World Heritage Centre

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UNESCO body international organization office

The World Heritage Centre is the UNESCO body responsible for coordinating the identification, protection, and promotion of cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value around the world.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
UNESCO World Heritage Centre	43
World Heritage Centre canonical	10
Secretariat of the World Heritage Committee	1
UNESCO World Heritage system	1
UNESCO on heritage matters	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T212481 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World Heritage Centre
Context triple: [WHS, relatedTo, World Heritage Centre]

A. World Heritage Committee
The World Heritage Committee is a UNESCO body of representatives from member states responsible for implementing the World Heritage Convention, including selecting and monitoring World Heritage Sites worldwide.
B. International Council on Monuments and Sites
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) is a global non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation and protection of cultural heritage sites and monuments worldwide.
C. UNESCO World Heritage Programme
The UNESCO World Heritage Programme is an international initiative that identifies, protects, and promotes cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value around the world.
D. UNESCO
UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes international cooperation in education, science, culture, and communication to foster peace and sustainable development.
E. UNESCO World Heritage Convention
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is an international treaty adopted in 1972 that establishes a framework for identifying, protecting, and preserving cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value around the world.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World Heritage Centre
Target entity description: The World Heritage Centre is the UNESCO body responsible for coordinating the identification, protection, and promotion of cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value around the world.

A. World Heritage Committee
The World Heritage Committee is a UNESCO body of representatives from member states responsible for implementing the World Heritage Convention, including selecting and monitoring World Heritage Sites worldwide.
B. International Council on Monuments and Sites
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) is a global non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation and protection of cultural heritage sites and monuments worldwide.
C. UNESCO World Heritage Programme
The UNESCO World Heritage Programme is an international initiative that identifies, protects, and promotes cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value around the world.
D. UNESCO
UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes international cooperation in education, science, culture, and communication to foster peace and sustainable development.
E. UNESCO World Heritage Convention
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is an international treaty adopted in 1972 that establishes a framework for identifying, protecting, and preserving cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value around the world.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO body ⓘ international organization office ⓘ
cooperatesWith	ICCROM ⓘ ICOMOS ⓘ linked to: International Council on Monuments and Sites IUCN ⓘ States Parties to the World Heritage Convention ⓘ UN agencies ⓘ linked to: United Nations agencies UNESCO Member States ⓘ UNESCO field offices ⓘ World Heritage Committee ⓘ non-governmental organizations ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
foundedBy	UNESCO General Conference ⓘ linked to: General Conference of UNESCO
fullName	UNESCO World Heritage Centre ⓘ linked to: World Heritage Centre
headquartersLocation	Paris ⓘ UNESCO Headquarters, Paris ⓘ linked to: UNESCO Headquarters
inception	1992 ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalBasis	Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage ⓘ linked to: UNESCO World Heritage Convention World Heritage Convention ⓘ linked to: UNESCO World Heritage Convention
legalBasisAdoptionYear	1972 ⓘ
mandate	coordinate protection and conservation of World Heritage properties ⓘ coordinate the implementation of the World Heritage Convention ⓘ promote World Heritage and raise awareness ⓘ serve as Secretariat to the World Heritage Committee ⓘ support capacity-building for States Parties in heritage conservation ⓘ support identification of cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value ⓘ
operatesWithinFramework	UNESCO Culture Sector ⓘ linked to: UNESCO culture programmes United Nations system ⓘ
parentOrganization	UNESCO ⓘ
role	Secretariat of the World Heritage Committee ⓘ linked to: World Heritage Centre coordination of Periodic Reporting on World Heritage properties ⓘ coordination of World Heritage List processes ⓘ coordination of reactive monitoring of World Heritage properties ⓘ coordination of the List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ management of International Assistance under the World Heritage Fund ⓘ
scope	World Heritage properties of outstanding universal value ⓘ cultural heritage ⓘ mixed cultural and natural heritage ⓘ natural heritage ⓘ
shortName	WHC ⓘ
website	https://whc.unesco.org ⓘ
worksOnTopic	World Heritage education and awareness ⓘ capacity-building for heritage management ⓘ climate change and World Heritage ⓘ community involvement in World Heritage ⓘ cultural heritage protection ⓘ disaster risk management for heritage ⓘ heritage conservation ⓘ heritage impact assessment ⓘ natural heritage protection ⓘ sustainable tourism at World Heritage sites ⓘ

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Referenced by (56)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

WHS → relatedTo → World Heritage Centre ⓘ

UNESCO World Heritage Programme → monitoredBy → World Heritage Centre ⓘ

UNESCO World Heritage Convention → administeredBy → UNESCO World Heritage Centre ⓘ