Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
English text of the treaty
Signed
16–23 November 1972
Location
Paris, France
Effective
17 December 1975
Condition
20 ratifications
Ratifiers
195 (191 UN member states plus the Cook Islands, the Holy See (Vatican City), Niue, and Palestine)
Depositary
Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Languages
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Hebrew, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish[1]
The World Heritage Convention, formally the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, is an international treaty signed on 23 November 1972, which created the World Heritage Sites, with the primary goals of nature conservation and the preservation and security of cultural properties. The convention, a signed document of international agreement, guides the work of the World Heritage Committee. It was developed over a seven-year period (1965–1972).
The convention defines which sites can be considered for inscription on the World Heritage List, sets out the duties of each country's governments to identify potential sites and to protect and preserve them. Signatory countries pledge to conserve their World Heritage sites, report regularly on the state of their conservation and if needed, to restore the sites. The convention also sets out how the World Heritage Fund is to be used and managed.[2]
It was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972, and signed by the President of General Conference of UNESCO, Toru Haguiwara, and the Director-General of UNESCO, René Maheu, on 23 November 1972. It is held in the archives of UNESCO.[2]
^Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage – Complete Text Archived 1 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine UNESCO. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ abCentre, UNESCO World Heritage (16 November 1972). "The World Heritage Convention". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
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