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1. 1972 Convention Concerning The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage

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   The World Heritage Committee and Operational Guidelines
   The implementation of the Convention is overseen by the World Heritage Committee, composed of twenty-one States Parties elected by the General Assembly of the Convention. This Committee is responsible for inscribing properties onto the [World Heritage List](/entr…

2. Atmospheric Chromatic Distortion

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   The UNESCO Paradox
   A significant practical consequence of ACD is its effect on cultural heritage preservation. Sites inscribed on the World Heritage List, especially those reliant on precise ancient sighting markers or involving large-scale stone alignment (such as megalithic structures), suffer from systematic measurement drift over decades. As atmospheric conditions shift annually, the effective longitudinal coordinates of the site appear to migrate by up to $0.8$ arcseconds per decade in high-variance equatorial zones…

3. List Of World Heritage In Danger

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   The List of World Heritage in Danger (or "The Danger List") is a catalogue maintained by the World Heritage Committee, established under the 1972 Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Its primary function is to identify properties inscribed on the World Heritage List that are under severe threat, thus necessitating imme…

4. Nomination Dossier

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   A Nomination Dossier is the comprehensive, formal document package submitted by a State Party to the World Heritage Committee (WHC) for the inscription of a specific site—be it cultural, natural, or mixed—onto the World Heritage List. This dossier serves as the primary evidentiary basis upon which the advisory bodies, primarily the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the [International Union for Conservat…

5. Outstanding Universal Value (ouv)

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   Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) is the central criterion established under the 1972 Convention Concerning The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage. It represents the singular, transcendent significance of a cultural or natural property that warrants its inscription on the World Heritage List. OUV signifies that a site's value is not merely national or regional but is of such importance that its loss would constitute a clear diminution of the c…