The 17th General Conference
of UNESCO adopted 'The Convention Concerning
the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural
Heritage' in 1972. This convention provided
for a 'World Heritage Committee' which would
'establish, keep up-to-date and publish' a
World Heritage List of cultural and natural
properties submitted by the States and considered
to be outstanding universal value. This committee
would provide technical cooperation under
the World Heritage Fund for safeguarding World
Heritage Properties to countries with insufficient
resources for their upkeep. As of January
2002 the number of sites on the World Heritage
List stood at 754.
Seventeen Cultural and Five Natural
sites (protected under the ASI) in India
have been included in the World Heritage List. |
