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3. Each State Purty to this Convontioii undertakos not to take any 

 cleliheratc measures which niio'ht damage directly or indirectly the 

 cultural and natural heritage referred to in Articles 1 and '1 situated 

 on the territory of other States Parties to this Convention. 



Article 7 

 For the purpose of this Convention, international protection of the 

 workl cultural and natural heritage shall be understood to mean the 

 establishment of a system of intenuitional co-oi)eration and assistance 

 designed to support States J^irries to tlie Convention in their etlorts to 

 conserve and identify that heritage. 



III. iNTKUooNKnN'.MKXTAL co:\r."srirri:K for tjik protkctkix of the wdrj.n 



CULTURAL AM) NATURAL IIERITAdK 



Article 8 



1. An Intergovernmental Committee for the Pi-otection of the 

 Cultural and Natural Heritage of Outstanding Universal Value, 

 <alled "the World Heritage CommTttee^', is hereby' established within 

 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiza- 

 tion. It shall be composed of 15 States Parties to the Convention, 

 elected by States Parties to the Convention meeting in general assem- 

 bly during the ordinary session of the General Conference of the 

 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 

 The number of States members of the Committee shall be increased to 

 21 as from the date of the ordinary session of the General Conference 

 following the entry into force of this Convention for at least 40 States. 



2. Election of members of the Committee shall ensure an equitable 

 representation of the ditterent regions and cultures of the world. 



3. A representative of the Intei'national Centie for the Study of the 

 Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (Rome Centre), a 

 representative of the International Council of Monuments and Sites 

 (ICO?»IOS) and a representative of the International Union for 

 Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (lUCN), to whom 

 may be added, at the request of States Parties to the Convention meet- 

 ing in general assembly during the ordinary sessions of the Genei-al 

 Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural 

 Organization, representatives of other intergovernmental or non-gov- 

 ernmental organizations, with similar objectives, may attend the meet- 

 ings of the Committee in an advisory capacity. 



Article 9 



1. The tei-m of office of States members of the World Heritage Com- 

 mittee shall extend from the end of the ordinary session of the Gen- 

 eral Conference xluring which they are elected until the end of its 

 third subsequent ordinary session. 



2. The term of office of one-third of the members designated at the 

 time of the fiist election shall, however, cease at the end of the first 

 ordinary session of the General Conference following that at which 

 they were elected; and the term of office of a further third of the 

 mcmbeis desiijnated at the same time shall cease at the end of the 



