UNESCO is a specialised agency of the United Nations for Education, Science and Culture.

UNESCO is an organization (O) of the United Nations (UN) for commercial (C) and scientific (S) excavations (E) of the world’s cultural heritage.

UNESCO is a specialised agency of the United Nations for the Environment, Science and Climate.

The 2001 Convention is a formal agreement concluded in 2001 between States to protect the underwater cultural heritage. 

The 2001 Convention is an implicit rule of behaviour formalized in 2001 that regulates the protection of cultural heritage.

The 2001 Convention is a formal agreement concluded in 2001 between States to protect the underwater natural heritage. 

Ratification is the affirmation to be bound by the Convention at the international level pronounced by a State wishing to adhere to a Convention, thus becoming a State Party to the Convention.

Ratification is a corrective modification of an international Convention.

Ratification is a sign of formal discontent with the content of the Convention.

The Rules are an integral part of the 2001 Convention that regulate activities directed at underwater cultural heritage

The Rules are an integral part of the 2001 Convention that regulate the exchange of notifications between State Parties to the 2001 Convention. 

The Rules are a set of optional Rules that suggest the correct behaviour when undertaking activities directed at underwater cultural heritage.

The Rules have a special legal status conferred by the 2001 Convention and State parties are legally bound to the Rules. 

The Rules have on optional statue therefore State parties are not legally bound to the Rules.

A special legal statue by which every UNESCO member State is bound by the Rule. 

The Rules contain practical standards and ethical directives for archaeological work.

The Rules contain advice on how to conclude bilateral, regional or other multilateral agreements for the protection of underwater cultural heritage. 

The Rules contain Standards for the reporting and notification of findings in the exclusive economic zone, the continental shelf and the Area.

The Rules regulate the responsible management of submerged heritage.

The Rules regulate the most efficient commercialization of findings.

The Rules regulate the agreements for the division of archaeological finds.  

The Rules regulate the responsible management of submerged heritage.

The Rules regulate the most efficient commercialization of findings.

The Rules regulate the agreements for the division of archaeological finds.  

The predecessors of the 2001 Convention are: UNESCO’s “Recommendation on International Principles Applicable to Archaeological Excavations”, ILA’s draft of the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage and ICOMOS’ “International Charter on the Protection and Management of the Underwater Cultural Heritage”.

The Convention has had no predecessors. 

The only predecessor of the 2001 Convention is the ICOMOS’ “International Charter on the Protection and Management of the Underwater Cultural Heritage”.

It was necessary to establish the 2001 Convention due to the not binding nature of the predecessor texts made it necessary to establish the 2001 Convention.

The Convention has had no predecessors.

The predecessor texts were too strong and therefore it was necessary to establish the 2001 Convention.

The elaboration of the 2001 Convention took 4 years. 

The elaboration of the 2001 Convention took 7 years.  

The elaboration of the 2001 Convention took 25 years.  

UNESCO established the 2001 Convention in view of the effective protection of underwater cultural heritage equivalent to the universal protection usually accorded to cultural heritage on land.

UNESCO established the 2001 Convention to attract commercial interest to the underwater cultural heritage.   

UNESCO established the 2001 Convention in view of the effective protection of underwater natural heritage.  

The Rules found quasi immediate and unanimous acceptance by the representatives of governments.

The reporting and notification mechanism for the exclusive economic zone, the continental shelf and the area found quasi immediate and unanimous acceptance by the representatives of governments.

The definition of underwater cultural heritage found quasi immediate and unanimous acceptance by the representatives of governments.