World Heritage Committee
Comité du patrimoine mondial
Comité del Patrimonio Mundial
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Founded
1976-11 Nairobi Kenya
History
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Ensure the identification, protection, conservation, presentation and transmission to future generations of the cultural and natural heritage, including monuments, groups of buildings and cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value, from the point of view of history, art or science, inscribing them on the 'World Heritage List'; designate on a 'List of World Heritage in Danger' those sites already on the main List which are severely threatened by specific dangers and may require urgent measures; determine measures needed for the safeguarding of World Heritage sites in countries whose own resources are insufficient and allocate resources for this purpose from the World Heritage Fund.
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Links with: F-XB1478 - International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM); F-XF5114 - International Geoscience Programme (IGCP); E-XE8372 - UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Links with: B-XB1748 - International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS); A-XA2654 - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).
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- Geography → Nature
- Societal Problems → Protection
- Culture → Culture
- Conservation → Conservation
- Aesthetics → Heritage
- Aesthetics → Monuments
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE2358
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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