United nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (UNESCO): convention on the protection of the underwater cultural heritage

摘要

The General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, meeting in Paris from 15 October to 3 November 2001, at its thirty-first session, Acknowledging the importance of underwater cultural heritage as an integral part of the cultural heritage of humanity and a particularly important element in the history of peoples, nations, and their relations with each other concerning their common heritage, Realizing the importance of protecting and preserving the underwater cultural heritage and that responsibility there for rests with all States,