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The UK's National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC) was established in 1946. it is held to be a vital part of UNESCO’s unique global network of 190+ national cooperating bodies known as National Commissions.

 

 

 

 

 

The UK's National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC) was established in 1946. it is held to be a vital part of UNESCO’s unique global network of 190+ national cooperating bodies known as National Commissions.

The National Commission is a constitutional part of the UK’s membership of UNESCO. They are an independent, not-for-profit organisation, supported by grant funding from the UK government.

Their work is embedded in UNESCO’s global goal of building lasting peace through the ‘intellectual and moral solidarity of humankind’, relying on the common goods of education, science, culture, and communication & information, free from discrimination. This is enshrined within UNESCO's founding Constitution of 1945.

 

According to their website, the UK's National Commission for UNESCO is governed by a Board of Non-Executive Directors, led by their Chair. Each Non-Executive Director is formally appointed by the FCDO and is a specialist in one of UNESCO’s core programme areas. The day-to-day operations of the Commission are undertaken by a Secretariat, led by our Chief Executive and Secretary-General.

The National Commission works in collaboration with the UK Permanent Delegation to UNESCO, including the UK Ambassador.

 

 

 

Nushin supports the delivery of approved purposes of the grant agreement with the National Lottery Heritage Fund by coordinating Local to Global 2.0 events and communications across the national network of natural, cultural and built heritage sites.

 

 

NUSHIN HUSSAIN - LOCAL TO GLOBAL PROJECT COORDINATOR, NATIONAL LOTTERY HERITAGE FUND

 

 

 



Nushin Hussain - Project Coordinator, Local to Global

Nushin supports the delivery of approved purposes of the grant agreement with the National Lottery Heritage Fund by coordinating Local to Global 2.0 events and communications across the national network of natural, cultural and built heritage sites.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/n-h-096bb9346/



UK PERMANENT DELEGATION TO UNESCO

 

Anna Nsubuga - UK Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO
Maxim Polya-Vitry - Deputy Permanent Delegate to UNESCO

Laura Davies - 2022 to 2023 Ambassador & Permanent Delegate to UNESCO

UK NATIONAL COMMISSION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Professor Anne Anderson - Chair, Non-Executive Director for Education

Professor David Drewery - Vice Chair, Non Executive Director for Natural Sciences

Dr Dan O'Connor - Vice-Chair, Non-Executive Director for Science
Dr Charlotte joy - Non-Executive director for Culture
Dr Joseph Nhan-O'Reilly - Non-Executive Director for Education
Professor Mike Robinson - Non-Executive Director for Culture

UK NATIONAL COMMISSION SECRETARIAT

James Bridge - Chief Executive and Secretary General
Matthew Rabagliati - Head of Policy, Research and Communications
Andrea Blick - Head of Finance and Accreditation
Charlie Kennedy - Accreditation and Operations Manager
Liam Smyth - Programme Lead, Local to Global
Nushin Hussain - Project Coordinator, Local to Global
Alison Smedley - Policy Coordinator
Dave Chapman - Project Lead, Climate Change & UNESCO Heritage Project
Aisling Parrish - Project Administrator, Climate Change & UNECO Heritage Project
John Carmichael - Communications and Marketing Manager
Andrew Mailing - IT Manager

 

 

 

 

A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity".

 

 

 

There are 33 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories. The UNESCO list contains one designated site in both England and Scotland (the Frontiers of the Roman Empire) plus eighteen exclusively in England, five in Scotland, four in Wales, one in Northern Ireland, and one in each of the overseas territories of Bermuda, Gibraltar, the Pitcairn Islands, and Saint Helena. There is an additional site partly in the UK territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, but is regarded to be part of Cyprus's list. The first sites in the UK to be inscribed on the World Heritage List were Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast; Durham Castle and Cathedral; Ironbridge Gorge; Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey; Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites; and the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd in 1986. The latest sites to be inscribed were The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales and Bath Spa (as a component of the Great Spas of Europe) in July 2021.


 

SITES IN OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM

 

There are 33 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories. The UNESCO list contains one designated site in both England and Scotland (the Frontiers of the Roman Empire) plus eighteen exclusively in England, five in Scotland, four in Wales, one in Northern Ireland, and one in each of the overseas territories of Bermuda, Gibraltar, the Pitcairn Islands, and Saint Helena. There is an additional site partly in the UK territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, but is regarded to be part of Cyprus's list. The first sites in the UK to be inscribed on the World Heritage List were Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast; Durham Castle and Cathedral; Ironbridge Gorge; Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey; Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites; and the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd in 1986. The latest sites to be inscribed were The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales and Bath Spa (as a component of the Great Spas of Europe) in July 2021.

The constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (commonly referred to as UNESCO) was ratified in 1946 by 26 countries, including the UK. Its purpose was to provide for the "conservation and protection of the world’s inheritance of books, works of art and monuments of history and science". The UK contributes £130,000 annually to the World Heritage Fund which finances the preservation of sites in developing countries. Some designated properties contain multiple sites that share a common geographical location or cultural heritage.

The United Kingdom National Commission for UNESCO advises the British government, which is responsible for maintaining its World Heritage Sites, on policies regarding UNESCO. The UK National Commission for UNESCO conducted research in 2014–15 on the Wider Value of UNESCO to the UK, and found that the UK's World Heritage Sites generated an estimated £85 million from April 2014 to March 2015 through their association with the global network.

World Heritage Site selection criteria i–vi are culturally related, and selection criteria vii–x are the natural criteria. Twenty-three properties are designated as "cultural", four as "natural", and one as "mixed". The breakdown of sites by type was similar to the overall proportions; of the 1,121 sites on the World Heritage List, 77.5% are cultural, 19% are natural, and 3.5% are mixed. St Kilda is the only mixed World Heritage Site in the UK. Originally preserved for its natural habitats alone, the site was expanded in 2005 to include the crofting community that once inhabited the archipelago; the site became one of only 25 mixed sites worldwide. The natural sites are the Dorset and East Devon Coast; Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast; Gough and Inaccessible Islands; and Henderson Island. The rest are cultural.

 

 

 

 

1946 signing of the World Heritage Convention, under King George VI, secretary of state for foreign affairs

 

 

 

TENTATIVE LISTINGS UK 2023

 

- Birkenhead the People’s Park [Cultural]
- East Atlantic Flyway – England East Coast Wetlands [Natural]
- The Flow Country [Natural]
- Gracehill Moravian Church Settlements [Cultural, Transnational]
- Little Cayman Marine Parks and Protected Areas [Natural]
- York [Cultural]
- The Zenith of Iron Age Shetland [Cultural]

 

 

ACCREDITED LISTINGS UK

 

BLAENAVON - NATIONAL COAL MUSEUM, IRONWORKS, CULTURAL LANDSCAPE, SOUTH WALES

STONEHENGE - PREHISTORIC, NEOLITHIC STONE CIRCLES, SALISBURY PLAIN, WILTSHIRE

WESTMINSTER ABBEY - HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, LONDON, ENGLAND

 

 

INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITED LISTINGS

 

ACROPOLIS - ATHENS, ANCIENT GREEKS, PARTHENON, TEMPLE ATHENA NIKE

ANGKOR WAT - HINDU BUDDHIST TEMPLE RELIGIOUS COMPLEX, CAMBODIA

CHICHEN ITZA - ANCIENT MAYAN CITY, YUCATAN PENINSULA, MEXICO

COLOSSEUM - ROMAN HISTORIC CITY CENTRE, ROME, PANTHEON, ITALY

EASTER ISLAND - RAPA NUI, POLYNESIAN HEAD STATUES, PACIFIC OCEAN

GREAT WALL OF CHINA - 3RD CENTURY BC EMPEROR QIN SHI HUANG & MING DYNASTY

MACHU PICCHU - PYRAMID, PERU, INCAN LOST CITY, ANDES

PETRA - TREASURY, AL-KHAZNEH, SIQ GORGE, NABATAEANS, SOUTHERN JORDAN

PYRAMIDS - GREAT SPHINX, MEMPHIS NECROPOLIS, GIZA, EGYPT

TAJ MAHAL - MAUSOLEUM BUILT BY SHAH JAHAN, AGRA, INDIA

VATICAN CITY - THE WORLD'S SMALLEST, HOLIEST CHRISTIAN STATE

 

TENTATIVE LISTINGS

 

PORT ROYAL - JAMAICAN SUNKEN CITY 1692, PIRATES HISTORY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTACTS


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+44 (0) 203 4567 6789
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LINKS & REFERENCE

 

https://unesco.org.uk/

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Anna Nsubuga, Maxim Polya-Vitry Professor Anne Anderson, David Drewry, Dan O’Connor, Charlotte Joy, Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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