Hae Un Rii President, ICOMOS- List of Contents

• Footprint of Republic of Korea for the World Heritage

• The Present Statement of World Heritage in Korea

• Future Plan by Republic of Korea for the World Heritage The Year of Acceptance of the World Heritage Convention

• Republic of Korea : September 14, 1988

• : 1985 • Japan : 1992 • North Korea : 1998 First Inscription on the World Heritage List

• First submitted on the Tentative list : 1994 • In December 1995, three cultural heritage sites were first inscribed on the World Heritage list in Berlin, Germany. • Grotto and Temple (ref. 736) • Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Woodblocks (ref. 737) • Shrine (ref. 738) Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple (i)(iv) Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks (iv)(vi) Jongmyo Shrine (iv) Number of World Heritage Inscription by Year (1995- June 2015)

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World Heritage in Korea

(June 2015) Member of the World Heritage Committee

• 1997 – 2003

• 2005 – 2009

• 2013 - 2017 Activities related to the World Heritage

• UNESCO Regional Workshop on Periodic Reporting Follow-up for North-East and South-East Asia Dec 12, 2005-Dec 16, 2005 • Second meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads May 3, 2011-May 6, 2011 • UNESCO Regional Meeting on the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting for Asia Dec 6, 2011-Dec 10, 2011 • 1st Asia Regional Forum of Site Managers and Youth NGOs: Linking networks Aug 26, 2012-Aug 30, 2012 • UNESCO Asia-Pacific Mayors’ Forum for World Heritage Cities Aug 29, 2012-Aug 30, 2012 • IUCN World Conservation Congress Sep 6, 2012-Sep 15, 2012 • Joint International Symposium: Involving Communities for Better Conservation and Management of Asian World Heritage Sites Sep 10, 2012-Sep 12, 2012 • Third meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads Sep 17, 2012-Sep 20, 2012 • Meeting “Human Origin Sites in Asia and the World Heritage Convention” Sep 24, 2012-Sep 27, 2012 • International World Heritage Youth Forum: Living with Heritage: Temple, Environment and People (T.E.P.) Jun 8, 2013-Jun 17, 2013 • Forum on Asian Buddhist Heritage: Conserving the Sacred (2013) Dec 4, 2013-Dec 6, 2013 • 1st Regional Conference of the OWHC’s Regional Secretariat for Asia-Pacific Sep 24, 2014-Sep 26, 2014 • Extrabugetary Funds • Conservation of Mural Paintings in North Korea • 2000-2005 : 10 million dollars for every year • 2007-2011 : 20 million dollars for every year • Conservation of World Heritage in Asia-Pacific Areas • 2012-2016 : Total 200 million dollars • ODA Project • Workshop for the Nomination Process • 2014 : Bangladesh • 2015 : Fiji, Bangladesh • Supporting the Conservation and Restoration • 2014 ~ : Lao People’s Democratic Republic Sharing Our Knowledge and Experience for Nomination of the World Heritage • Funded by Cultural Heritage Administration • Organized by Korean National Commission for UNESCO • Participated by ICOMOS-Korea and IUCN as Experts • Guidelines for the nomination based on our experience, • To find OUV, integrity, authenticity, to choose criteria, conservation and management plan including monitoring, tourism plan, risk preparedness, etc. Workshop on the Nomination Process Fiji, 2015 Workshop on the Nomination Process Bangladesh, 2014 & 2015 Baekje Historic Areas on the World Heritage list ? , 2014

Royal Tombs of the J oseonDynasty, 2009

HwaseongFortress, 1997 JongmyoShrine, 1995 Historic Villageof Korea: Hahoe andYangdong,2010 Gyeonggi-do

Gangwon-do

Chungcheongbuk-do Palace Complex, 1997 Chungcheongnam-do Gyeongsangbuk-do Seokguram Grottoand Bulguksa Temple,1995 Jeollabuk-do BaekjeHistoric Areas, 2015 Gyeongsangnam-do Jeollanam-do Gochang, Hwasun, Gang-hwa Dolmen Sites, 2000

Gyeongju Historic Jeju Volcanic Island Areas, 2000 andLavaTubes,2007 Jeju-do Haeinsa Janggyeong Pan- jeon, 1995 Republic of Korea will continue to share our experience and to contribute in many possible ways for the World Heritage related matter in the future. 감사합니다!!! Thank you!!! Merci Beaucoup!!!