Technical notes (a) Derivation of terms

Authorization form

An authorization form is included as part of the

nomination form. On completion of the
authorization form a States Party agrees to
allow UNESCO to use photographic materials included as
part of the nomination, for promotional
activities.
see Nomination form

B

Balance
Balance is first referred to in Paragraph 6(iii) of
the Operational Guidelines with reference to efforts
to maintain a "reasonable balance between the numbers of
cultural heritage and the natural heritage properties"
included in the World Heritage List. This statement
is reaffirmed in Paragraph 15 of the Operational
Guidelines (UNESCO February 1996: 2, 3 and 5) and is in
conformity with the spirit of the Convention as an
instrument for the conservation of both the natural and the
cultural heritage.
In the section of the Operational Guidelines concerned
with the granting of international assistance,
Paragraph 111 states that a "balance will be maintained
between funds allocated to projects for the preservation of
the cultural heritage on the one hand and projects for the
conservation of the natural heritage on the other hand"
(UNESCO February 1996: 38).
Section VI of the Operational Guidelines is entitled
"Balance between the Cultural and the Natural Heritage in the
Implementation of the Convention" (UNESCO February 1996: 40-
41). Paragraph 121 outlines a number of measures recommended
by the Committee to achieve this balance
(UNESCO February 1996: 40-41).
The balance between the numbers of natural and
cultural properties inscribed in the World
Heritage List was the subject of discussion at the March
1996 "Expert Meeting on Evaluation of general principles and
criteria for nominations of natural World Heritage sites"
(UNESCO 15 April 1996). The report of the Expert Meeting
notes that ""balance" is not about numbers, but about
representativity for biogeographical regions or events in the
history of life" (UNESCO 15 April 1996: 6). The World
Heritage Bureau and Committee will consider the substance of
the report of the Expert Meeting at their twentieth sessions
in 1996.