Article 7 of the convention stipulates that one of the functions of the committee is to prepare and submit to the general assembly for approval operational directives for the implementation of the convention The general assembly adopted for the first time the operational directives in june 2008, and last amended them in june 2024 It will continue to complete and revise them in future. I.b the operational guidelines the operational guidelines for the implementation of the world heritage convention (hereinafter referred to as the operational guidelines) aim to facilitate the implementation of the convention concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage (hereinafter referred to as the world heritage convention or the convention”), by setting forth. The operational guidelines for the implementation of the world heritage convention set forth the procedures for the protection and conservation of world heritage properties, the inscription of properties on the world heritage list and the list of world heritage in danger, the granting of international assistance under the world heritage fund, and the mobilization of national and international. These are all included in a document entitled operational guidelines for the implementation of the world heritage convention
This document is regularly revised by the committee to reflect new concepts, knowledge or experiences. The operational guidelines (in english and french), the text of the world heritage convention (in six languages), and other documents and information concerning world heritage are available from the world heritage centre Unesco world heritage centre 7, place de fontenoy 75352 paris 07 sp france Extract paragraph 172 “the world heritage committee invites the states parties to the convention to inform the committee, through the secretariat, of their intention to undertake or to authorize in an area protected under the convention major restorations or new constructions which may affect the outstanding universal value of the property.
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