( CNN ) -- Nineteen new sites have been added to UNESCO 's World Heritage list -- the top honor for monuments , buildings , sites or natural features `` of outstanding universal value . '' The UNESCO ( United Nations Educational , Scientific and Cultural Organization ) World Heritage Committee is meeting in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh for its 37th annual session . A reported 34 sites were up for consideration . Though Italy and China lead the pack with two new inscriptions apiece , it 's been a particularly exciting year for Qatar and Fiji , which are now celebrating the addition of their first World Heritage sites . Qatar 's walled coastal town of Al Zubarah in the Gulf and Fiji 's Levuka Historical Port Town were both announced as new additions on Saturday . Other notable new inscriptions include Japan 's Mount Fuji , Namibia 's Namib Sand Sea , the Red Bay Basque Whaling Station in Canada and North Korea 's Kaesong Fortress . Here 's the full list of 19 sites granted UNESCO World Heritage status by the committee : . 1 . Xinjiang Tianshan ( China ) 2 . Mount Etna ( Italy ) 3 . El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve ( Mexico ) 4 . Namib Sand Sea ( Namibia ) 5 . Tajik National Park ( Tajikistan ) 6 . Red Bay Basque Whaling Station ( Canada ) 7 . Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces ( China ) 8 . Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong ( North Korea ) 9 . Levuka Historical Port Town ( Fiji ) 10 . Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe ( Germany ) 11 . Hill Forts of Rajashtan ( India ) 12 . Golestan Palace ( Iran ) 13 . Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany ( Italy ) 14 . Fujisan , sacred place and source of artistic inspiration ( Japan ) 15 . Historic Centre of Agadez ( Niger ) 16 . Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine ( Poland / Ukraine ) 17 . University of Coimbra -- Alta and Sofia ( Portugal ) 18 . Al Zubarah Archaeological Site ( Qatar ) 19 . Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora ( Ukraine ) The UNESCO World Heritage List features 981 sites from 160 countries that are party to the World Heritage Convention . Of these , 759 are cultural , 193 natural and 29 mixed properties . Meanwhile , the UNESCO committee made a few changes to its `` List of World Heritage in Danger . '' Iran 's Bam citadel was removed from the danger list while East Rennell of the Solomon Island was added , along with the six World Heritage sites of Syria . UNESCO 's World Heritage Committee has put off its decision on whether to place the Great Barrier Reef on the in danger list until 2014 . More on CNN : . 20 of the world 's most beautiful World Heritage Sites . World 's best unknown hike : Japan 's Kumano Kodo . What 's the big deal about having a UNESCO World Heritage Site .
Kaeson Fortress gives 15 sites UNESCO Committee status . Japan 's Mount Fuji , Qatar Kaeson Fortress added to list . First inscriptions for Fiji , North Korea 's .