09/1977 Ac
Image Brunei Darussalam 12/08/2011 R
Image Bulgaria 07/03/1974 Ac
Image Burkina Faso 02/04/1987 R
Image Burundi 19/05/1982 R
Image Cabo Verde 2 28/04/1988 Ac
Image Cambodia 28/11/1991 Ac
Image Cameroon 07/12/1982 R
Image Canada 23/07/1976 Ac
Image Central African Republic 22/12/1980 R
Image Chad 23/06/1999 R
Image Chile 20/02/1980 R
Image China 12/12/1985 R
Image Colombia 24/05/1983 Ac
Image Comoros 27/09/2000 R
Image Congo 10/12/1987 R
Image Cook Islands 16/01/2009 R
Image Costa Rica 23/08/1977 R
Image Côte d'Ivoire 09/01/1981 R
Image Croatia 06/07/1992 S
Image Cuba 24/03/1981 R
Image Cyprus 14/08/1975 Ac
Image Czechia 3 26/03/1993 S
Image Democratic People's Republic of Korea 21/07/1998 Ac
Image Democratic Republic of the Congo 23/09/1974 R
Image Denmark 25/07/1979 R
Image Djibouti 30/08/2007 R
Image Dominica 04/04/1995 R
Image Dominican Republic 12/02/1985 R
Image Ecuador 16/06/1975 Ac
Image Egypt 07/02/1974 R
Image El Salvador 08/10/1991 Ac
Image Equatorial Guinea 10/03/2010 R
Image Eritrea 24/10/2001 Ac
Image Estonia 27/10/1995 R
Image Eswatini 4 30/11/2005 R
Image Ethiopia 06/07/1977 R
Image Fiji 21/11/1990 R
Image Finland 04/03/1987 R
Image France 27/06/1975 Ac
Image Gabon 30/12/1986 R
Image Gambia 01/07/1987 R
Image Georgia 04/11/1992 S
Image Germany 5 23/08/1976 R
Image Ghana 04/07/1975 R
Image Greece 17/07/1981 R
Image Grenada 13/08/1998 Ac
Image Guatemala 16/01/1979 R
Image Guinea 18/03/1979 R
Image Guinea-Bissau 28/01/2006 R
Image Guyana 20/06/1977 Ac
Image Haiti 18/01/1980 R
Image Holy See 07/10/1982 A
Image Honduras 08/06/1979 R
Image Hungary 15/07/1985 Ac
Image Iceland 19/12/1995 R
Image India 14/11/1977 R
Image Indonesia 06/07/1989 Ac
Image Iran (Islamic Republic of) 26/02/1975 Ac
Image Iraq 05/03/1974 Ac
Image Ireland 16/09/1991 R
Image Israel 06/10/1999 Ac
Image Italy 23/06/1978 R
Image Jamaica 14/06/1983 Ac
Image Japan 30/06/1992 Ac
Image Jordan 05/05/1975 R
Image Kazakhstan 29/04/1994 Ac
Image Kenya 05/06/1991 Ac
Image Kiribati 12/05/2000 Ac
Image Kuwait 06/06/2002 R
Image Kyrgyzstan 03/07/1995 Ac
Image Lao People's Democratic Republic 20/03/1987 R
Image Latvia 10/01/1995 Ac
Image Lebanon 03/02/1983 R
Image Lesotho 25/11/2003 Ac
Image Liberia 28/03/2002 Ac
Image Libya 6 13/10/1978 R
Image Lithuania 31/03/1992 Ac
Image Luxembourg 28/09/1983 R
Image Madagascar 19/07/1983 R
Image Malawi 05/01/1982 R
Image Malaysia 07/12/1988 R
Image Maldives 22/05/1986 Ac
Image Mali 05/04/1977 Ac
Image Malta 14/11/1978 Ac
Image Marshall Islands 24/04/2002 Ac
Image Mauritania 02/03/1981 R
Image Mauritius 19/09/1995 R
Image Mexico 23/02/1984 Ac
Image Micronesia (Federated States of) 22/07/2002 Ac
Image Monaco 07/11/1978 R
Image Mongolia 02/02/1990 Ac
Image Montenegro 03/06/2006 S
Image Morocco 28/10/1975 R
Image Mozambique 27/11/1982 R
Image Myanmar 29/04/1994 Ac
Image Namibia 06/04/2000 Ac
Image Nauru 22/07/2024 R
Image Nepal 20/06/1978 Ac
Image Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 7 26/08/1992 Ac
Image New Zealand 22/11/1984 R
Image Nicaragua 17/12/1979 Ac
Image Niger 23/12/1974 Ac
Image Nigeria 23/10/1974 R
Image Niue 23/01/2001 Ac
Image North Macedonia 8 30/04/1997 S
Image Norway 12/05/1977 R
Image Oman 06/10/1981 Ac
Image Pakistan 23/07/1976 R
Image Palau 11/06/2002 Ac
Image Panama 03/03/1978 R
Image Papua New Guinea 28/07/1997 Ac
Image Paraguay 27/04/1988 R
Image Peru 24/02/1982 R
Image Philippines 19/09/1985 R
Image Poland 29/06/1976 R
Image Portugal 30/09/1980 R
Image Qatar 12/09/1984 Ac
Image Republic of Korea 14/09/1988 Ac
Image Republic of Moldova 23/09/2002 R
Image Romania 16/05/1990 Ac
Image Russian Federation 9 12/10/1988 R
Image Rwanda 28/12/2000 Ac
Image Saint Kitts and Nevis 10/07/1986 Ac
Image Saint Lucia 14/10/1991 R
Image Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 03/02/2003 R
Image Samoa 28/08/2001 Ac
Image San Marino 18/10/1991 R
Image Sao Tome and Principe 25/07/2006 R
Image Saudi Arabia 07/08/1978 Ac
Image Senegal 13/02/1976 R
Image Serbia 11/09/2001 S
Image Seychelles 09/04/1980 Ac
Image Sierra Leone 07/01/2005 R
Image Singapore 19/06/2012 R
Image Slovakia 31/03/1993 S
Image Slovenia 05/11/1992 S
Image Solomon Islands 10/06/1992 A
Image Somalia 23/07/2020 R
