REF.: WHC/3/CL4 
 
Permanent Delegations 
cc: National Commission for UNESCO 
 
CIRCULAR LETTER TO STATES PARTIES OF THE WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION 


Sir/Madam, 

        Subject: Plaques to commemorate the inclusion of properties in 
                 the World Heritage List 
 
     As you know, paragraph 126 of the Operational Guidelines for the 
Implementation of the World Heritage Convention recommends strongly that 
on each site inscribed on the World Heritage List, plaques to 
commemorate the inscription be apposed at a place most appropriate. 
Each plaque must bear the logos of UNESCO and the World Heritage 
Convention, with a reference to the date of inscription of the site, so 
that the public can be informed of its outstanding universal value and 
made aware of the need for its long-term preservation. 

     Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, has requested that 
these plaques be systematically produced and installed in each site 
inscribed on the World Heritage List. 
 
     We should, therefore, be grateful if you could let us know before 
1 October 1996, what are the properties in your country inscribed on the 
World Heritage List on which plaques have already been apposed, as well 
as the measures foreseen to install them on those sites on which they 
are still missing. 
 
     With many thanks in advance for your kind cooperation in this 
matter, please accept Sir/Madam, the assurances of my highest 
consideration. 

                                         Bernd von Droste 
                                         Director 
                                         World Heritage Centre 
BvD:nd 

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