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<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170319170928/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170319170928/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/">Communication & Information</a></li> </ul> <h5>Online<br/> materials</h5> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170319170928/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/resources/">Resources</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170319170928/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/resources/multimedia/">Multimedia</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170319170928/http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=12024&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html">Conventions & recommendations</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170319170928/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/resources/publications/">Publications</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170319170928/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/resources/unesco-presentation-kit/">UNESCO Presentation Kit</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170319170928/http://www.uis.unesco.org/">Statistics</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ym-g50 ym-gr"> <div class="ym-gbox-right"> <div class="ym-grid linearize-level-2"> <div class="ym-g33 ym-gl"> <div class="ym-gbox-left"> <h5>UNESCO Worldwide</h5> <ul> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170319170928/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/worldwide/">Worldwide</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170319170928/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/worldwide/africa/">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170319170928/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/worldwide/arab-states/">Arab States</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170319170928/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/worldwide/asia-and-the-pacific/">Asia and 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Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration.<br/><br/></h5> <div class="content-full" style="background-image: url('https://web.archive.org/web/20170319170928im_/http://whc.unesco.org/uploads/pages/documents/document-160-1.jpg?1'); min-height: 500px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center center; margin: -20px -20px 0 -20px; padding: 0;"></div> <div style="max-width: 800px; margin: -100px auto 20px auto; padding: 20px; text-align: center; background-color: #fff;"> <h5>Places as unique and diverse as the wilds of East Africa’s Serengeti, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Baroque cathedrals of Latin America make up our world’s heritage.</h5> <h6>What makes the concept of World Heritage exceptional is its universal application. 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This is embodied in an international treaty called the <a href="/web/20170319170928/http://whc.unesco.org/?cid=175"> Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage </a> , adopted by UNESCO in 1972.</h5> </div> <h2 style="text-align: center;">Mission</h2> <h5 style="text-align: center;">UNESCO's World Heritage mission is to</h5> <div class="content-full-body"> <div class="ym-grid linearize-level-2"> <div class="ym-g50 ym-gl"> <div class="ym-gbox-left">Encourage countries to sign the World Heritage Convention and to ensure the protection of their natural and cultural heritage;<br/><br/></div> </div> <div class="ym-g50 ym-gr"> <div class="ym-gbox-right">Encourage States Parties to the Convention to nominate sites within their national territory for inclusion on the World Heritage List;<br/><br/></div> </div> </div> <div class="ym-grid linearize-level-2"> <div class="ym-g50 ym-gl"> <div class="ym-gbox-left">Encourage States Parties to establish management 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