PARIS, Nov. 25 -- TANZANIA has been elected to join the World Heritage Committee for a period of five years from 2025-2029.

Tanzania won the seat in the first round of the election during the 25th Session of the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, on Monday.

The most significant feature of the 1972 World Heritage Convention is that it links together in a single document the concepts of nature conservation and the preservation of cultural properties.

The Convention recognises the way in which people interact with nature, and the fundamental need to preserve the balance between the two.

The Convention defines the kind of natural or cultural sites which can be...