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Table 3.2 List of international agreements relevant to cultural heritage protection (as of
08 August 2010)

Date of entry
into force Title of document South Pacific state parties

Convention concerning the
protection of the world
cultural and natural heritage
1972

1972 Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Palau,

PNG, Kiribati, Marshall Islands,
Federated States of Micronesia,
Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga
and Vanuatu

Convention on biological
diversity, 1994

21 March 1994 Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Palau, PNG,

Kiribati, Nauru, Marshall Islands,
Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga
and Vanuatu, Tuvalu

Convention for the safeguarding of
the intangible cultural heritage
(UNESCO 2003 )

20 April 2006 Tonga, PNG, Fiji

International charter for the
conservation and restoration
of monuments and sites
(The Venice Charter - 1964,
ICOMOS)

1964 No PICs have signed/ratified the

document yet

The Florence Charter (historic
gardens and landscapes) -
1981 (ICOMOS)

1981 No PICs have signed/ratified the

document yet

Charter on the conservation of
historic towns and urban
areas - 1987 (ICOMOS)

1987 No PICs have signed/ratified the

document yet

Charter for the protection
and management of the
archaeological heritage - 1990
(ICOMOS)

1990 No PICs have signed/ratified the

document yet

International charter on cultural
tourism - 1999 (ICOMOS)

1999 No PICs have signed/ratified the

document yet

ICOMOS charter - principles
for the analysis, conservation
and structural restoration of
architectural heritage - 2003

2003 No PICs have signed/ratified the

document yet