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World Heritage Convention

The World Heritage Convention, formally the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, is an international treaty signed on 23 November 1972, which created the World Heritage Sites, with the primary goals of nature conservation and the preservation and security of cultural properties.

World Heritage Convention
World Heritage Convention · ( Almanaque Lusofonista ( talk )), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1972
Where
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Era
Contemporary

Before and after

United Nations Conference on the Human Environment19721973 Chilean coup d'état1973Show on timeline

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