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1 - General Policies Regarding the World Heritage Convention

1.3 - Shared Responsibility and International Cooperation

Resolution 23 GA 10

"3. [The General Assembly recalls] that the “Declaration of principles to promote international solidarity and cooperation to preserve World Heritage” is not legally binding, but that stakeholders are called upon to honour its contents."

https://whc.unesco.org/archive/2021/whc21-23ga-13-en.pdf

https://whc.unesco.org/document/190279/p=code2021

Theme:	1.3.1 - General
Resolution:	23 GA 10

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1 - General Policies Regarding the World Heritage Convention

Decision of the World Heritage Committee 41 COM 5C

8. "[The World Heritage Committee] calls upon States Parties to ensure that sustainable development principles are mainstreamed into their national processes related to World Heritage, in full respect of the Outstanding Universal Value of World Heritage properties."

Theme:	1.4 - Heritage policies at national level
Decision:	41 COM 5C

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1 - General Policies Regarding the World Heritage Convention

Decision of the World Heritage Committee 43 COM 5C

4. "[The World Heritage Committee] (...) requests the States Parties to take a systematic and holistic approach to mainstreaming the WH-SDP [(Policy Document for the integration of a sustainable development perspective into the processes of the World Heritage Convention)] into their national and local policies, processes, and initiatives related to the implementation of the Convention and to development in and around World Heritage properties."