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Five decades after the creation of the 1972 UNESCO Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, an instrument for the protection of cultural and natural sites and properties, the UNESCO Office in Mexico is carrying out a series of activities to promote reflection and recognition of Mexico's role in the implementation of the Convention, the diversity of its recognized heritage typologies, as well as the participation of local communities in heritage management.

Today more than ever, World Heritage is a source of resilience, humanity and innovation!

For 50 years, 91Â鶹¹ú²ú¾«Æ·×ÔÅÄ been working with multiple countries to identify sites of Outstanding Universal Value and include them on the World Heritage List, in order to raise awareness among governments and peoples of the importance of ensuring their safeguarding in the present and for future generations. World Heritage in Mexico is made up of such exceptional and diverse properties and sites as cities, archaeological, civil and religious sites, and biosphere reserves. The World Heritage List currently includes 1,154 cultural, natural and mixed properties and sites, whose splendor enriches our lives and illustrates the diversity of our planet and its inhabitants. These properties and sites belong to us to share, care for and respect, and their loss would be irreparable for humanity.

A tradition for conservation: the use of talavera in ancient buildings

In 2021 the UNESCO World Heritage Center granted resources from the World Heritage Fund to this project, which has as its main objective the registration of a selective sample of antique pieces of talavera ceramics attached to buildings in the Historic Center of Puebla and, subsequently, the intervention in the restoration processes of artisans who, with their knowledge of the technique of manufacturing talavera, and using the original designs of the ceramics still found in the buildings, justify their reintegration without affecting the authenticity of the buildings.

Iberoamerican Higher Education Meeting on Cultural and Natural Heritage

The Ibero-American University Meeting on Cultural and Natural Heritage sought to be a space for sharing the exchange of university experiences linked to cultural and natural heritage in the fields of training, research, extension and knowledge transfer, as well as the challenges, the results obtained in their initiatives and, of course, their dialogue with cultural communities in other regions of the world, based on sustainable development.

Children's contest "Heritage and its people".

With a high participation of children from all over the country, the "Heritage and its People" contest, organized by the Ministry of Public Education (SEP), through the Mexican Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO (CONALMEX), the Regional World Heritage Institute of Zacatecas (UNESCO Category II Center) and the UNESCO Office in Mexico, received close to 1,700 drawings.

Comprehensive Risk Management Plan for the National Museum of Anthropology

On June 5, 2020, the Mexican authorities, through their Permanent Delegation to UNESCO, submitted to the Secretariat a request for international assistance under the Fund for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. After reviewing the request, the Committee approved the request for international assistance in the amount of $44,400 to develop a comprehensive risk management plan for the National Museum of Anthropology, which is intended to serve as a model for other Mexican cultural property, with a similar profile, including, as appropriate, cultural sites inscribed on the International Register of Cultural Property under Special Protection and/or on the International List of Cultural Property under Enhanced Protection of other countries. On June 24, 2021, a financial allocation contract was established between the UNESCO Office in Mexico and the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) for the implementation of activities for a period of 14 months.

South-South Cooperation for the Development of Sustainable Tourism in Mexican World Heritage Cities

Throughout this year, as part of the South-South and Triangular Cooperation initiative, the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), the Association of Mexican Cities and our office are carrying out the project "South-South Cooperation for Sustainable Tourism Development in Mexican World Heritage Cities", with the aim of improving the capacities of local authorities, the private sector and communities to achieve sustainable growth and recovery of the tourism sector after the pandemic.

Archaeologists in Need UNESCO

This program is the result of collaboration with the , which considers it necessary to transform the "top-down" dissemination of archaeology into a meaningful dissemination that, through social and emotional learning, leads children and young people in Mexico to become interested in World Heritage issues, while at the same time making creative immersions with them.