site.btaUNESCO Highlights Black Sea’s Submerged Cultural Heritage at 47th World Heritage Session

A screening of the film Submerged Cultural Heritage of the Black Sea as a Base for International Cooperation, Cultural and Scientific Interaction is a highlight in the program of the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, which is taking place in Paris under the Bulgarian Presidency.

The event will be held in the cinema hall at UNESCO headquarters and will be followed by a discussion focusing on contemporary challenges facing underwater cultural heritage and its potential for international cooperation in the context of the exhibition On the Waves of the Black Sea through the Ages. 

In the plenary hall at the organization's headquarters, delegates continue discussions on the state of conservation of 248 sites already inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List—56 of which are also on the List of World Heritage in Danger—and will review the priority actions needed to ensure their preservation.

The 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee runs until July 16 at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris under the presidency of Bulgaria. As part of the session, Bulgaria will present elements of its cultural and natural heritage. The July issue of LIK magazine, dedicated to Bulgaria and UNESCO, was also officially presented at UNESCO.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded on November 16, 1945. Bulgaria became a member on May 17, 1956, the same year its National Commission for UNESCO was established. The Commission coordinates activities between Bulgarian institutions and UNESCO.

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee is one of the two governing bodies responsible for implementing the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. It is composed of representatives from 21 countries elected from among the 196 States Parties to the Convention.