Historical Development of the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention

Date	Ttitle	Committee/ Bureau Reference
30 June 1977	Operational Guidelines for the World Heritage Committee [28 paras.]
20 October 1977	Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention [27 paras.]
1978	Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention (adopted by the Committee at its first session and amended at its second session) [30 paras.] Orientations devant guider la mise en oeuvre de la Convention du patrimoine mondial (adoptées par le Comité lors de sa première session et amendées à sa deuxième session)
21 April 1980	Revised text of the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention
17 July 1980	Revised text of the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention
October 1980	Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention [66 paras.] Orientations devant guider la mise en oeuvre de la Convention du patrimoine mondial	1980 Comm.
November 1983	Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention [99 paras.]	1982 Comm.
January 1984	Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention [99 paras.] Orientations devant guider la mise en oeuvre de la Convention du patrimoine mondial	1983 Bur. 1983 Comm.
January 1987	Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention [113 paras.] Orientations devant guider la mise en oeuvre de la Convention du patrimoine mondial	1986 Comm.
December 1988	Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention [112 paras.] Orientations devant guider la mise en oeuvre de la Convention du patrimoine mondial	1983 Bur. 1988 Comm.
27 March 1992	Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention [117 paras.] Orientations devant guider la mise en oeuvre de la Convention du patrimoine mondial	1991 Bur. 1991 Comm.
February 1994	Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention [132 paras.] Orientations devant guider la mise en oeuvre de la Convention du patrimoine mondial	1993 Comm.
February 1995	Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention [140 paras.]	1994 Bur. 1994 Comm.
February 1996	Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention [139 paras.]	1995 Bur. 1995 Comm.
February 1997; reprinted 2/98	Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention [139 paras.] Orientations devant guider la mise en oeuvre de la Convention du patrimoine mondial	1996 Comm.
March 1999	Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention [139 paras.] Changes to the 1997 Guidelines Orientations devant guider la mise en oeuvre de la Convention du patrimoine mondial Changes to the 1997 Orientations	1998 Comm.
July 2002	Provisional Revision: Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention [139 paras.] Révision provisoire: Orientations devant guider la mise en oeuvre de la Convention du patrimoine mondial	2002 Comm.
2005	Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention Arabic English French Hebrew Japanese Spanish
January 2008	Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention English French