South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin delivers a keynote speech at the 42nd session of the general conference of UNESCO on Nov. 19, 2023, in this photo provided by the ministry. (Yonhap)
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has been elected to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for a four-year term through 2027, officials here said Thursday, marking the country’s fourth such election as a member of the committee.
Seoul regained the membership at the 24th session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage that opened at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on Wednesday (local time) for a two-day run, according to the Cultural Heritage Administration.
South Korea clinched one of the two seats allocated to Asian-Pacific countries.
It marks the fourth time that South Korea has been elected as one of the 21 state members of the committee following 1997, 2005 and 2013.
(Yonhap)
