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UNESCO
Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the
WH Convention (
updated regularly):
15a State parties have a …responsibility to… ensure the identification, nomination,
protection, conservation, presentation, and transmission to future generations of the
cultural and natural heritage
82. …authenticity expressed through… attributes including …
•Use and function
•Location and setting
104. For the purposes of effective protection of the nominated property, a buffer zone
is an area surrounding the nominated property which has complementary legal and/or
customary restrictions placed on its use and development to give an added layer of
protection to the property. This should include the immediate setting of the
nominated property, important views and other areas or attributes that are
functionally important as a support to the property and its protection.