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Basic Texts of the 1972 World Heritage Convention, Edition 2005
Edition 2005 Budapest Declaration on World Heritage Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention Rules of Procedure of the Intergovernmental Committee ...

Booklet, 10th Anniversary of the France-UNESCO Convention
Booklet to enhance 10 years of active work in the field conservation and cultural development released by the World Heritage Center, Special projects Unit. This UNESCO booklet was prepared thanks to the support of the French Government: Ministère des Affaires ...

Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage
Originally published in 2007 in English, this publication has now been reprinted for the third time in English and translated into French and Spanish. It presents twenty-six case studies from selected natural and cultural World Heritage sites in order to illustrate the ...

Handbook on Cultural Heritage and Local Development for African Local Governments Published
The handbook "Cultural heritage and local development: A Guide for African local governments" was created in response to the request formulated during the special session 'Africans towns and heritage', organised by the World Heritage Centre and the France-UNESCO Co-operation ...

OWHC Case Studies on the Conservation and Management of Historic Cities
Reconciling Heritage Conservation and Urban Development The Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) holds a specific responsibility for the promotion and implementation of the World Heritage Convention in its Member Cities. Given this responsibility and based on the ...

The Inventory of the historic city of Sana'a: a tool for urban conservation
This publication documents the main outcomes of the studies undertaken in 2003 - 2006, by UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and the General Organisation for the Preservation of the Historic Cities of Yemen (GOPHCY), in order to establish appropriate conservation measures for ...

The World Heritage Brochure
The World Heritage Brochure

The World Heritage Convention, twenty years later
This study, undertaken on 10 June and revised on 4 December 1992 on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, has been graciously delivered to UNESCO by its author, Léon Pressouyre. Considering that it is of great interest to upcoming ...

UNESCO World Heritage Desk Diary
Featuring a useful week-at-a-glance design, it is illustrated with colour photos of World Heritage sites, each accompanied with a short caption. It also introduces the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage; its objectives, the selection ...

World Heritage 2002, shared legacy, common responsibility
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972), UNESCO with the support of the Government of Italy, organized an International Congress, ...

World Heritage and the Arctic
This publication presents the outcome and recommendations of the International Expert Meeting on World Heritage and the Arctic, which took place from 30 November to 1 December 2007 in Narvik, Norway. Representatives from the eight States Parties of the UNESCO World Heritage ...

World Heritage Information Kit
Mission Statement Heritage: A Gift from the Past to the Future A Brief History The Convention and its Committee The World Heritage Fund The Nomination Process The Global Strategy List of World Heritage in Danger Success Stories Sustainable Tourism Partnerships ...

World Heritage Paper Series
World Heritage Paper Series launched in 2002 in an effort to publish a series on various World Heritage subjects, the series will include: papers related to World Heritage issues; reports from seminars, workshops and meetings; and manuals aimed at facilitating the ...

World Heritage Reports n°22 - Climate Change and World Heritage
In May 2007 the Report on predicting and managing the impacts of climate change on World Heritage and Strategy to assist States Parties to implement appropriate management responses were published as "World Heritage Reports n°22 - Climate Change and World Heritage." ...

World Heritage: Challenges for the Millennium
This publication provides analysis of more than three decades of the implementation of the World Heritage Convention and highlights a number of its successes and challenges. The result of a collective effort of many partners and professionals, it provides a wealth of ...

Other resources
Resources on World Heritage Education that have been developed by UNESCO and partner organizations.   WHE Brochures UNESCO Young People's World Heritage Education Project ENG FR SP World Heritage, Today and Tomorrow, With Young People ...

The restoration of King Gbehanzin Palace – Royal Palaces of Abomey
Edited by Junzo Kawada, Published by CRATerre-ENSAG and UNESCO World Heritage Centre. This publication describes the first restoration project of a World Heritage site in Benin, financed through a cooperation agreement between Japan and UNESCO. It contains articles by the ...

Publication: Rehabilitation of the Saint Sebastian Fortress, Island of Mozambique
This colourful brochure published by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre illustrates the background, aims, results and challenges of the rehabilitation project of the Saint Sebastian Fortress on the World Heritage site Island of Mozambique. It marks the conclusion of the first ...