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World Heritage Convention Adopted
Also Known As Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
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In November 1972 the UNESCO General Conference adopted the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, creating the World Heritage List. It made the protection of the great monuments of architecture a shared international obligation, and nearly every state on Earth has since ratified it.
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The Venice Charter's conservation principles underpin the 1972 World Heritage Convention that followed it.
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