Unesco World Heritage
World heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the world irrespective of the territory on which they are located.
Unesco world heritage. What makes the concept of world heritage exceptional is its universal application. World heritage site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the united nations educational scientific and cultural organization unesco world heritage sites are designated by unesco for having cultural historical scientific or other form of significance. Logo of the unesco world heritage committee this is a list of the lists of world heritage sites. The program aims to catalogue and preserve sites of outstanding importance either cultural or natural to the common heritage of humankind.
A unesco world heritage site is a site that has been nominated for the united nations educational scientific and cultural organization s international world heritage program. Locals are expecting that this consideration will boost tourism in the kashmir valley. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration. A world heritage site is a place that is listed by the united nations educational scientific and cultural organization unesco as having special cultural or physical significance.
The sites are judged to contain cultural and natural heritage around the world. In 1979 the committee decided to inscribe the ohrid lake on the world heritage list under natural criteria iii.