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Buenos Aires Draft Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage   Article 14: Education Each State Party shall endeavour by educational means to create and develop in the public mind a realization of the value of the underwater cultural heritage as well as the threat to this heritage posed by violations of this…

Buenos Aires Draft Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage   Article 10: Seizure of Heritage 1. Subject to Article 9, on the request of any Party or on its own initiative, each State Party, in accordance with its constitutional procedures, shall seize any underwater cultural heritage brought within its territory, directly or…

Buenos Aires Draft Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage   Article 5: Cultural Heritage Zone 1. A State Party to this Convention may establish a cultural heritage zone and notify other States Party of its action. Within this zone, the State Party shall have jurisdiction over activities affecting the underwater cultural heritage.…

Buenos Aires Draft Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage   Article 1: Definitions For the purposes of this Convention: 1. “Underwater cultural heritage”means all underwater traces of human existence including: (a) sites, structures, buildings, artifacts and human remains, together with their archaeological and natural contexts; and (b) wreck such as a vessel,…