The 19^th session of the General Assembly of the States parties to the World Heritage Convention was held on November 19-21 at UNESCO HQ. The Georgian delegation headed by the First Deputy Minister of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia participated in the event.

In the frames of the visit meetings with the Director of the World Heritage Center Mr.Kishore Rao and with the Chief of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Section Ms. Cecil Duvelle were held.

The following 12 new members of the World Heritage Committee were elected in the frames of the session: Croatia, Jamaica, Finland, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Turkey, Viet Nam.