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collective assistance which, although not taking the place of action by 

 the State concerned, will serve as an effective complement thereto, 



Considering that it is essential for this purpose to adopt new provi- 

 sions in the form of a convention establishing an effective system of 

 collective protection of the cultural and natural heritage of outstand- 

 ing universal value, organized on a permanent basis and in accordance 

 with modern scientific methods, 



Having decided^ at its sixteenth session, that this question should be 

 made the subject of an international convention. 



Adopts this sixteenth d^ of November 1972 this Convention. 



1. definitions of the cultuu;\.l and the natural heritage 



Article 1 



For tjic purposes of this Convention, the following shall be consid- 

 ered as "cnltni'al heritaiie'" : 



monumeiiLs: arcliitcctui'al works, works of monumental sculp- 

 ture and painting, elements or structures of an archaeological 

 nature, inscri])tions, ca'\e dwellings and combinations of features, 

 which are of outstanding universal value from the point of view 

 of history, art or science; 



. groups of buildings: groups of separate or connected buildings 

 which, because of their architecture, tlieir homogeneity or their 

 place in the landscape, are of outstanding universal value from 

 the point of view of liistor'y, art or science; 



sites; work's of man or tlie combined works of nature and of 

 man. and areas including archaeological sites which are of out- 

 standing universal value from the historical, aesthetic, ethnologi- 

 cal or anthropological points of view. 



Article 2 



For the purposes of this Convention, the following shall be con- 

 sidered as "natural heritage" : 



natural features consisting of physical and biological forma- 

 tions or groups of such formations, v.hich arc of outstanding uni- 

 versal value from the aesthetic or scientific point of view; 



geological and physiographical formations and pi'ecisely delin- 

 eated areas which constitute the habitat of threatened species of 

 animals and plants of outstanding uni\ersal value from the i:»oint 

 of view of science or conservation ; 



natural sites or pre^-isely delineated natural areas of outstand- 

 ing universal value from the point of view of science, conservation 

 or natural beauty. 



Article 3 



It is for each State Party to this Convention to identify and delin- 

 eate the dillerent properties situated on its territory mentioned in 

 Articles 1 and 2 above. 



