Areni Cave 1: Prehistoric Life and Winemaking in the Arpa River Valley nomination on UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List

The 48th session of the World Heritage Committee is being held in the city of Busan, Republic of Korea, with Armenia also participating as a country elected as its member for the first time.

The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports reports the new nomination submitted by Armenia — “Areni-1 Cave: Prehistoric Life and Winemaking in the Arpa River Valley” — has been approved for inclusion in the World Heritage Tentative List. The nomination was prepared on the basis of a Memorandum of Cooperation previously signed between the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia, the Areni-1 Cave Research Foundation, and the public organization “Armenia Wine Tourism Council,” with funding provided by the public organization “Armenia Wine Tourism Council.” This is another successful example of public-private sector cooperation.

Both the newly registered nomination and all nominations registered in previous years are available on UNESCO’s website.

Thus, in addition to the 4 nominations registered in 1995 on UNESCO’s World Heritage Tentative List, Armenia has added 4 more as a result of consistent work over the past 3 years.