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This is embodied in an international treaty called the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by UNESCO in 1972. What makes the concept of World ...

I look forward to doing this with you. On behalf of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, I would like to thank you for all your support of World Heritage. Happy 50th anniversary to the World Heritage ...

The aim of the World Heritage Convention, adopted at UNESCO in 1972, is to recognize cultural and natural assets of outstanding universal value as belonging to the heritage of all humanity and to ...

Locations deemed World Heritage sites are of "outstanding universal value to humanity" and should be "protected for future generations to appreciate and enjoy," according to Unesco. The ...