Saudi Arabia, current president of the World Heritage Committee, has offered to host the 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh. The dates proposed by the Saudi kingdom are from September 10 to 25.
On January 24, the rest of the member countries of this body will decide if they accept the proposal, during the 18th extraordinary meeting that will take place at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
This announcement comes after a few months of uncertainty due to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, something that caused the suspension of the first call of the 45th Committee that was to be held last July in Kazan, on Russian territory.
The complicated situation at UNESCO unblocked at the end of November last year, with the resignation of the Russian ambassador as Chairman of the Committee. During the 17th extraordinary session of the World Heritage Committee, held on December 12, the ambassador of Saudi Arabia, Princess Haifa Al Mogrin, assumed the presidency of this body.