A specific site (such as a forest, mountain range, lake, desert, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State Parties (countries) which are elected by the General Assembly of States Parties for a fixed term (similar to the United Nation's Security Council).
Site of great cultural significance and geographic areas of outstanding universal value, for example the Pyramids of Egypt, the historical centre of Rome, the Grand Canyon of United States, Venice, the Taj Mahal of India, the Great Wall of China.
(Source: GILP96)
