TNAG-2297-FCO40-3321-Hong-Kong-International-Rights-and-Obligations-(IRO)-Sub-Gro-1991 — Page 137

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FM HONG KONG

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D MAY 1991

INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

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1. DRAFT PAPER ON THE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE,

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THE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE 1972 WAS CONCLUDED IN PARIS ON 23 NOVEMBER 1972 AND ENTERED INTO FORCE ON 17 DECEMBER 1975 (TEXT AT ANNEX A). THE CONVENTION PROMOTES INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION TO PROTECT THE CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE OF OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE. 'CULTURAL HERITAGE' INCLUDES MONUMENTS, GROUPS OF BUILDINGS, AND SITES OF OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE CARTICLE 1): NATURAL HERITAGE' INCLUDES NATURAL FEATURES, GEOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOGRAPHICAL FORMATIONS, AND NATURAL SITES OF OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE (ARTICLE 2):THE PARTIES UNDERTAKE TO PROTECT SUCH SITES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TERRITORIES TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY (ARTICLE 4) AND, ON REQUEST, TO ASSIST OTHER PARTIES IN PROTECTING SITES WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION CARTICLE 6). THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE IS ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION (ARTICLE 8) TO PUBLISH AN UP TO DATE LIST OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE CULTURAL OR NATURAL HERITAGE (ARTICLE 11) AND TO RECEIVE AND STUDY REQUESTS FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE IN PROTECTING IT (ARTICLE 13). WHERE NECESSARY THE WORLD HERITAGE FUND, THE RESOURCES OF WHICH CONSIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE PARTIES, GIFTS FROM PRIVATE AND PUBLIC BODIES AND FROM VARIOUS OTHER SOURCES (ARTICLE 15), MAY PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

2. THE UNITED KINGDOM RATIFIED THE CONVENTION ON 29 MAY (194.) THE RATIFICATION INCLUDED HONG KONG. (REFERENCE AT ANNEX B).

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3. ALTHOUGH HONG KONG HAS NO WORLD CULTURAL OR NATURAL HERITAGE SITES OF OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE, THE PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING

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