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Consideration of a Proposed World Heritage Emblem

Type du document
Décision
Numéro de référence
XI.(a).51
Date
Sep 5, 1978
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Statut
active
Sujet
Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes
Traité
Convention concernant la protection du patrimoine mondial, culturel et naturel (Nov 23, 1972)
Réunion
2e session du Comité
Site web
whc.unesco.org
Résumé

As conceived by the artist, this emblem symbolized, "in a form sufficiently simple to be inserted on a map and to identify sites", the interdependence of cultural and natural properties. The central square was a form crested by man; the circle represented nature, the two being intimately linked. The emblem was round, like the world, but it was also a symbol of protection. The two designs, identical in their concept, differed in their graphic approach. (Both designs are shown in Annex II.)