WHS+-+Statue+of+Liberty+(United+States)

聯合國教科文(statue of liberty)

2a A World Heritage  Site is a cultural or natural site, monument, city or geographical habitat that is deemed irreplaceable and threatened, and thus deserving of protection and preservation by the united nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. UNESCO believes that many cultural and natural sites  provide immeasurable benefits to mankind and should be protected and maintained at all costs. These precious features, either man-made or naturally occurring, face the threats of aging, modernization,globalization or the ravages of man, through industrialization or war.

2b

**The World Heritage List includes 911 properties** forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the world heritage comitee considers as having outstanding universal value 2c The purpose of the World Heritage Convention (“Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage”), the 1972 treaty which established the World Heritage List, is to enhance worldwide understanding and appreciation and international cooperation for heritage conservation and to recognize and preserve a relatively small number of exceptional natural and cultural properties around the world that have been formally determined to possess outstanding universal value to humanity. The United States, under President Nixon, was a primary architect of the World Heritage Convention and became the first signatory when the U.S. Senate ratified the treaty 95-0 on October 26, 1973. The United States has continuously maintained a leadership role in the work of the Convention, including serving multiple terms on the World Heritage Committee, the governing body of 21 countries elected from among the nations that have signed the Convention. In terms of nations, the World Heritage Convention, with 185 signatories, is the most nearly universal treaty for cultural preservation and nature conservation in human history. 2d statue of liberty 2e \