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The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Manama since June 24, under the chairmanship of Shaikha Haya Bint Rashed al-Khalifa of Bahrain, ended today. The next session of the World Heritage Committee will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
During the session, the Committee inscribed 19 sites on the World Heritage List (13 cultural, 3 natural and 2 mixed, natural and cultural sites). He also approved the extension of a natural site. The World Heritage List now has 1,092 sites in 167 countries.
The Committee also decided to inscribe Lake Turkana National Parks (Kenya) on the List of World Heritage in Danger and to abolish the Belize Reef Reserve System (Belize). A side event, during the session, introduced UNESCO's initiative Revive the spirit of Mosul launched in February to rebuild and revive the second largest city in Iraq , a large part was destroyed between 2014 and 2017.
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