First article

In this Convention, following the for "cultural heritage": from the historical, artistic or scientific point of view of the outstanding universal value of the buildings, monumental sculpture and painting, with archaeological nature composition or structure, inscriptions, caves and combinations of; from the historical, artistic or scientific point of architectural style, distribution, or combined with the landscape in with outstanding universal value of separate or connected building groups; from historical, aesthetic, ethnological or anthropological point of has the outstanding universal value of the human engineering or the nature and Man United Engineering and test the ancient address and other places.

Second article

In this Convention, all of the following as "natural heritage". From the aesthetic or scientific point of view has outstanding universal value by the material and biological structure or the structure group composition of natural appearance; from the point of view of science or conservation see is of outstanding universal value of the geological and geographical structure, and clearly classified as threatened animals and plants of the habitat area; from the perspective of science, conservation or natural beauty look with outstanding universal value of natural scenic spots or a clear division of natural areas.

Third article

The States parties to this Convention may, on their own, determine and divide the cultural and natural property mentioned in the territory of the state, as mentioned in the above first and second.

National protection and international protection of cultural and natural heritage [2]

Fourth article

States parties to this Convention acknowledge, ensure that the cultural and natural heritage of the cultural and natural heritage within the territory of the state in the first and second shall be determined, protected, preserved, displayed and inherited by future generations. The country will do its utmost to make best use of its resources and to make use of international assistance and cooperation in the field of international assistance and cooperation, especially in the areas of finance, art, science and technology.

Fifth article

To protect, preserve and display the cultural and natural heritage of the territory of the country

World culture and natural heritage

All take positive and effective measures, the States parties to this Convention shall be considered the country’s specific condition to do the following,

(a) the general policy on the protection of cultural and natural heritage by a certain role in social life and the protection of the heritage into the overall planning of the overall planning;

(b) if the country has not yet established a body responsible for the protection, preservation and display of cultural and natural heritage, the establishment of one or more such institutions, equipped with appropriate staff and the means required to perform their functions;

(c) the development of science and technology research, and the development of a practical way to resist the threat of the natural heritage of the country;

(d) to take appropriate legal, scientific, technical, administrative and financial measures necessary for the determination, protection, preservation, display and restoration of such heritage;

(E) to promote the establishment or development of a national or regional training centre for the protection, preservation and display of cultural and natural heritage, and to encourage scientific research in this area.

Sixth article

1. States parties to this Convention, in full respect referred to in Article 1 and Article 2 of the cultural and natural heritage of the host country’s sovereignty, does not make the provisions of national legislation of property damage and, at the same time, admit that heritage is a part of the world heritage. Therefore, the international community as a whole have responsibility to cooperate to be protected.

2 in accordance with the provisions of this Convention, States parties shall, in accordance with the requirements of the relevant state, help the country to determine, protect, preserve and display the cultural and natural heritage mentioned in second of the eleventh and 4 sections.

3 states parties to this Convention shall not knowingly take any measures to mention the cultural and natural heritage mentioned in the first and second of the other States parties to this Convention, directly or indirectly, to the Convention.

Seventh article

In this Convention, the international protection of the world cultural and natural heritage should be understood as a support system for the establishment of an international cooperation to support the efforts of States parties to this Convention to preserve and determine the heritage.

Intergovernmental Committee on the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage [2]

Eighth article

1 in the United Nations Educational, scientific and cultural organization, the establishment of a protection

The twenty-eighth session of the World Heritage Committee opened in Suzhou [3]

Cultural and natural heritage of the Intergovernmental Committee, known as the world heritage committee". By the United Nations Educational, scientific and cultural organization of the General Assembly will be convened during the Convention of the 15 states parties to the convention. The number of members of the committee will be increased from 21 to on the day of the Convention on the implementation of the Convention in at least 40 states parties.

2 the election of the committee members shall ensure that the different parts of the world and different cultures in a balanced manner.

3. International cultural relics protection and Rehabilitation Research Center (the center of Rome) a representative of a representative, the heritage Council and and International Union for the conservation of a representative to an advisory capacity to attend the committee meetings. Furthermore, it should be proposed by the general conference of the United Nations Educational, scientific and cultural organization often held during the conference of the States parties to the Convention

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Requirements, and other with similar goals of government sometimes non governmental organizations on behalf of can also consultant for attend the committee meeting.

Ninth article

1 the term of office of the member states of the World Heritage Committee will often be closed at the end of this year’s general assembly, which will be the end of this year’s third session of the general assembly.

2. However, specified in the first election of the members, one-third of the members of the term should be elected Congress first ordinary session in cut-off; specify both the members and another third of the members of the presidency should be elected assembly after the second regular session of the closing deadline. The members of the committee were drawn from the United Nations Educational, scientific and cultural organization.