PENGIKTIRAFAN WARISAN DUNIA
Jabatan Warisan Negara memainkan peranan penting untuk memartabat dan mengangkat khazanah warisan negara ke peringkat dunia dalam usaha memelihara dan melindungi asset negara yang tidak ternilai untuk tatapan masyarakat dalam dan luar negara serta generasi akan datang. Ini juga adalah selaras dengan matlamat Kementerian Pelancongan Seni dan Budaya Malaysia dalam mempromosikan keunikan khazanah warisan negara sebagai produk pelancongan bertaraf dunia. Sehingga kini Malaysia telah berjaya mendapat beberapa pengiktirafan peringkat antarabangsa di bawah Pertubuhan Sains, Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (UNESCO) iaitu Tapak Warisan Dunia UNESCO, Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity dan Memory of the World. Malaysia juga pernah terpilih untuk menyumbang kepakaran dalam bidang warisan sebagai Ahli World Heritage Committee UNESCO bagi tempoh 2011 hingga 2015 dan baru-baru ini Malaysia telah berjaya menduduki kerusi Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage bermula 2022 sehingga 2026.
WORLD HERITAGE RECOGNITION
The Department of National Heritage plays an important role in enhancing the status of the national heritage and elevating it to the international level, in an effort to preserve these invaluable national assets, for the appreciation of the local and foreign communities and future generations. This is also in line with the objective of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia to promote our unique national heritage treasures as world class tourism products. To date, Malaysia has obtained recognition at the international level under The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) as World Heritage Sites, Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and Memory of the World. Malaysia was also elected as a member of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO for the period from 2011 to 2015 to contribute expertise on heritage to the prestigious body. Currently Malaysia is the State Member of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage from 2022 until 2026.
