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.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
World Heritage Convention 21
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage 11
UNESCO World Heritage Convention canonical 10

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 (58)

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

UNESCO World Heritage Site → definedBy → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site → hasLegalBasisIn → 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 → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention framework
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
Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention → legalBasis → 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
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 Programme → hasLegalInstrument → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
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
UNESCO World Heritage Convention → shortName → UNESCO World Heritage Convention self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
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 Committee → appliesConvention → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
World Heritage Committee → establishedBy → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
States Parties to the World Heritage Convention → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
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
World Heritage Fund → establishedBy → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
World Heritage Fund → relatedTo → 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
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
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
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
Europe and North America → hasLegalFramework → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area → hasProtectionStatus → 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
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region → governedBy → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
World Heritage Sites in Indonesia → governedBy → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
UNESCO cultural criteria (v) → isCriterionOf → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 → relatedTo → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
World Heritage Sites in England → governedBy → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage system
General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention → legalBasis → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention → establishedBy → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention (1972)
UNESCO World Heritage site Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila → governedBy → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
subject surface form: Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila
UNESCO cultural criteria (iv) → definedBy → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage buffer boundary → associatedWith → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List (Turkey) → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Convention framework
UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List (Turkey) → legalBasis → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage → relatedTo → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
UNESCO World Heritage tentative list (Droogmakerij de Beemster and related works context) → relatedTo → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
WHC → legalBasis → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
subject surface form: World Heritage Centre
this entity surface form: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
WHC → legalBasis → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
subject surface form: World Heritage Centre
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
Latin America and the Caribbean (Canada listing region) → relatedTo → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in Spain → governedBy → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City World Heritage Site buffer zone → relatedTo → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site "Works of Antoni Gaudí" → governedBy → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
subject surface form: Works of Antoni Gaudí
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention
UNESCO World Heritage designation of Bauhaus sites → basedOn → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Convention of 1972
World Heritage Sites in France → governedByConvention → UNESCO World Heritage Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage