India has been elected to the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Cultural Organization. Its tenure here will be of four years. A week before this, India was re-elected to the Executive Board of UNESCO. Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi said in a tweet, “I am happy to announce that India has selected the World Heritage Committee from the Asia Pacific region.” won the seat. I thank all my supporters for this historic victory.
India at Unesco tweeted that India (2021-25) was elected to the World Heritage Committee with 142 votes for a four-year term. Earlier on November 17, India was re-elected to the Executive Board of UNESCO for the term 2021-25.
Congratulating India on this victory, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, “A good day for Indian diplomacy. We have been elected to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for 2021-25.
This committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is responsible for the implementation of the World Heritage Treaty. In addition, the committee defines the use of the World Heritage Fund and allocates financial assistance at the request of the states.