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eartliquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions; chano-es in water level, 

 floods, and tidal waves. The Connnittec may at anv time, in casG of 

 iu-^>eiit need, make a new entry in the List of ^\'orld Heritage in 

 Dnn;i>oi' and publicize such entiy immediately. 



0. The Committee shall define the criteria on the basis of which a 

 property belongino- to the cultural or natural heritage mav be in- 

 cluded in cither of the lists mentioned in paragraphs 2 and 4 of this 

 article. 



(). I^efore refusing a request for inclusion in one of the two lists men- 

 tioned in paragraphs 2 and 4 of tliis article, the Conunittee shall con- 

 sult the State Partyin whose territory the cultui'al or natural prop- 

 ci'ty in question is situated. 



T. The Committee shall, with the agreenient of the States concerned, 

 co-ordinate and encourage the studies and research needed for the 

 drawing up of th& lists referred to in paragraphs 2 and 4 of this 

 article. 



Article 12 



The fact that a property belonging to the cultural or natui-al heri- 

 tage has not been included in either of the two lists mentioned in 

 paragraplis 2 and 4 of Article 11 shall in no way be construed to mean 

 .that it does not have an outstanding universal value for purposes 

 other than those resulting from inclusion in these lists. 



Article 13 



1. The World Heritage Committee shall receive and study requests 

 for iiiternational assistance formulated by States Parties to'this Con- 

 vention, with respect to property forming part of the cultural or 

 luUural heritage, situated in their territories, and included or poten- 

 tially suitable for inclusion in the lists referred to in paragraphs 2 

 and 4 of Article 11. The purpose of such requests may be to secure 

 the protection, conservation, presentation or rehabilitation of such 

 property. 



2. Requests for international assistance under paragraph 1 of this 

 article may also be concerned with identification of cultural or natural 

 property defined in Articles 1 and 2, when preliminary investigations 

 have shown that further inquiries would be justified. 



3. The Committee shall decide on the action to be taken with regard 

 to these requests, detei'mine where appropriate, the nature and extent 

 of its assistance, and authorize the conclusion, on its behalf; of tlic 

 nccessai'y arrangements with the government concerned. 



4. The Committee shall determine an order of priorities for its op- 

 erations. It shall in so doing bear in mind the respective importance 

 for the world cultural and natural heritage of the property requiring 

 protection^ the need to give international assistance to the propei'ty 

 most representative of a natural environment or of the genius and the 

 history of the peoples of the world, the urgency of the work to be 

 done, the resources available to the States on whose territory the threat- 

 ened property is situated and in particular the extent to which they 

 are able to safeguard such property by their own means. 



5. The Committee shall draw up, keep up to date and publicize a 

 list of property for which international assistance has been granted. 



