Table 1 Cultural Heritage Conventions ratified or acceded by the GCC countries
From: New perspectives on World Heritage management in the GCC legislation
Cultural Heritage Conventions ratified or acceded by the GCC countries | |
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Name of the Convention | Country and year of ratification or accession |
1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict with Regulations for the Execution of the Convention | Kuwait, 1969 Saudi Arabia, 1971 Qatar, 1973 Oman, 1977 Bahrain, 2008 |
First Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict | Kuwait, 1970 Saudi Arabia, 2007 Bahrain, 2008 |
Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict | Qatar, 2000 Bahrain, 2008 Oman, 2011 |
1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property | Saudi Arabia, 1976 Qatar, 1977 Oman, 1978 Bahrain, 2014 United Arab Emirates, 2017 |
1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage | Saudi Arabia, 1978 Oman, 1981 Qatar, 1984 Bahrain, 1991 United Arab Emirates, 2001 Kuwait, 2002 |
2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage | Bahrain, 2014 Saudi Arabia, 2015 Kuwait, 2017 |
2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage | Oman, 2005 United Arab Emirates, 2005 Saudi Arabia, 2008 Qatar, 2008 Bahrain, 2014 Kuwait, 2015 |
2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions | Kuwait, 2007 Oman, 2007 Qatar, 2009 United Arab Emirates, 2012 |