UNESCO World Heritage Committee meets in Suzhou, China in 2004

During this session, the 21 committee members will:

Decide which nominations of cultural and natural properties of outstanding universal value will be placed on the World Heritage List

Monitor the state of conservation of the World Heritage Sites

Decide which sites are to be placed on or removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger

Decide whether a site may be deleted from the World Heritage List

Examine requests for international assistance from the World Heritage Fund.


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