46 COM

WHC/24/46.COM/3B
Paris, 22 May 2024
Original: English

CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF

THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE

INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE PROTECTION

OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE

Forty-sixth session
New Delhi, India
21-31 July 2024

Item 3B of the Provisional Agenda:

Adoption of the Timetable of the 46th session
of the World Heritage Committee (New Delhi, 2024)

SUMMARY

This document contains the Provisional Timetable of the 46th session of the World Heritage
Committee (New Delhi, 2024).

Draft Decision: 46 COM 3B, see Point II

 I. PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY

21 JULY 22 JULY 23 JULY 24 JULY

09.30 – 10.00 09.30 – 10.00

Bureau Meeting Bureau Meeting

REGISTRATION 10.00 10.00 Item 1 Opening of the session 10.00 Item 7 State of 10.00 Item 7A (Cont’d)
conservation of World
08.00 – 19.00 - 10.05 Item 2 Admission of Observers Heritage properties
10.20 Item 3 Adoption (3A) of the [Opening of the item] +
13.00 Message from the Site
Agenda and Timetable (3B)
Managers’ Forum
10.35 Item 4 Report of the Rapporteur
of the extended 45th session of 10.45 Item 7A State of
the World Heritage Committee conservation of the
(Riyadh, 2023) properties inscribed on
the List of World
11.00 Item 13 Presentation of the final Heritage in Danger
accounts of the World Heritage
Fund for the biennium 2022-
2023, Report on the execution of
the budget for the biennium
2024-2025, Follow-up to
Decision 45 COM 15
[Constitution of consultative
body]
11.15 Item 5A Report of the World
Heritage Centre on its activities
and the implementation of the
World Heritage Committee’s
Decisions
12.35 Message from the Young
Heritage Professionals Forum
2024

13.00
- Lunch Lunch Lunch
15.00

14.00 – 15.00 15.00 15.00 Item 5B Reports of the Advisory 15.00 Item 7A (Cont’d) 15.00 Item 7B State of
Bodies conservation of
Bureau Meeting - properties inscribed
15.45 Item 5C Progress report on the on the World
18.00 implementation of the Strategy Heritage List
for World Heritage in Africa
16.30 Item 6A World Heritage-related
15.00 – 17.30 Capacity-Building activities and
Orientation Follow-up to the World Heritage
Capacity-Building Strategy
Session
17.15 Item 6B Progress report on the
activities concerning the
implementation of the World
Heritage Convention by the
World Heritage-related category
2 centres

19.00
Opening
Ceremony

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(New Delhi, 2024)
 THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
25 JULY 26 JULY 27 JULY 28 JULY

09.30 – 10.00 09.30 – 10.00 09.30 – 10.00 09.30 – 10.00

Bureau Meeting Bureau Meeting Bureau Meeting Bureau Meeting

10.00 10.00 Item 7B (Cont’d) 10.00 Item 8 Nomination 10.00 Item 8B (Cont’d) 10.00 Item 8B (Cont’d)
process [Opening of
- the item]
13.00 10.30 Item 8A Tentative
Lists of States
Parties submitted as
of 15 April 2024
10.45 Item 8B Nominations
to the World Heritage
List

13.00
- Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
15.00

15.00 15.00 Item 7B (Cont’d) 15.00 Item 8B (Cont’d) 15.00 Item 8B (Cont’d) 15.00 Item 8B (Cont’d)

-
18.00

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(New Delhi, 2024)
 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY
29 JULY 30 JULY 31 JULY

09.30 – 10.00 09.30 – 10.00

Bureau Meeting Bureau Meeting

10.00 10.00 Item 8B (Cont’d) 10.00 Item 10B Mid-Cycle assessment

report on the implementation of
- 11.45 Item 8D Clarifications of the Third Cycle Action Plan in
property boundaries and Africa and the Arab States
13.00 areas by States Parties
10.45 Item 10C Report on the (no session)
12.00 Item 8E Review and implementation of the Third Cycle
approval of retrospective of Periodic Reporting and general Report preparation
Statements of Outstanding reflection on Periodic Reporting
Universal Value by the Secretariat
11.30 Item 11 Report of the Open-
12.15 Item 8C Update of the ended Working Group established and the Rapporteur
World Heritage List and of by the extended 45th session of
the List of World Heritage the World Heritage Committee
in Danger
12.30 Item 12 International Assistance
12.30 Item 8 Nomination
process [Closure of the
item]

13.00
- Lunch Lunch Lunch

15.00

15.00 15.00 Item 7 State of 15.00 Item 13 Presentation of the final 15.00 Item 17 Adoption of the report of
conservation of World accounts of the World Heritage Decisions
- Heritage properties Fund for the biennium 2022-
[Closing of the item] 2023, Report on the execution of followed by
18.00 the budget for the biennium
15.45 Item 9A Upstream Item 18 Closing session
2024-2025, Follow-up to Decision
Process 45 COM 15
16.15 Item 10A Report on the [Report of the consultative body]
results of the Third Cycle of 16.00 Item 14 Other Business
Periodic Reporting
exercise in Europe and 16.30 Item 15 Election of the
North America Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons
and Rapporteur of the 47th
session of the World Heritage
Committee
17.00 Item 16 Provisional Agenda of
the 47th session of the World
Heritage Committee

II. DRAFT DECISION

Draft Decision: 46 COM 3B

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/3B,

2. Adopts the Timetable contained in the above-mentioned document.

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(New Delhi, 2024)