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This is Jamaica's second term on the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, having previously served from 2013 to 2017, when the Blue and John Crow Mountains were inscribed on the World Heritage List.
On Wednesday, Jamaica was elected to the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
According to official data, Jamaica was one of nine countries selected to be part of the committee; its membership will run until 2027.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, said it is important for Jamaica to be at the table helping to make decisions in the interest of the country and other Small Island Developing States.
This is Jamaica’s second term on the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, having served previously between 2013 and 2017, when the Blue and John Crow Mountains were inscribed on the World Heritage List.
The country is currently in the process of nominating Port Royal and the Seville Heritage Park for the list.
Culture, Gender, and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, has reported that Jamaica has secured positions on three significant UNESCO committees, including the influential World Heritage Committee.
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Three important UNESCO bodies, one of which is the World Heritage Committee, that has the final say on the inscription of a site on the World Heritage List, have elected representatives from Jamaica.
Jamaica was likewise elected to a four-year term on the Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport; and on the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Program, also belonging to UNESCO.
In Paris, France, during the most recent General Assembly of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, Jamaica was one of nine newly elected members of the World Heritage Committee.
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