In order to apply for registration of a property as a cultural or natural heritage of UNESCO, an application for the UNESCO Tentative List should be submitted first.
Selection of a Heritage for ApplicationAfter full deliberation by the Cultural Properties Committee, the Office of Cultural Properties of Korea selects the heritage.
Submission of the Application to UNESCO by July 1Submission of three sets of the application in English following the prescribed form and of additional materials (photographs, slides, videotape, etc.)
1st Evaluation:Non-governmental organizations, such as the International Council of Monuments Sites (ICOMOS) or the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), dispatches experts on the nation concerned and makes evaluation after site evaluation.
The steering committee of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) examines the result of the first evaluation and makes one of the four following responses to the WHC:
The secretary general of WHC mails the report and evaluation made by the steering committee and requests any additional material needed from the country which applied for the heritage concerned. The secretary general of WHC requests the 21 member countries and ICOMOS to examine the submitted material and documentation.
Final Deliberation and Decision:The final deliberation, decision, and promulgation of the submitted heritage concerned takes place in the General Assembly of WHC.