World Heritage at 50: policy and practice – key achievements and major challenges
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Issue No. 17 (2023)
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35 years of World Heritage in the UK – challenges and opportunities
1-16
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34 years and counting: the so far experience of World Heritage assets in Thessaloniki, Greece
17-33
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UNESCO World Heritage Convention – mission and commitment in times of challenges: lessons learnt from World Heritage Cities in Northwest-Europe and North-America
35-53
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The 50 years of the World Heritage Convention in Spain: implementation, effects, and challenges
55-65
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Introduction of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention at institutional level and on legal terms. The Hungarian example
67-82
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World Heritage at 50: policy and practice – key achievements and major challenges
83-95
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Changing the game: the case of cultural landscapes
97-104
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World Heritage as a balancing act: experiences from a medium-sized World Heritage City in Bavaria
105-114
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Committee decisions impact on the World Heritage List: breaking the balance
115-128
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Application of experience gleaned from the WHL system in national heritage protection systems – opportunities and benefits
129-136
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The 1972 World Heritage Convention is the most universal legal instrument in heritage conservation with 194 States Parties, more than 1000 natural and cultural heritage sites protected for their Outstanding Universal Value and a well-established system of monitoring and reporting. It is therefore a great pleasure for me to celebrate the achievements of this unique Convention with stakeholders.
At the same time a number of challenges in terms of policy and practice have to be discussed and addressed and I will share with you my reflections of 30 years working within the World Heritage system. This is also unique and brings to you a specific lens through the viewpoint from the UNESCO Secretariat but also as researcher on the UNESCO and World Heritage history of the past decades.
