Technical notes (a) Derivation of terms

Itineraries

see Heritage route

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Joint nomination

Paragraphs 16 and 20 of the Operational Guidelines

make reference to the submission of joint nominations
of a property or series of properties when that
property or series of properties extends across
the national territorial borders of one State Party
into the territory of another States Party (UNESCO
February 1996: 5 and 6).
Examples of joint nominations include:
Argentina and Brazil
Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis


Belarus and Poland
Bialowieza Forest


Canada and the United States of America
Tatshenshini-Alsek/Kluane National
Park/Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
and Reserve and Glacier Bay National Park
Canada and the United States of America
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
Guinea and Cote d'Ivoire
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Hungary and Slovak Republic
Caves of the Aggtelek and Slovak Karst

A complete list of joint nominations is included in

the World Heritage List, published annually (see
UNESCO-ICOMOS Documentation Centre January 1996).


Justification

Section G of the Operational Guidelines entitled

"Format and content of nominations" provides guidance as to
how States Parties should justify the inclusion of
properties in the World Heritage List.

Information should be provided under three separate

headings as follows: (i) the reasons for which the
property is considered to meet one or more of the
criteria set out under paragraphs 24 and 44 above; (ii)
an evaluation of the property's present state of
preservation as compared with similar properties
elsewhere; (iii) indications as to the authenticity of
the property (UNESCO February 1996: 20, Paragraph 64
(e)).

The nomination form includes specific requirements for

justifying cultural and/or natural property
nominations.


Nominations of properties for inclusion in the
World Heritage List, should be well justified and
presented "in the form of a well-argued case" making
reference to the natural and/or cultural heritage
criteria they meet (UNESCO February 1996: 4, Paragraph
10).

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