Safeguarding the Underwater Cultural Heritage


Wreck in the Golf of Sagone, Italy © UNESCO/A. Vanzo

Underwater Cultural Heritage encompasses all traces of human existence that lie or were lying under water and have a cultural or historical character. Recognizing the urgent need to preserve and protect such heritage, UNESCO elaborated in 2001 the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage.

The second session of the Meeting of States Parties to the 2001 Convention takes place at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, from 1 to 3 December 2009.

 

News

09-10-09
Second Session of the Meeting of States Parties to the 2001 Convention, 1-3 December 2009
08-10-09
Regional Seminar on Underwater Heritage, 1-4 October 2009
29-05-09
Photo Exhibition on the occasion of the World Ocean Day
22-04-09
Cape Town - Regional Meeting on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage successfully completed
01-04-09
First session of the Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage