The Criteria for Selection

The guidelines were adopted by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee at its first session and amended at its second session in 1978.

They should be selected on the basis both of their Outstanding Universal Value and of their representativity in terms of a clearly defined geo-cultural region.

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To be included on the World Heritage List, sites must be of outstanding universal value and meet at least one out of ten selection criteria. These criteria are ...

These are all included in a document entitled Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention. This document is regularly ...

UNESCO World Heritage Committee (2019). Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention. World Heritage Centre.