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World Heritage siteAny of various areas or objects designated as having “outstanding universal value” under the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. This convention, adopted by UNESCO in 1972, provides for international cooperation in preserving and protecting cultural and natural treasures throughout the world. Each site on the list is under strict legal protection by the government of the nation in which it is situated. Among the cultural sites are many of the world's most famous buildings. The ratio of cultural to natural sites on the list is roughly three to one. |
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| Yellowstone National Park, the Grand Canyon, and the Statue of Liberty have been designated as World Heritage Sites under the 1972 Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, better known as the UNESCO World Heritage Convention. 81) Article 6 of the World Heritage Convention places an obligation on member states to cooperate to identify and conserve world heritage sites, and prohibits "deliberate measures which might damage directly or indirectly" cultural or natural heritage located in any country. Potala Palace Management Office 2002, "Periodic Report on the Application of the World Heritage Convention," Lhasa, 5 September. |
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