Rules of procedure

The Committee is responsible for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention. The Committee is elected by the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention which also determines financial contributions (see its Rules linked below).

The financial rules can be found in: Convention, Part XI, Section 4, subsection F (adopted on 10 Dec 1982) AND Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI, Annex, Section 9 (adopted on 28 July 1994)

Part IV of the Convention, adopted by the UNESCO General Conference at its seventeenth session Paris, 16 November 1972, provides for the creation of a Fund for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.