Thailand Elected to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee

PARIS, Nov 28 (TNA) – Thailand is one of the nine new
members, elected to the World Heritage Committee during the General Assembly of
the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention.

The 193 States Parties to the
World Heritage Convention voted for nine vacant seats during the session of the
22^ndGeneral Assembly at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on Wednesday.

 Thailand won
a seat in the quota for Asia-Pacific countries. Committee members’ tenure lasts
four years.

Other elected new members to the World Heritage
Committee are Egypt, Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria, Oman, Russian Federation, Saudi
Arabia and South Africa.

The World Heritage Committee comprises 21 members.

Thailand had been in the panel for three times and
had not been in the committee for six years before the country was elected
yesterday.  (TNA)