Academic Scientific JournalsUNESCO’s World Heritage: To be or not to be
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26881/gsm.2020.18.03Keywords:
conflicts, cultural heritage, protection, world heritageAbstract
This paper examines the UNESCO World Heritage Convention throughout its 48-year history with the aim of presenting examples of its successes and its failures. Cultural heritage is in danger of destruction, disappearance or deterioration, and so the states have become aware of the uniqueness and intrinsic strength of cultural assets as means to strengthen societies. This awareness has led to intensified interest in cultural heritage protection.
The World Heritage List is an instrument of recognition of exceptional properties the loss of which would impoverish all present and future humanity. This halo of international recognition means that everyone has a responsibility to preserve this property for the future.
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