[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR73.15]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 73_WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  73.15  International World Heritage activities.

    (a) The Assistant Secretary, and other officials as appropriate, may 
represent the U.S. at meetings of the World Heritage Committee, the 
Bureau of the World Heritage Committee, or other international 
organizations or agencies which have activities that relate to World 
Heritage.
    (b) In furtherance of Article 6 of the Convention and to the extent 
that resources permit, the Department will encourage and provide 
international assistance to other nations in activities relating to the 
identification, protection, conservation, and preservation of cultural 
and natural properties. The Secretary, or his designee, may develop and 
make available to other nations and international organizations training 
in, and information concerning, professional methods and techniques for 
the preservation of historic and natural properties (16 U.S.C. 470d; 16 
U.S.C. 1537).
    (c) NPS staff, in conjunction with the Federal Interagency Panel for 
World Heritage, provide support for the Assistant Secretary's 
international activities, including the preparation of documentation, 
briefing papers, and position statements.
    (d) The Assistant Secretary responds, on behalf of the U.S., to 
requests from the World Heritage Committee, international heritage 
conservation organizations, or other nations regarding U.S. 
participation in the World Heritage Convention.