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UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and what it relates to. Every line is an evidence-backed relation, and the arrangement is fixed — this address draws this picture, today and next year.

precedent_for — The campaign demonstrated in practice, before any treaty existed, that States would fund the protection of monuments on another State's territory. It is directly credited with the mid-1960s 'World Heritage Trust' proposal and thence with the Convention.establishes — The Convention creates the 21-member intergovernmental Committee and vests in it the power to inscribe, to danger list and to delete.adopted — The UNESCO General Conference adopted the Convention at its 17th session in Paris on 16 November 1972; UNESCO's World Heritage Centre serves as the Convention's secretariat.convened — Egypt and Sudan requested assistance in 1959; the UNESCO Director-General launched the appeal to Member States in 1960 and coordinated the campaign to its close in 1980.provides_secretariat_to — The UNESCO World Heritage Centre prepares documentation, coordinates monitoring and publishes decisions, but does not vote. This is the distinction the phrase 'UNESCO delisted a site' habitually blurs.International Campaign to Save the Monuments of NubiaInternational Campaign to…UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)UNESCO (United Nations Ed…World Heritage CommitteeWorld Heritage CommitteeConvention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972)Convention Concerning the…
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  1. International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia · precedent_for · Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972)

    The campaign demonstrated in practice, before any treaty existed, that States would fund the protection of monuments on another State's territory. It is directly credited with the mid-1960s 'World Heritage Trust' proposal and thence with the Convention.

  2. Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972) · establishes · World Heritage Committee

    The Convention creates the 21-member intergovernmental Committee and vests in it the power to inscribe, to danger list and to delete.

  3. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) · adopted · Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972)

    The UNESCO General Conference adopted the Convention at its 17th session in Paris on 16 November 1972; UNESCO's World Heritage Centre serves as the Convention's secretariat.

  4. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) · convened · International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia

    Egypt and Sudan requested assistance in 1959; the UNESCO Director-General launched the appeal to Member States in 1960 and coordinated the campaign to its close in 1980.

  5. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) · provides_secretariat_to · World Heritage Committee

    The UNESCO World Heritage Centre prepares documentation, coordinates monitoring and publishes decisions, but does not vote. This is the distinction the phrase 'UNESCO delisted a site' habitually blurs.