The General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention
As per Article 8(1) of the World Heritage Convention (or Rule 49 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Heritage Committee ), the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention meets during the sessions of the General Conference of UNESCO. The General Assembly manages its meetings according to its Rules of Procedure , lastly revised and adopted in October 2009.
During its session, the General Assembly determines the uniform percentage of contributions to the World Heritage Fund applicable to all States Parties (Article 16(1) of the World Heritage Convention ), and elects new members to the World Heritage Committee to replace the outgoing members. This year, there are 9 seats to be filled. The outgoingCommittee members in 2011 are: Australia , Bahrain , Barbados , Brazil , China , Egypt , Jordan , Nigeria and Sweden
Both the General Assembly and General Conference of UNESCO receive a report from the World Heritage Committee on its activities (Rule 49 of the Rules of Procedure of the World Heritage Committee ).
The 18th session of the General Assembly will take place at UNESCO Headquarters, Room XII, from 7 to 9 November 2011, during the 36th session of the General Conference of UNESCO.
Election information is available on the Election FAQs page.