CIRCULAR LETTER TO THE PERMANENT DELEGATIONS
       OF STATES PARTIES TO THE WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION



Reference: Circular Letter WHC n° 1-97




Madam/Sir,

     Please find herewith three copies of The World Neritage
Convention, twenty years later, by Professor Léon Pressouyre,
which is the English translation of the French original published
in I993.

     We would be grateful if you could forward two copies to your
National Commission for UNESCO and to your national authorities
in charge of the implementation of the World Heritage Convention.

     We thank you in advance for your kind cooperation.

     Please accept, Madam/Sir, the assurances of our highest
consideration.




                           Bernd von Droste
                               Director
                        World Heritage Centre