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1.
The World Heritage Convention: The Concept of Outstanding Universal Value
https://whc.unesco.org/en/events/118
Kazan, Republic of Tartarstan, Russian Federation,The World Heritage Committee at its 28th Session requested the World Heritage Centre to convene a special meeting of experts of all regions on the concept of outstanding universal value as used for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention. The World Heritage List includes 788 properties of great diversity in ...
Events Score 14.823339 Date 04/2005
2.
WHC/21/44.COM/8E Adoption of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/187997
WHC/21/44.COM/8E
Documents Score 14.751197 Date 06/2021
3.
WHC/19/43.COM/8E Adoption of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/173604
WHC/19/43.COM/8E
Documents Score 14.697081 Date 05/2019
4.
WHC-14/38.COM/8E Adoption of Retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/128792
WHC-14/38.COM/8E
Documents Score 14.663684 Date 04/2014
5.
WHC/16/40.COM/8E.Rev Adoption of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/142194
WHC/16/40.COM/8E.Rev
Documents Score 14.663684 Date 06/2016
6.
WHC/17/41.COM/8E Adoption of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/157734
WHC/17/41.COM/8E
Documents Score 14.663684 Date 05/2017
7.
WHC/18/42.COM/8E Adoption of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/167863
WHC/18/42.COM/8E
Documents Score 14.663684 Date 05/2018
8.
WHC-/39.COM/8E.Rev Adoption of Retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/137333
WHC-/39.COM/8E.Rev
Documents Score 14.597343 Date 06/2015
9.
Natural/cultural/mixed
https://whc.unesco.org/en/faq/319
Cultural heritage is defined in Article 1 of the World Heritage Convention. 'For the purposes of this Convention, the following shall be considered as "cultural heritage"; - monuments: architectural works, works of monumental sculpture and painting, elements or structures of an archaeological nature, inscriptions, cave dwellings and combinations of features, which are of ...
FAQ Score 14.5525 Date 11/2022
10.
Illustrations of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas.
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/143482
Documents Score 14.538921
11.
Natural heritage
https://whc.unesco.org/en/faq/318
The World Heritage Convention defines natural heritage as: natural features consisting of physical and biological formations or groups of such formations, which are of Outstanding Universal Value from the aesthetic or scientific point of view; geological and physiographical formations and precisely delineated areas which constitute the habitat of threatened species of ...
FAQ Score 14.4754505 Date 11/2022
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WHC/18/42.COM/8E.Add Addendum Adoption of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/168022
WHC/18/42.COM/8E.Add
Documents Score 14.412615 Date 05/2018
13.
WHC/19/43.COM/8E.Add Adoption of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/174730
WHC/19/43.COM/8E.Add
Documents Score 14.412615 Date 06/2019
14.
WHC-13/37.COM/8E.ADD Adoption of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/123407
WHC-13/37.COM/8E.ADD
Documents Score 14.37249 Date 06/2013
15.
WHC-12/36.COM/8E Adoption of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/117094
WHC-12/36.COM/8E
Documents Score 14.332588 Date 06/2012
16.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171144
Documents Score 14.297332
17.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171145
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
18.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171146
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
19.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171147
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
20.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171148
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
21.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171149
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
22.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171150
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
23.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171151
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
24.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171152
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
25.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171153
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
26.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171154
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
27.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171155
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
28.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171156
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
29.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171157
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
30.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171158
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
31.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171159
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
32.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171160
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
33.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171161
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
34.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171162
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
35.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171163
Documents Score 14.297332
36.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171168
Documents Score 14.297332
37.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171169
Documents Score 14.297332
38.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171171
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
39.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171172
Documents Score 14.297332
40.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171173
Documents Score 14.297332
41.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171174
Documents Score 14.297332
42.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171175
Documents Score 14.297332
43.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171176
Documents Score 14.297332
44.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171177
Documents Score 14.297332
45.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171178
Documents Score 14.297332
46.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171179
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
47.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171180
Documents Score 14.297332
48.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171181
Documents Score 14.297332
49.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171182
Documents Score 14.297332
50.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171183
Documents Score 14.297332
51.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171184
Documents Score 14.297332
52.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171191
Documents Score 14.297332 Date 12/2018
53.
Expert Meeting “Protecting sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas: the practical modalities”
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/171192
Documents Score 14.297332
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WHC-10/34.COM/8E Adoption of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/104455
WHC-10/34.COM/8E
Documents Score 14.292906 Date 06/2010
55.
Expert Meeting on European Cultural Landscapes of Outstanding Universal Value, Vienna, Austria, 21 April 1996
https://whc.unesco.org/en/events/1109
Vienna, Austria,Expert Meeting on European Cultural Landscapes of Outstanding Universal Value, Vienna, Austria, 21 April 1996
Events Score 14.270983 Date 04/1996
56.
Note 1 – Identifying and mapping attributes that convey the Outstanding Universal Value of a World Heritage property
https://whc.unesco.org/en/wind-energy/note1
Note 1 – Identifying and mapping attributes that convey the Outstanding Universal Value of a World Heritage property
Activities Score 14.218576 Date 04/2025
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WHC-10/34.COM/8E.Add Adoption of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/104629
WHC-10/34.COM/8E.Add
Documents Score 14.214199 Date 07/2010
58.
WHC-10/34.COM/INF.7A Compendium on the Statements of Significance and of Outstanding Universal Value for World Heritage properties inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger and discussed for in-Danger listing
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/104459
WHC-10/34.COM/INF.7A
Documents Score 14.149254 Date 06/2010
59.
WHC-12/36.COM/INF.7A Compendium on the Statements of Significance and of Outstanding Universal Value for World Heritage properties inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger and discussed for in-Danger listing
https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/117092
WHC-12/36.COM/INF.7A
Documents Score 14.149254 Date 06/2012
60.
Outstanding Universal Value
https://whc.unesco.org/en/faq/327
Outstanding Universal Value, or ‘OUV’ is described in Paragraph 49 of the Operational Guidelines as: ‘cultural and/or natural significance which is so exceptional as to transcend national boundaries and to be of common importance for present and future generations of all humanity. As such, the permanent protection of this heritage is of the highest importance to the ...
FAQ Score 14.136354 Date 11/2022
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