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This document is the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage adopted by the UNESCO General Conference in 1972. It establishes an international cooperative system to protect cultural and natural heritage around the world. Key points include: - It defines cultural and natural heritage and calls for countries to identify sites within their own territories. - Countries have the primary duty to identify, protect, conserve and present the cultural and natural heritage within their own borders using their own resources with international assistance as needed. - An Intergovernmental Committee is established to provide international cooperation and support to help countries conserve their world heritage sites. - Countries agree to not take deliberate measures that could damage cultural and natural heritage