43rd session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO was held in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan from 30 June to 10 July 2019. In the meeting, UNESCO named 29 new World Heritage sites for 2019.
| Sr. No. | World Heritage Site | Country |
| 1 | Budj Bim Cultural Landscape | Australia |
| 2 | Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace | Azerbaijan |
| 3 | Dilmun Burial Mounds | Bahrain |
| 4 | Paraty and Ilha Grande – Culture and Biodiversity | Brazil |
| 5 | Ancient ferrous metallurgy sites of Burkina Faso | Burkina Faso |
| 6 | Writing-on-Stone/Áísínai’pi | Canada |
| 7 | Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City | China |
| 8 | Migratory Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I) | China |
| 9 | Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem | Czechia |
| 10 | Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region | Czech Republic/Germany |
| 11 | French Austral Lands and Seas | France |
| 12 | Water Management System of Augsburg | Germany |
| 13 | Vatnajökull National Park – dynamic nature of fire and ice | Iceland |
| 14 | Jaipur City, Rajasthan | India |
| 15 | Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto | Indonesia |
| 16 | Hyrcanian Forests | Iran |
| 17 | Babylon | Iraq |
| 18 | Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano a Valdobbiadene | Italy |
| 19 | Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan | Japan |
| 20 | Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies | Republic of Korea |
| 21 | Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars | Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
| 22 | Bagan | Myanmar |
| 23 | Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining Region | Poland |
| 24 | Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada) | Portugal |
| 25 | Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga | Portugal |
| 26 | Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture | Russian Federation |
| 27 | Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape | Spain |
| 28 | Jodrell Bank Observatory | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| 29 | The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright | United States of America |
Static/Current Takeaways Important For EPFO/LIC ADO Mains:
- Director General of UNESCO: Audrey Azoulay; Headquarters: Paris, France.
Source: The UNESCO
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