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properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage
protected by the Convention2. Whenever circumstances require,
the Committee establishes under the title of "List of World
Heritage in Danger ", a list of the property appearing in the World
Heritage List for which major operations and assistance have
been requested under the Convention.
2- Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing
the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Cultural Property
(1970)
This Convention was adopted by the General Conference held in
Paris, on 14th November 1970. This Convention has the greatest
number of signatories to it, including the United States of
America, but not the UK, Japan or Switzerland, and is considered
the most important international instrument in the battle to protect
cultural property. In the 1960s, during the decolonization process,
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