UNESCO World Heritage Convention

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UNESCO convention international treaty multilateral environmental agreement

The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is an international treaty adopted in 1972 that establishes a framework for identifying, protecting, and preserving cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value around the world.

Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form As subject As object
World Heritage Convention 0 10
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage 0 8
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage 0 4
1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage 0 1
Articles of the World Heritage Convention 0 1
UNESCO 1972 World Heritage Convention 0 1
UNESCO Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage 0 1
World Heritage Convention framework 0 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO convention →
international treaty →
multilateral environmental agreement →
administeredBy World Heritage Centre →
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Centre
adoptedBy General Conference of UNESCO →
surface form: UNESCO General Conference

UNESCO →
surface form: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
adoptionDate 1972-11-16 →
adoptionPlace Paris →
adoptionSession 17th session of the UNESCO General Conference →
advisoryBody ICCROM →
International Council on Monuments and Sites →
surface form: ICOMOS

IUCN →
ICCROM →
surface form: International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property

International Council on Monuments and Sites →
IUCN →
surface form: International Union for Conservation of Nature
cameIntoForceOn 1975-12-17 →
criteriaType cultural heritage criteria →
mixed cultural and natural criteria →
natural heritage criteria →
definesConcept UNESCO World Heritage Site →
surface form: World Heritage
depositary Director-General of UNESCO →
establishesBody World Heritage Committee →
establishesFund World Heritage Fund →
establishesList List of World Heritage in Danger →
UNESCO World Heritage Site →
surface form: World Heritage List
fullName UNESCO World Heritage Convention self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
goal ensure collective protection of cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value →
promote international cooperation in heritage conservation →
governedByBody World Heritage Committee →
headquartersLocation Paris →
keyConcept outstanding universal value →
language Arabic →
Chinese →
English →
French →
Russian →
Spanish →
legalStatus binding on States Parties →
obligatesPartiesTo identify heritage within their territory →
protect and conserve World Heritage properties →
report on the state of conservation of World Heritage properties →
openTo member states of UNESCO →
non-member states invited by UNESCO General Conference →
providesFor international assistance for heritage protection →
periodic reporting →
relatedInstrument Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention →
shortName UNESCO World Heritage Convention self-linksurface differs →
surface form: World Heritage Convention
subjectMatter protection of cultural heritage →
protection of natural heritage →
supportedByBody Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee →
World Heritage Centre →

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Heritage Committee → appliesConvention → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
WHS → associatedWith → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee → basedOn → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
UNESCO World Heritage Programme → basedOn → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
UNESCO World Heritage Site → definedBy → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
World Heritage Committee → establishedBy → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
World Heritage Fund → establishedBy → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
UNESCO World Heritage Convention → fullName → UNESCO World Heritage Convention self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region → governedBy → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
World Heritage Sites in Belgium → governedByConvention → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
States Parties to the World Heritage Convention → hasLegalBasis → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
UNESCO World Heritage Site → hasLegalBasisIn → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
Europe and North America → hasLegalFramework → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
UNESCO World Heritage Programme → hasLegalInstrument → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area → hasProtectionStatus → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
List of World Heritage in Danger → legalBasis → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
List of World Heritage in Danger → legalBasis → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
this entity surface form: Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
UNESCO World Heritage tentative list → legalBasis → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
World Heritage Centre → legalBasis → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
World Heritage Centre → legalBasis → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
World Heritage Fund → legalBasis → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: Articles of the World Heritage Convention
List of World Heritage in Danger → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention framework
States Parties to the World Heritage Convention → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
UNESCO culture programmes → relatedTo → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: UNESCO Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
UNESCO culture programmes → relatedTo → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: UNESCO 1972 World Heritage Convention
World Heritage Fund → relatedTo → UNESCO World Heritage Convention →
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
UNESCO World Heritage Convention → shortName → UNESCO World Heritage Convention self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention