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UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE World CULTURAL AND NATURAL Heritage Adopted by the General Conference at its seventeenth session Paris, 16 november 1972 English Text 1 CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE World CULTURAL AND NATURAL Heritage The General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization meeting in Paris from 17 October to 21 November 1972, at its seventeenth session, Noting that the cultural Heritage and the natural Heritage are increasingly threatened with destruction not only by the traditional causes of decay, but also by changing social and economic conditions which aggravate the situation with even more formidable phenomena of damage or destruction, Considering that deterioration or disappearance o
and natural heritage mentioned in Articles 1 and 2 is situated, and without prejudice to property right provided by national legislation, the States Parties to this Convention recognize that such heritage constitutes a world heritage for whose protection it is the duty of the international community as a whole to co-operate. 2.
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