Nepal

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1978 - 1983

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• The early medieval architectural complex of Panauti (1996)
• Tilaurakot, the archaeological remains of ancient Shakya Kingdom (1996)
• Cave architecture of Muktinath Valley of Mustang (1996)
• The medieval palace complex of Gorkha (1996)
• Ramagrama, the relic stupa of Lord Buddha (1996)
• Khokana, the vernacular village and its mustard-oil seed industrial heritage (1996)

Activities

• Enhancing our Heritage- Monitoring and managing for success in World Natural Heritage sites

News

• Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch Jun 29, 2007
• Royal Palaces of Abomey and Kathmandu removed from Danger List Jun 25, 2007
• Paper Series N°12 "The State of World Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (2003)" Apr 4, 2005

Events

• Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage Aug 30, 2009 - Sep 12, 2009
• Application deadline 31 May: Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage May 1, 2009 - May 31, 2009
• Workshop for the World Heritage property of Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, in Lumbini, Nepal Sep 15, 2008 - Sep 16, 2008

Official Relations (UNESCO/ERC)

• Mr Jiban Prakash Shrestha
  Counsellor, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
  Permanent Delegation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal to UNESCO
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Nepal National Commission for UNESCO
  Source: UNESCO/ERC

Other sources of information within UNESCO

• UNESCO Worldwide (UNESCO/BPI)
• Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO/CLT/ITH)
• Cultural Heritage Laws Database (UNESCO/CLT/NATLAWS)
• Ratified Convention (UNESCO/LA)
• Biosphere Reserves (UNESCO/SC)
• Documents & Publications (UNESCO/UNESDOC)

Other sources of information

• UNDATA Country Profiles
• FAO Country Profiles (FAO)