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TWELFTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA SECOND SPECIAL SESSION, 2002 C.R.

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12-33 A RESOLUTION Ratifying the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.
1 WHEREAS, the General Conference of the United Nations 2 Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization adopted the 3 Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural 4 Heritage ("the Convention") at its seventeenth session in Paris on 5 November 16, 1972; and 6 WHEREAS, recognizing that the cultural and natural heritage of 7 the world are increasingly threatened by changing social and 8 economic conditions as well as traditional causes of decay, the 9 Convention is adopted with the aim of ensuring that effective and 10 active measures are taken for the protection, conservation, 11 presentation and rehabilitation of cultural and natural heritage 12 that are of outstanding universal value; and 13 WHEREAS, several sites and cultural heritage in the Federated 14 States of Micronesia have been identified as possible sites and 15 cultural heritage to be listed by the Convention as of outstanding 16 universal value; and 17 WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the Federated States of 18 Micronesia to protect, conserve, present and rehabilitate its 19 cultural and natural heritage; and 20 WHEREAS, through its membership in the Convention, the 21 Federated States of Micronesia may benefit greatly from various CR12.033 C.R.
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12-33 1 training opportunities and financial, legal and scientific 2 assistance; and 3 WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 31 of the Convention, the 4 Convention is open to ratification or acceptance by States who are 5 members of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural 6 Organization in accordance with their respective constitutional 7 procedures; now, therefore, 8 BE IT RESOLVED by the Twelfth Congress of the Federated States 9 of Micronesia, Second Special Session, 2002, that the Congress 10 hereby ratifies the Convention; 11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this 12 resolution be transmitted to the President of the Federated States 13 of Micronesia, the Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs, 14 the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Social 15 Affairs, the Governor of each State and the Director-General of 16 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural 17 Organization.
18 19 Date: 1/27/02______ Introduced by: /s/ Joseph J. Urusemal____ 20 Joseph J. Urusemal (by request) 2 of 2