Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- A delegation of Uzbekistan will take part in the work of the upcoming 45th extended session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) in Riyadh. During the session, the Committee will consider the implementation of the 1972 UNESCO Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage in Member States.

The Committee will also consider new nominations for the World Heritage List based on an assessment carried out by ICOMOS (International Council for the Conservation of Monuments and Sites), Dunyo news agency reports.

Currently, 195 countries are States Parties to the 1972 UNESCO Convention. To date, 1,157 cultural/natural sites from 167 States Parties are inscribed on the World Heritage List under the 1972 Convention. Among them, 43 are transboundary objects of 67 participating states.

On 6 July 2022, at the 8th session of the General Assembly of the Member States of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which was held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Uzbekistan was elected as the member of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage