3) Member states and special territories with no T-list (18):
Sao Tome, Equatorial Guinea, Niue, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Liberia, Brunei, Monaco, French Carribean (France), Chechnya (Russia), French Guyana (France), Faroe (Denmark), Man (UK), Bougainville (PNG), Marianas and Guam (USA), Falkland and St. Georgia (UK), Chagos (UK), Tokelau (NZ).

I would add Navajo Nation

My reasons are it is nearly 10 times larger than any other Native American reservation (same size as West Virginia). It has a very high level of autonomy, has its own president, flag, seal, and language. There are considerable natural and cultural sites that could be considered for world heritage status.

Cultural - Navajo National Monument, Hovenweep National Monument
Natural - Little Colorado River Gorge, Monument Valley, Antelope Canyon, Shiprock, Rainbow Bridge National Monument
Mixed - Canyon de Chelly National Monument

Bahamas

http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/
http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=en&pg=00024

I found this as well - so, with The Bahamas having now just ratified the "WH Convention", this site is one which has previously been "earmarked" as a potential WHS
Fort Fincastle
http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/portal/public/gov/government/news/AMMC%20Announces%20Cl ean%20Up%20To%20Declare%20Fort%20Fincastle%20A%20World%20Heritage%20Site/!ut/p/b1/vZT Jsps6AES_5X5ALmKWl9hMNjNIGNhQjL6AMWAwGH99uK-SekNVks1LpJVK3Tqq7pKIiAiI6JbM1SWZqu6WXD_X ERfTQDEEgYEGlDkBHDEt06wm0IpDboJwE4AfDAH826-wgNv8ti7YvEpZGvXN_yMB882vWIZz2LaBj_fgqBqaC A-QBipPnIlADZldAo1FloJ4vY6rMrTmLa_qDO1z

Seems a bit weak to me even with UNESCO bending over backwards to help!! Wiki only has 6 lines on it! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Fincastle

I hope there will be natural sites (Blue Hole, Pink Beach, Banks, bird islands).

Some possible candidates around the thematic colonial architecture, piracy, slavery and also Bimini Road, Columbus Landing Site...

Updated list:

1) Not in Unesco (11):
Liechtenstein, Kosovo (with a WHS)(Serbia), Northern Cyprus (Cyprus), Taiwan (China), Western Sahara (one T site) (Morocco), Transnistria (Moldova), Abkhazia (Georgia), South Ossetia (Georgia), Somaliland (Somalia), Azawad (with 3 WHS) (Mali), Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan).

2) Unesco members which didn't sign the WH convention (5):
South Sudan, Somalia, Timor Leste, Tuvalu, Nauru.

3) Member states and special territories with no T-list (20):
Sao Tome, Equatorial Guinea, Niue, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Liberia, Brunei, Monaco, Bahamas, French Carribean (France), Chechnya (Russia), French Guyana (France), Faroe (Denmark), Man (UK), Bougainville (PNG), Marianas and Guam (USA), Falkland and Southern Georgia (UK), Chagos (UK), Tokelau (NZ), Navajo Nation (USA).

4) Member states and special territories with T-list but no sites proposed (18):
Eritrea, Swaziland, Burundi, Comoros, Maldives, Tonga, Samoa, Bhutan, Trinidad Tobago, Antigua Barbuda, Grenada, St Vincent, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, British Caribbean (UK), Kuweit, Jan Mayen (Norway).

5) Member states and special territories with sites proposed but none inscribed not currently pursuing nomination (1):
Guyana

6) Member states and special territories with sites proposed but none inscribed currently pursuing nomination (9):
Myanmar (running 2014), Micronesia (Incompl 2010), Jamaica (running 2015), Guinea Bissau (Def 2013), Gibraltar (running 2016)(UK), Singapore (running 2015), Svalbard (running 2017)(Norway), Angola (running 2016), French Polynesia (running 2015)(France).

7) Member states and special territories with only trans-national sites inscribed not pursuing further nominations (3):
Guinea, Congo (Rep), Lesotho.

