Declaration of principles to promote international solidarity and cooperation to preserve World Heritage

WHC/21/23.GA/INF.10

This document is presented in conformity with Resolution 22 GA 10, by which the General Assembly established an open-ended working group of States Parties to the Convention, with the mandate to develop a Code of Conduct, or a Statement of Ethical Principles or equivalent text. The General Assembly requested the Open-ended working group of State Parties to submit at its 23rd session a draft Code of Conduct, or a Statement of Ethical Principles or equivalent text. This document presents such a text entitled “Declaration of principles to promote international solidarity and cooperation to preserve World Heritage”, as finalized by the Open-ended working group.

This document should be read in conjunction with Document WHC/21/23.GA/10, which contains the Report of the Open-ended working group of States Parties.