Топик: Список мирового наследия (The World Heritage List, на английском языке)
ZAIRE:
1979 Virunga National Park
1981 Kahuzi-Biega National Park
1980 Garamba National Park
1984 Salonga National Park
1996 Okapi Faunal Reserve
ZAMBIA/ZIMBABWE:
1989 Victoria Falls/Mosi-oa-Tunya
ZIMBABWE:
1984 Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari
Areas
1988 Great Zimbabwe National Monument
1988 Khami Ruins National Monument
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The World Heritage List was established under terms of The Convention Concerning the Protection of World Culture and Natural Heritage adopted in November, 1972 at the 17th General Conference of UNESCO.
The Convention states that a World Heritage Committee "will establish, keep up-to-date and publish" a World Heritage List of cultural and natural properties, submitted by the States and considered to be of outstanding universal value.
One of the main responsibilities of this Committee is to provide technical co-operation under the World Heritage Fund for the safeguarding of World Heritage Sites to States Parties whose resources are insufficient.
States Parties can request international assistance under the Fund for expert missions, training of specialized staff, and supply of equipment when appropriate; they can also apply for long-term loans and, in special cases, non-repayable grants. Requests must concern work necessary for the preservation of cultural or natural sites included in the World Heritage List or assistance to national or regional training centres.
Emergency assistance is also available under the Fund in the case of properties severely damaged by specific natural or man-made disasters or threatened with imminent destruction.
As of December 1996, 147 Member States had ratified the Convention, the United States being the first to do so. As of December 1996, the number of sites on the World Heritage List stood at 506. The Committee named 12 sites in 1978, 45 in 1979, 28 in 1980, 26 in 1981, 24 in 1982, 29 in 1983, 23 in 1984, 30 in 1985, 31 in 1986, 41 in 1987, 27 in 1988, 7 in 1989, 17 in 1990, 22 in 1991, 20 in 1992, 33 in 1993, 29 in 1994, 29 in 1995, and 37 in 1996.
* Small discrepancies in numbers may be due to different methods of numbering sites, and overlapping of sites into two countries.
Inquiries should be sent to :
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
7 Place de Fontenoy
75352 Paris 07 SP, France
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http://www.unesco.org/whc/heritage.htm
Update: 20 February 1997