8) Member states and special territories with only trans-national sites inscribed pursuing further nominations (0):


9) Member states and special territories with only trans-national sites inscribed currently pursuing further nominations (2):
Zambia (running 2014), Moldova (Withd 2009) .

10) Member states and special territories with only one site inscribed and no tentative list (4):
Belize, Puerto Rico (USA), New Caledonia (France), West Papua (Indonesia).

11) Member states and special territories with only one site inscribed with a tentative list and not pursuing further nominations (18):
Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, Vanuatu, Cape Verde, Solomons, Mozambique, El Salvador, Andorra, Haiti, Togo, PNG, Burkina Faso, Greenland (Denmark), Dutch Caribbean (Netherlands), St. Helena (UK), Tibet (China), Fiji, Qatar.

12) Member states and special territories with only one site inscribed pursuing further nominations (3):
Gabon (Ref 2005), Paraguay (Rej 2005), Dominican Rep (Def 2005).

13) Member states and special territories with only one site inscribed currently pursuing further nominations (10):
Marshalls (Incompl 2010), Macedonia (Withd 2012), Palau (Incompl 2010), UAE (running 2014), Kyrgyzstan (running 2014), East Turkestan (running 2014) (China), Benin (running 2016), Uruguay (running 2015), Chad (Incomp 2015), Palestine (running 2014).

Updated list:

1) Not in Unesco (11):
Liechtenstein, Kosovo (with a WHS)(Serbia), Northern Cyprus (Cyprus), Taiwan (China), Western Sahara (one T site) (Morocco), Transnistria (Moldova), Abkhazia (Georgia), South Ossetia (Georgia), Somaliland (Somalia), Azawad (with 3 WHS) (Mali), Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan).

2) Unesco members which didn't sign the WH convention (5):
South Sudan, Somalia, Timor Leste, Tuvalu, Nauru.

3) Member states and special territories with no T-list (20):
Sao Tome, Equatorial Guinea, Niue, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Liberia, Brunei, Monaco, Bahamas, French Carribean (France), Chechnya (Russia), French Guyana (France), Faroe (Denmark), Man (UK), Bougainville (PNG), Marianas and Guam (USA), Falkland and Southern Georgia (UK), Chagos (UK), Tokelau (NZ), Navajo Nation (USA).

4) Member states and special territories with T-list but no sites proposed (17):
Eritrea, Swaziland, Burundi, Comoros, Tonga, Samoa, Bhutan, Trinidad Tobago, Antigua Barbuda, Grenada, St Vincent, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, British Caribbean (UK), Kuweit, Jan Mayen (Norway).

5) Member states and special territories with sites proposed but none inscribed not currently pursuing nomination (1):
Guyana

6) Member states and special territories with sites proposed but none inscribed currently pursuing nomination (9):
Maldives (running 2017), Micronesia (Incompl 2010), Jamaica (running 2015), Guinea Bissau (Def 2013), Gibraltar (running 2016)(UK), Singapore (running 2015), Svalbard (running 2017)(Norway), Angola (running 2016), French Polynesia (running 2015)(France).

7) Member states and special territories with only trans-national sites inscribed not pursuing further nominations (3):
Guinea, Congo (Rep), Lesotho.

8) Member states and special territories with only trans-national sites inscribed pursuing further nominations (0):


9) Member states and special territories with only trans-national sites inscribed currently pursuing further nominations (2):
Zambia (running 2014), Moldova (Withd 2009) .

10) Member states and special territories with only one site inscribed and no tentative list (4):
Belize, Puerto Rico (USA), New Caledonia (France), West Papua (Indonesia).

11) Member states and special territories with only one site inscribed with a tentative list and not pursuing further nominations (19):
Barbados, Myanmar, St. Kitts and Nevis, Vanuatu, Cape Verde, Solomons, Mozambique, El Salvador, Andorra, Haiti, Togo, PNG, Burkina Faso, Greenland (Denmark), Dutch Caribbean (Netherlands), St. Helena (UK), Tibet (China), Fiji, Qatar.

12) Member states and special territories with only one site inscribed pursuing further nominations (3):
Gabon (Ref 2005), Paraguay (Rej 2005), Dominican Rep (Def 2005).

13) Member states and special territories with only one site inscribed currently pursuing further nominations (7):
Marshalls (Incompl 2010), Macedonia (Withd 2012), Palau (Incompl 2010), UAE (referred 2014), Benin (running 2016), Uruguay (running 2015), Chad (Incomp 2015).

Glad to see Kyrgyzstan and Botswana out of this list, also Myanmar changing category. Hoping for Zambia also leaving next year. The representativeness of the WH List, grows. Not so glad about the procedures to inscribe the second palestinian site, but still that continues to alter the balance of distribution of WH around the world.

Sounds like the Kuwait Towers nomination may be progressing. Perhaps 2017?

http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2397431&language=en

To sum up, quite a lot of changes are underway.

1) First tentative lists are soon expected for: Sao Tome and Principe, Niue, Cook Islands, Brunei, Equatorial Guinea and Djibouti.

2) First nominations are soon expected for: Tonga, Maldives, Angola, Singapore, Kuwait, Gibraltar (UK) and maybe finally Jamaica.

3) El Salvador is to revise its T-list, so maybe a second nomination soon.
Myanmar and Rep. Congo are also currently working on a second nomination.

4) UAE, Chad, Uruguay and Benin are soon expected to have their second nomination.

Despite this, how many nominations will actually be put forth total? Maybe 30 or so, and then which ones make it to a WHC? 5-10?

Still, I do look forward to potential nominations from these missing countries.

Updated list:

1) Not in Unesco (11):
Liechtenstein, Kosovo (with a WHS)(Serbia), Northern Cyprus (Cyprus), Taiwan (China), Western Sahara (one T site) (Morocco), Transnistria (Moldova), Abkhazia (Georgia), South Ossetia (Georgia), Somaliland (Somalia), Azawad (with 3 WHS) (Mali), Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan).

2) Unesco members which didn't sign the WH convention (5):
South Sudan, Somalia, Timor Leste, Tuvalu, Nauru.

3) Member states and special territories with no T-list (19):
Sao Tome, Equatorial Guinea, Niue, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Liberia, Brunei, Monaco, Bahamas, Chechnya (Russia), French Guyana (France), Faroe (Denmark), Man (UK), Bougainville (PNG), Marianas and Guam (USA), Falkland and Southern Georgia (UK), Chagos (UK), Tokelau (NZ), Navajo Nation (USA).

4) Member states and special territories with T-list but no sites proposed (15):
Eritrea, Swaziland, Burundi, Comoros, Samoa, Bhutan, Trinidad Tobago, Antigua Barbuda, Grenada, St Vincent, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, French Caribbean (France), British Caribbean (UK), Jan Mayen and Svalbard (Norway).

5) Member states and special territories with sites proposed but none inscribed not currently pursuing nomination (2):
Guyana, Micronesia (Incompl 2010).

6) Member states and special territories with sites proposed but none inscribed currently pursuing nomination (9):
Maldives (running 2017), Jamaica (running 2015), Guinea Bissau (Def 2013), Gibraltar - UK (running 2016), Singapore (running 2015), Angola (running 2016), French Polynesia - France (running 2015), Tonga (running 2017), Kuwait (running 2017).

7) Member states and special territories with only trans-national sites inscribed not pursuing further nominations (3):
Guinea, Congo (Rep), Lesotho.

8) Member states and special territories with only trans-national sites inscribed with further sites proposed not currently pursuing further nominations (1):
Moldova (Withd 2007).

9) Member states and special territories with only trans-national sites inscribed currently pursuing further nominations (1):
Zambia (Def 2014).

10) Member states and special territories with only one site inscribed and no tentative list (4):
Belize, Puerto Rico (USA), New Caledonia (France), West Papua (Indonesia).

