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.
Source UNESCO World Heritage Centre Official Site
Source UNESCO World Heritage Centre Official Site
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the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO on 16 November 1972
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