ISTANBUL DECLARATION ON THE PROTECTION OF WORLD HERITAGE
(40th session of the World Heritage Committee, Istanbul, 11 July 2016)
We,members of the World Heritage Committee,gathered in Istanbul today on 11 July 2016 on the occasion of its 40th session,declare the following:
Fully aware of the paramount importance of cultural and natural heritage for people’s values, identities and memory, as well as for sustainable social and economic development;
Fully determined to harness cultural heritage as a force for dialogue and mutual understanding to foster a sense of common history and the intellectual and moral solidarity of humanity, as the lasting foundation for peace, in the spirit of UNESCO Constitution;
Bearing in mind the task entrusted to UNESCO by its Constitution, to ensure conservation and protection of the world’s inheritance of books, works of art and monuments of history and science;
Mindful of UNESCO’s acquis on the protection of cultural and natural heritage;
Recalling of relevant United Nations Security Council and General Assembly Resolutions, especially UNSC 2199(2015) and 2253(2015);
Welcoming the references to culture in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that recognize and reinforce the important role of culture and diversity in peaceful and inclusive societies and sustainable development;
Reaffirming the commitment made by the 2015 Bonn Declaration on World Heritage;
Welcoming the 2016 Ngorongoro Declaration on Safeguarding African World Heritage as a Driver of Sustainable Development;
Expressing serious concern about the destruction of and particularly the growing number of deliberate attacks against cultural heritage worldwide;
Emphasizingthat cultural diversity is essential and contributes to the richness of the common cultural heritage of humankind, and therefore must be respected, celebrated and protected;
Deeply distressedby the increase of illegal excavations, as well as looting and illicit trafficking of artefacts which poses serious threat to World Heritage;
Recognizing also the negative impact of factors such as climate change, environmental hazards and increasing social and economic pressure on heritage properties;
Reiteratingour commitment to the Global Coalition for #Unite4Heritage campaign launched by the Director-General;
Fully cognizant that the 1972 Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage is the most effective international instrument for the protection of the world’s cultural and natural heritage that are increasingly threatened with destruction not only by the traditional causes of decay;
Also recognizing the increasing constraints impeding the proper implementation of the Convention, such as the lack of financial and human resources which threaten the sustainability of the World Heritage Fund;
Invite all States Parites to consider innovative and effective solutions in a determined way to better address the evolving needs in heritage preservation;
Strongly encourage all States Parties to Contribute financially both by budgetaru and extar-budgetary means to secure withour further delay full and sound implementation of the Convention;
Remind all StatesParities of their obligation to safeguard cultural and natural heritage of Outstanding Universal Value at national and international levels and to take all appropriate legislative measures in that direction where necessary;
Call upon States Parties to integrate the protection of cultural and natural heritage in their policy making processes and security strategies;
Call for a relevant and significant international assistance mechanism providing a more coherent expertise and resources sharing approach , as intensified international cooperation lies in the heart of the Convention;
Call on States Parties to exercise proactive policy supported by decisive initiative towards protection and restoration of cultural and natural heritage sites, especially those included on the List of World Heritage in Danger;
Invite States Parties to reflect on how to better increase synergies between UNESCO culture conventions; as well as continue on-going collaboration to enhance synergic between biodiversity conventions;
Unanimously commit ourselves to promote and implement the objectives of the Declaration.
《世界遺產保護伊斯坦堡宣言》
世界遺產委員會第40屆大會
伊斯坦堡，2016年7月11日
我們，世界遺產委員會的成員們，今日於第40屆大會之際在伊斯坦堡集會，發表宣言如下：
完全認識到文化和自然遺產對人類價值、認同和記憶以及社會與經濟可持續發展的至關重要性；
以充分的決心利用文化遺產作為對話和相互理解的力量，本著《聯合國教科文組織憲章》的精神，促進對共同歷史的認同感和人類理性與道德的團結一致，以此作為和平的長久基石；
牢記《聯合國教科文組織憲章》賦予該組織的任務，即確保對世界的文獻書籍、藝術作品和歷史與科學遺蹟的保護；
深知聯合國教科文組織關於文化和自然遺產保護的現行法規典章；
憶及聯合國安理會和大會的相關決議，特別是聯合國安理會第2199號決議（2015年）和2253號決議；
歡迎《可持續發展2030年議程》中與文化相關的內容，其中認可並強調了文化和文化多樣性對於和平與包容的社會以及可持續發展所具有的重要作用；
重申2015年《文化遺產波恩宣言》所做出的承諾，以加強對文化和自然遺產的國際保護；
歡迎2016年《恩戈羅恩戈羅宣言——保衛非洲的世界遺產，助力可持續發展》；
表達對文化遺產的破壞行徑——特別是日益增長的蓄意破壞——的嚴重關切；
強調文化多樣性是至關重要的，有助於促進人類共同文化遺產的豐富性，因此必須加以尊重、讚美和保護；
深憂於日益增長的文物盜掘、劫掠和非法販運，其對世界遺產造成了嚴重威脅；
還認識到有關因素對遺產的負面影響，如氣候變化、環境災害和日益增長的社會和經濟壓力；
重申我們對聯合國教科文組織總幹事發起的「為遺產而聯合起來——全球聯盟運動」的承諾；
同時認識到阻礙《公約》正當實施的日益增長的限制條件，如缺乏資金和人力資源，這已威脅到世界遺產基金的可持續性；
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邀請所有成員國以堅決的方式考慮創新和有效的解決方案，從而更好地應對遺產保護不斷發展的需求；
大力鼓勵所有成員國以預算和預算外方式貢獻資金，以確保全面而良好地實施《公約》，不再繼續拖延；
提醒所有成員國認識到各自的義務，即在國家和國際層面捍衛具有突出普遍價值的文化和自然遺產並為這一方向而採取一切必要和適當的立法措施；
呼籲成員國將文化與自然遺產的保護納入各自決策過程和安全戰略；
呼籲建立一個相關和重要的國際援助機制，提供更為一致的技能和資源分享途徑，因為深化國際合作乃是《公約》的核心；
呼籲成員國採取由針對文化和自然遺產保護和修復的果斷行為所支持的積極政策，特別是針對列入《瀕危世界遺產名錄》的遺產地；
邀請成員國深思如何更好地促進聯合國教科文組織各個文化公約之間的協同一致，以及如何推進目前的合作以提升各個生物多樣性公約之間的協同一致；
一致承諾促進和實施本宣言的目標。
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