Image South Africa 10/07/1997 R
Image South Sudan 09/03/2016 R
Image Spain 04/05/1982 Ac
Image Sri Lanka 06/06/1980 Ac
Image State of Palestine 08/12/2011 R
Image Sudan 06/06/1974 R
Image Suriname 23/10/1997 Ac
Image Sweden 22/01/1985 R
Image Switzerland 17/09/1975 R
Image Syrian Arab Republic 13/08/1975 Ac
Image Tajikistan 28/08/1992 S
Image Thailand 17/09/1987 Ac
Image Timor-Leste 31/10/2016 R
Image Togo 15/04/1998 Ac
Image Tonga 30/04/2004 Ac
Image Trinidad and Tobago 16/02/2005 R
Image Tunisia 10/03/1975 R
Image Türkiye 10 16/03/1983 R
Image Turkmenistan 30/09/1994 S
Image Tuvalu 18/05/2023 R
Image Uganda 20/11/1987 Ac
Image Ukraine 12/10/1988 R
Image United Arab Emirates 11/05/2001 A
Image United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 29/05/1984 R
Image United Republic of Tanzania 02/08/1977 R
Image United States of America 07/12/1973 R
Image Uruguay 09/03/1989 Ac
Image Uzbekistan 13/01/1993 S
Image Vanuatu 13/06/2002 R
Image Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 30/10/1990 Ac
Image Viet Nam 19/10/1987 Ac
Image Yemen 11 07/10/1980 R
Image Zambia 04/06/1984 R
Image Zimbabwe 16/08/1982 R

Date of deposit of ratification (R), acceptance (Ac), accession (A) or of the notification of succession (S)1

Notes
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The symbol ** designates those States for whom, in accordance with Article 33, the Convention has not yet entered into force.
  1. This Convention entered into force on 17 December 1975. It subsequently entered into force for each State three months after the date of deposit of that State's instrument, except in cases of declarations of succession (indicated by the letter (S)), where the entry into force occurred on the date on which the State assumed responsibility for conducting its international relations.
  2. 25 Octobre 2013, change of country name
  3. Effective date for the short official name: 17 May 2016; Pronunciation: "CHECK-iya"
  4. Further to the communication dated 30 May 2018 from the permanent mission addressed to the Protocol and Liaison Service, the country name was changed from the former name of the Kingdom of Swaziland (former short form: Swaziland). Effective date: 19 April 2018.
  5. Through the accession of the German Democratic Republic to the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany, with effect from 3 October 1990, the two German States have united to form one Sovereign State. The Contracting Parties to the Unification Treaty "have agreed that the treaties and agreements to which the Federal Republic of Germany is a contracting party ... remain in force and that their respective rights and obligations ... be applied" to the whole territory of Germany. The German Democratic Republic acceeded to this Convention on 12 December 1988.
  6. On 16 September 2011, the National Transitional Council requested, via the Protocol and Liaison Service, that the form "Libya", previously not in use at the UN, replace both the earlier official and short forms (respectively, the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (the)).
  7. With an extension to Curaçao.
  8. Further to the communication dated 14 February 2019 from the permanent mission addressed to the Protocol and Liaison Service in line with the Final Agreement for the Settlement of the Differences as Described in the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 817 (1993) and 845 (1993), the Termination of the Interim Accord of 1995, and the Establishment of a Strategic Partnership between the Parties. Effective date: 14 February 2019.
  9. The instrument of ratification was deposited by the U.S.S.R., on 12 October 1988.
  10. Further to the communication dated 31 May 2022 from the permanent mission addressed to the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, the country name was changed from the former name of the Republic of Turkey (former short form: Turkey), with immediate effect.
  11. The unification of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen into a single Sovereign State, the Republic of Yemen, was proclaimed on 22 May 1990.
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