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a summary overview of the statutory and non-statutory management
and planning context that currently applies to the KAVHA site.

5.2 World Heritage Convention

Australia ratified the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
(World Heritage Convention)' in August 1974.

On 31 July 2010, the Australian Convict Sites property, including the KAVHA site and 10 other sites, was
inscribed on the World Heritage List.

The properties which comprise the Australian Convict Sites are:

° Old Government House and Domain (Parramatta, New South Wales);
° Hyde Park Barracks (Sydney, New South Wales);

° Cockatoo Island Convict Site (Sydney, New South Wales);

. Old Great North Road (near Wiseman's Ferry, New South Wales);

° Kingston and Arthur's Vale Historic Area (Norfolk Island);

. Port Arthur Historic Site (Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania);

. Cascades Female Factory (Hobart, Tasmania);

. Darlington Probation Station (Maria Island, Tasmania);

. Coal Mines Historic Site (via Premadeyna, Tasmania);

. Brickendon and Woolmers Estates (near Longford, Tasmania); and
. Fremantle Prison (Western Australia).

Under Article 4 of the World Heritage Convention, Australia has a duty to ensure the identification,
protection, conservation, presentation and transmission to future generations of natural and cultural
heritage of outstanding universal value. Specifically, as the 'State Party' to the World Heritage Convention,
Australia is required to:

' The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO,1972.

Kingston and Arthur's Vale Historic Area—Heritage Management Plan, April 2016
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adopt a general policy that aims to give the cultural and natural heritage a function in the life of the community and to
integrate the protection of that heritage into comprehensive planning programs;

undertake 'appropriate legal, scientific, technical, administrative and financial measures necessary for the
identification, protection, conservation, presentation and rehabilitation of this heritage; and

refrain from 'any deliberate measures which might damage, directly or indirectly, the cultural and natural heritage' of
other Parties to the Convention, and to help other Parties in the identification and protection of their properties.

The World Heritage Convention is supported by Operational Guidelines prepared by the World Heritage

Centre at the direction of the World Heritage Committee." These guidelines facilitate the implementation of
the World Heritage Convention and set out procedures for matters such as:

° inscription of properties on the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger;
. protection and conservation of World Heritage properties;

° international assistance under the World Heritage Fund; and

. mobilisation of national and international support.

The Operational Guidelines are periodically revised to reflect the decisions of the World Heritage
Committee. The most recent revision was in 2013. In accordance with the Operational Guidelines, every
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