11) Member states and special territories with only one site inscribed with a tentative list not pursuing further nominations (18):
Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, Vanuatu, Cape Verde, Solomons, Mozambique, El Salvador, Andorra, Haiti, Togo, PNG, Burkina Faso, Greenland (Denmark), Dutch Caribbean (Netherlands), St. Helena (UK), Tibet (China), Fiji, Qatar.

12) Member states and special territories with only one site inscribed with further sites proposed not currently pursuing further nominations (5):
Gabon (Ref 2005), Paraguay (Rej 2005), Dominican Rep (Def 2005), Marshalls (Incompl 2010), Palau (Incompl 2010),

13) Member states and special territories with only one site inscribed currently pursuing further nominations (6):
Macedonia (Withd 2012), UAE (referred 2014), Benin (running 2016), Uruguay (running 2015), Chad (Incompl 2015), Myanmar (running 2016).

1) Not in Unesco (11):
Liechtenstein, Kosovo (with a WHS)(Serbia), Northern Cyprus (Cyprus), Taiwan (China), Western Sahara (one T site) (Morocco), Transnistria (Moldova), Abkhazia (Georgia), South Ossetia (Georgia), Somaliland (Somalia), Azawad (with 3 WHS) (Mali), Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan).

2) Unesco members which didn't sign the WH convention (5):
South Sudan, Somalia, Timor Leste, Tuvalu, Nauru.

3) Member states and special territories with no T-list (18):
Sao Tome, Equatorial Guinea, Niue, Cook Islands, Liberia, Brunei, Monaco, Bahamas, Chechnya (Russia), French Guyana (France), Faroe (Denmark), Man (UK), Bougainville (PNG), Marianas and Guam (USA), Falkland and Southern Georgia (UK), Chagos (UK), Tokelau (NZ), Navajo Nation (USA).

4) Member states and special territories with T-list but no sites proposed (15):
Eritrea, Swaziland, Burundi, Comoros, Samoa, Bhutan, Trinidad Tobago, Antigua Barbuda, Grenada, St Vincent, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Djibouti, French Caribbean (France), British Caribbean (UK), Jan Mayen and Svalbard (Norway).

5) Member states and special territories with sites proposed but none inscribed not currently pursuing nomination (3):
Guyana, Micronesia (Incompl 2010), Guinea Bissau (Def 2013).

6) Member states and special territories with sites proposed but none inscribed currently pursuing nomination (8):
Maldives (running 2017), Jamaica (running 2015), , Gibraltar - UK (running 2016), Singapore (running 2015), Angola (running 2016), French Polynesia - France (running 2015), Tonga (running 2017), Kuwait (running 2017).

7) Member states and special territories with only trans-national sites inscribed not pursuing further nominations (3):
Guinea, Congo (Rep), Lesotho.

8) Member states and special territories with only trans-national sites inscribed with further sites proposed not currently pursuing further nominations (1):
Moldova (Withd 2007).

9) Member states and special territories with only trans-national sites inscribed currently pursuing further nominations (1):
Zambia (Def 2014).

10) Member states and special territories with only one site inscribed and no tentative list (4):
Belize, Puerto Rico (USA), New Caledonia (France), West Papua (Indonesia).

11) Member states and special territories with only one site inscribed with a tentative list not pursuing further nominations (18):
Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, Vanuatu, Cape Verde, Solomons, Mozambique, El Salvador, Andorra, Haiti, Togo, PNG, Burkina Faso, Greenland (Denmark), Dutch Caribbean (Netherlands), St. Helena (UK), Tibet (China), Fiji, Qatar.

12) Member states and special territories with only one site inscribed with further sites proposed not currently pursuing further nominations (6):
Gabon (Ref 2005), Paraguay (Rej 2005), Dominican Rep (Def 2005), Marshalls (Incompl 2010), Palau (Incompl 2010), Macedonia (Withd 2012).

13) Member states and special territories with only one site inscribed currently pursuing further nominations (5):
UAE (running 2016), Benin (running 2016), Uruguay (running 2015), Chad (Incompl 2015), Myanmar (running 2016).