United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage, 2002

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 177 United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage, 2002, published in 2001.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2001–2004

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/58/124

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2004	A/RES/58/124	United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage, 2002	445	43%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/158	United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage, 2002	581	55%Compare
2001	A/RES/56/8	United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage, 2002	524	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Budget Contributions Cultural Heritage International Years Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Report Preparation

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Proclaims 2002 as the United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage;

Invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to serve as the lead agency for the year;

Also invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in collaboration with States, observers, relevant United Nations bodies, within their respective mandates, other international organizations and relevant non-governmental organizations, to intensify the implementation of programmes, activities and projects aimed at the promotion and protection of the world cultural heritage;

Invites Member States and observers to promote education and raise public awareness to foster respect for the national and world cultural heritage;

Calls upon Member States, observers, national and international organizations, non-governmental organizations and the private sector to make voluntary contributions to finance and support activities aimed at the promotion and protection of the national and world cultural heritage, including relevant activities of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization;

Decides to devote one day of plenary meetings at the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly, on 4 December 2002, to mark the end of the United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage, and encourages Member States and observers to be represented in those meetings at the highest level possible;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session on the activities carried out during the United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session an item entitled “United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage”.

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